Mailing List/Client List question

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DavidX Ecommerce Template Expert 932 Posts	Posted - 10/17/2023 : 13:26:14 If someone signs up for an account on our website and clicks the promotional mail box, should their email address automatically be added to the same email list that signing up for the newsletter creates?
dbdave ECT Moderator USA 10406 Posts	Posted - 10/17/2023 : 15:15:36 Hi, yes, they are one in the same. However, the email address will not allow you to send emails to it if they have not responded to the confirmation email (double opt in). It is possible to turn that off, and have them added immediately, but I personally advise against it. quote: noconfirmationemail=TRUE will stop the email a customer receives to verify their mailing list sign-up. By default the customer will receive an email to verify their address and intention. Thanks, David
DavidX Ecommerce Template Expert 932 Posts	Posted - 10/17/2023 : 20:07:14 That's what I thought but, I tried to sign up for a new account using a personal alternate email and the sign-up went as expected. I clicked the "allow promotional emails" and got the the response email where I clicked the "confirm" button and all went as it should however my email address never showed up in the email list. I can delete the account and try again but is there anything I could be missing here?
Vince Administrator 42750 Posts	Posted - 10/18/2023 : 11:47:12 Hi DavidX If you got the confirmation email and didn't get an error when you clicked on it I really think the email is in the system somewhere. Are you using the built-in email list or MailChimp? Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
DavidX Ecommerce Template Expert 932 Posts	Posted - 10/20/2023 : 12:20:45 We do use Mailchimp. I did have someone else sign up and it did work as expected but my test one never did show up on our ECT mail list. I'll keep a close eye on it. In a related question, we have around 2500 clients but show only about 1500 people on the ECT mail list which is reflected in Mailchimp more or less. Is there a reason those numbers don't match up? I could see the mail list being bigger by people signing up for it directly and not creating an account. It seems like the mail list should be bigger than the the client list if anything. What am I missing?
Vince Administrator 42750 Posts	Posted - 10/21/2023 : 05:31:13 Hi DavidX You don't have to be on the mailing list to be a client though, no? Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
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