Mass Email

Mass email (Email Solicitation) allows you to send a personalised message to a large list of constituents in a single operation. DonorPoint processes the send via Amazon SES, tracking deliveries, bounces, complaints, opens, and clicks.

How Mass Email Works

  1. Create an Email Solicitation with a name, from address, and schedule
  2. Assign a Distribution List (segment) as the recipient list
  3. Assign an Email Definition (the message content)
  4. Send immediately or schedule for a future date/time

DonorPoint renders each email individually at send time — every message is personalised using the recipient’s context. Merge tags and expression language in the template are evaluated for each recipient separately.

Email Solicitation Fields

Field Description
Name Internal name for tracking
From Address The sender name and email address shown to recipients
Distribution List The segment of contacts to receive this email
Email Definition The message template
Schedule Send now or at a future date/time
Status Draft, Scheduled, Sending, Sent, Cancelled

Delivery Tracking

After sending, the Email Solicitation record shows:

  • Sent — total emails sent
  • Delivered — confirmed deliveries
  • Bounced — undeliverable addresses (hard and soft)
  • Complained — recipients who marked the message as spam
  • Opened — tracked via a web beacon (pixel)
  • Clicked — tracked via link redirection

Bounce and complaint records are processed automatically and can suppress future emails to affected addresses.

Suppression

Contacts who have opted out, hard-bounced, or complained are suppressed from future sends. See Bulk Suppression for managing suppression lists.