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Manage email templates

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Creating an email template will save you time if you send the same type of email regularly, such as a welcome message to new guests or a next-steps list to potential members.

Important

Organization administrators and managers can use, create, and manage email templates. Viewers and editors can use email templates when emailing individuals or if they have permission to email lists.

Create a new template

  1. Select People in the top navigation.

  2. Select the ⚙️ settings icon in the top right corner.

  3. Select Email settings from the dropdown.

  4. Select New template in the Email templates section.

  5. Enter the subject and body of the email and use the formatting tools to style your text or insert hyperlinks.

    • The {{ }} placeholder dropdown lets you insert dynamic text, such as the recipient's full name, the sender's first name, etc.

    • Add images using the 🖼️ image icon in the toolbar, or drag and drop the image file right into the editor. Refer to the image sizing guide for file size restrictions.

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  6. Once you've written the email, select Save to return to the list of other email templates.

Tip

You can also access email templates from the Templates dropdown when composing an email. Choose a template to send or select Manage templates... to create or edit a template.

Edit a template

  1. Select People in the top navigation.

  2. Select the ⚙️ settings icon in the top right corner.

  3. Select Email settings from the dropdown.

  4. Select the template that you want to edit.

  5. Once you've made changes to the email, select Save.

Delete a template

  1. Select People in the top navigation.

  2. Select the ⚙️ settings icon in the top right corner.

  3. Select Email settings from the dropdown.

  4. Select the template that you want to delete.

  5. Select Delete at the bottom of the popup.