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Importing subscribers to a mailing list
Importing subscribers to a mailing list
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Written by Angelika Nilsson
Updated over a week ago

1. Open the mailing list you want to import your subscribers to.

2. Click the Add tab in your mailing list and select the method for import named Import from Excel, Access or CSV.

3. Click the Choose File button and select the Excel or CSV file you want to import.

4. Then click the Next button.

5. In step 2 you should match the columns in your address file against the available data fields on your APSIS Pro account. To the right you will find your import file's column headings and to the left are the demographic data fields you have previously created in APSIS Pro account. To match the columns, click on a column heading to the right and drag it onto a corresponding demographic data field to the left.

If you are importing from an Excel file, you need to first select the Excel sheet you want to import from.

6. Click the Next button.

7. In step 3 you are offered some choices on how to handle email addresses already present on the mailing list or on your account:

Subscription format - Choose whether the subscribers by default should receive HTML based (i.e. with images and formatting) or text based emails.

Update subscriber data - Check this option if you want to update any demographic data for existing subscribers.

Clear the list before import - NOTE! This option should be used with caution! With this option checked, you will erase all previous data on this mailing list. This action cannot be undone. After deleting all subscriber data, the list will be updated with the new subscriber data from the import file. All previous subscribers on the mailing list that are not on the import file, nor subscribers on any other mailing list on the account, will be moved to the list of Subscribers without subscriptions.

Disable duplicate check - NOTE! This option should be used with caution! Check this option to import subscribers as new unique subscribers, even though they share the same email addresses as existing subscribers on the account. In order for this type of import to work, you need to set unique passwords for each subscriber included in the import file. The password of each subscriber will be the unique identifier separating the subscribers from each other.

8. Finally, click the Import button.

The import of subscribers will now be placed in a queue and started shortly. An icon

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next to the mailing list will indicate that the import is queued. Update your web browser (Hit F5 on PC, or Command + R on Mac) to see the current status of the import.

After the import has been completed, an import summary will be available. Click the icon

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next to the mailing list in order to view the summary.


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