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  1. Creating the Admin User

    This procedure is for On-Premise clients only. If you are a Cloud customer, your initial Administrator will be created by our team upon implementation. Once PoliteMail Server is installed and configured, you will need to create the initial Admin...
  2. Exporting and Deleting Undeliverables

    To view your list of all undeliverables, select  POLITEMAIL> Lists > Undeliverable. PoliteMail manages undeliverable email for you automatically. It removes any undeliverable messages from your Inbox, places them into the Undeliverables folde...
  3. PoliteMail has disappeared!

    If Outlook unexpectedly quits, it may restart and automatically disable add-ins. For example, you leave Outlook running overnight and Windows does an auto-update and restarts your system. When the PoliteMail add-in is disabled, you will not seen any...
  4. Exporting Contacts

    Go to PoliteMail > Lists > Mailing Lists. Double-click on the mailing list you want to export the contacts from. Now go to Actions > Export All. By default, PoliteMail will export everything that is displayed on the list. ...
  5. How to Delete Content

    Deleting Content Items This procedure applies to deleting Images, Smart Attachments, Templates, Paragraphs, or Links. Go to POLITEMAIL > Content and choose which content you wish to delete. Once the data grid opens, select the Content Item ...
  6. Mailing List not listed in menu

    Due to a limitation within Outlook, the Mailing list pull-down menu can only display 999 results. If there are 1000 lists loaded into the content library, the Mailing List pull-down menu will appear blank. Clearing some lesser used items out of your...
  7. My Email is Taking Too Long to Send

    Your send may be taking a long time based on several factors. Larger distribution lists will take longer to send to. There also may be others in your organization sending at the same time. You must wait for their send to go completely through befo...
  8. Creating Follow-Up Mailing Lists

    If using Individual Measurement Mode, you can create follow-up mailing lists. Select the  Results button for the email that you want to create a follow-up list for. Let’s say you want to send a follow-up email to the recipients who didn’t open t...
  9. Assigning a Category to a Contact

    PoliteMail gives you the option to assign a Category to your contacts. You can either assign a Category when you import a mailing list, or edit it from the Contacts tab. Categories are accessed by going to PoliteMail > Settings > Categories...
  10. My Mailing List Name Won’t Validate in the To: Field

    When sending to PoliteMail Mailings lists, or local Outlook distribution groups, Outlook utilizes it’s Address Book service to validate the list and access members of the list. When a list goes into the Outlook To: field, it should appear like: [+...