Marketing Email Module

The marketing_email module manages mailing lists.

Mailing List

A mailing list groups emails under a name and a language

Email

It stores emails for a mailing list and provides links to the related party or web user.

Two actions are available:

  • Request Subscribe which sends an e-mail to confirm the subscription to a list.

  • Request Unsubscribe which sends an e-mail to confirm the unsubscription of an email address from the list.

Message

It stores a message to send to all e-mails addresses on a list. A message is defined by:

  • From: the address from which the message is sent.

  • List: the list of addresses to send the message to.

  • Title

  • Content

  • State:

    • Draft

    • Sending

    • Sent

A wizard is available that sends a message to a unique e-mail address from the list for test purposes.

Configuration

The marketing_email module uses parameters from the section:

  • [marketing]:

    • email_from: The default From for the e-mails that get sent.

    • email_subscribe_url: the URL to confirm the subscription to which the parameter token will be added.

    • email_unsubscribe_url: the URL to unsubscribe an e-mail address to which the parameter token will be added.

    • email_spy_pixel: A boolean to activate spy pixel. Disable by default.