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Jay replied to Neil Perry's discussion 'Second newsletter'

I think the number of "opens" is related to your subject line. Too much detail and you don't need to open it; not enough and it's of no interest and folks will just delete it.

September 5

Mike Clark replied to Jay's discussion 'Double Opt In'

That's what I *used* to do, as well. Just chatted with VR Support, and they say they removed the 'change record status' functionality "to improve security". It also detracts from the usability of the service in my humble opinion. A proportion of...

August 19

Steve replied to Jay's discussion 'Double Opt In'

OK all you little Pickles, here's the Dill.... here is the right way (imho) to work your single opt ins that have not finished the double opt in process......Go to VR home page, under "lists" pick the list you want to work on if you have more than...

July 8

Jay replied to Jay's discussion 'Double Opt In'

OK. Here's what I do -- to change a Single to a "Manually Downloaded" 1. Login to VR. (this takes me to my Home Page which has a number of major sections. One of the sections towards the very bottom is "Lists" 2. Go to "Lists" and go over to the r...

July 8

Jay replied to Jay's discussion 'Double Opt In'

no. You view the list. Find their entry that says "Single Opt In"; click details, then use the pull down to set it to "Manually Uploaded". This of course is after they respond back to you that they wish to be added into the list.

July 8

Jay added a discussion

Double Opt In

Hi, 2 questions - 1. when a get a "Signups Statistics Update" email from VR, does that mean that the person has done the Confirmation for the double opt in, or just the initial signup? 2. Some folks just don't seem to get the double opt in. The...

February 4