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Manage unsubscriptions (Blacklist) Manage unsubscriptions (blacklist)
================================== ==================================
Providing recipients with the power to unsubscribe from mailing lists is not only a smart business Providing recipients with the power to unsubscribe from mailing lists is not only a smart business
practice, it's often a legal requirement. By allowing recipients to unsubscribe from a mailing list practice, it's often a legal requirement. Allowing recipients to unsubscribe from a mailing list
establishes a sense of trust with an audience, and helps companies appear genuine (and not spammy). establishes a sense of trust and control with an audience. It also helps companies appear more
genuine, and less *spammy*.
Enable the Blacklist feature Unsubscribe and blacklist
============================ =========================
First, the *Blacklist* feature must be enabled. To do that, navigate to :menuselection:`Email In addition to having the option to unsubscribe from specific mailing lists, the recipient can also
Marketing app --> Configuration --> Settings`, enable to :guilabel:`Blacklist Options when *blacklist* themselves during the unsubscription process, meaning they will not receive *any* more
Unsubscribing`, and click :guilabel:`Save`. marketing emails from the Odoo database.
In order to provide recipients with the ability to blacklist themselves, a specific feature **must**
be enabled in the *Email Marketing* application.
Navigate to :menuselection:`Email Marketing app --> Configuration --> Settings`, and tick the
checkbox next to the :guilabel:`Blacklist Option when Unsubscribing` feature. Then, click
:guilabel:`Save` in the upper-left corner of the :guilabel:`Settings` page.
.. image:: unsubscriptions/blacklist-feature.png .. image:: unsubscriptions/blacklist-feature.png
:align: center :align: center
:alt: View of the blacklist feature in the Settings page of the Odoo Email Marketing app. :alt: View of the blacklist feature in the Settings page of the Odoo Email Marketing app.
With that feature activated, an *Unsubscribe* link appears in mailings. If a recipient clicks that Unsubscribe
link, Odoo reveals a :guilabel:`Unsubscriptions` page, where they can directly manage their -----------
subscriptions.
By default, an *Unsubscribe* link appears at the bottom of all mailing templates.
.. warning::
The *Unsubscribe* link does **not** appear by default if the *Start From Scratch* template is
used to create a mailing. The user **must** manually add the specific unsubscribe link
`/unsubscribe_from_list` in the body of the email, or use a block from the *Footers* section of
the email builder, which includes the unsubscribe link.
If a recipient clicks the *Unsubscribe* link in a mailing, Odoo instantly unsubscribes them from the
mailing list, presents them with a :guilabel:`Mailing Subscriptions` page where they can directly
manage their subscriptions, and informs them that they've been :guilabel:`Successfully
Unsubscribed`.
.. image:: unsubscriptions/mailing-subscriptions-page.png
:align: center
:alt: The Mailng Subscriptions page that appears when 'Unsubscribe' link in mailing is clicked.
Beneath that, Odoo asks the former subscriber to :guilabel:`Please let us know why you updated your
subscription`, and the user can proceed to choose the appropriate opt-out reason from a series of
options presented to them.
.. note:: .. note::
With a test mailing, clicking the :guilabel:`Unsubscribe` link reveals an error page (*error 403 The opt-out answer options can be created and modified by navigating to :menuselection:`Email
- Access Denied*). To make sure the link is working properly, create the mailing, and only send Marketing app --> Configuration --> Optout Reasons`.
it to a personal email.
Once they've chosen the appropriate opt-out reason from the options presented to them, they can
click the :guilabel:`Send` button. Odoo then logs their reasoning for unsubscribing in the *Email
Marketing* app for future analysis.
Blacklist Blacklist
========= ---------
In addition to having the option to *Unsubscribe* from specific mailing lists, the recipient can For a recipient to remove (i.e. blacklist) themselves from **all** marketing emails during the
also *Blacklist* themselves, meaning they will not receive *any* more emails. unsubscription process, on the :guilabel:`Mailing Subscriptions` page, they must click
:guilabel:`Exclude Me`.
.. note:: Upon clicking :guilabel:`Exclude Me`, Odoo informs the recipient they have been successfully
The mailing list has to be configured as *Public* in order to be visible for users. blacklisted, with a message reading: :guilabel:`✔️ Email added to our blocklist`.
To view a complete collection of blacklisted email addresses, navigate to :menuselection:`Email .. image:: unsubscriptions/mailing-subscriptions-blocklist-question.png
:align: center
:alt: The blocklist question on the Mailing Subscriptions page that recipients see.
Beneath that, Odoo asks the former subscriber to :guilabel:`Please let us know why you want to be
added to our blocklist`, and the user can proceed to choose the appropriate reason from a series of
options presented to them.
Once they've chosen the appropriate reason from the options presented to them, they can click the
:guilabel:`Send` button. Odoo then logs their reasoning for blacklisting themselves in the *Email
Marketing* app for future analysis.
Blacklisted email addresses
===========================
To view a complete list of all blacklisted email addresses, navigate to :menuselection:`Email
Marketing app --> Configuration --> Blacklisted Email Addresses`. Marketing app --> Configuration --> Blacklisted Email Addresses`.
.. image:: unsubscriptions/blacklisted-email-addresses.png .. image:: unsubscriptions/blacklisted-email-addresses.png
:align: center :align: center
:alt: View of the blacklisted email addresses page in Odoo Email Marketing. :alt: View of the blacklisted email addresses page in Odoo Email Marketing.
When a blacklisted record is selected from this page, Odoo reveals a separate page with that When a blacklisted record is selected from this list, Odoo reveals a separate page with the
blacklisted recipient's contact information. recipient's contact information, along with the provided :guilabel:`Reason` why they chose to
blacklist themselves.
.. image:: unsubscriptions/blacklisted-contact-form.png .. image:: unsubscriptions/blacklisted-contact-form.png
:align: center :align: center
:alt: View of a blacklisted contact detail form in Odoo Email Marketing. :alt: View of a blacklisted contact detail form in Odoo Email Marketing.
In the :guilabel:`Chatter` of this page, there's a time-stamped message, informing the user when In the *chatter* of the blacklisted record page, there's a time-stamped message, informing the user
that recipient blacklisted themselves (via a :guilabel:`Mail Blacklist created` log note). when the recipient blacklisted themselves (via a :guilabel:`Mail Blacklist created` log note).
.. note::
Blacklisted emails are excluded from all marketing mailings, however, these emails can still
receive transactional emails, such as order confirmations, shipping notifications, etc.
Unblacklist contacts Unblacklist contacts
==================== ====================
To *Unblacklist* contacts, click the :guilabel:`Unblacklist` button in the upper-left corner to To *Unblacklist* contacts, click the :guilabel:`Unblacklist` button in the upper-left corner of a
remove the contact from the blacklist, allowing them to receive mailings once again. blacklisted record's page to remove the contact from the blacklist, allowing them to receive
mailings once again.
When :guilabel:`Unblacklist` is clicked, a pop-up appears. In this pop-up, the specific email When :guilabel:`Unblacklist` is clicked, an :guilabel:`Are you sure you want to unblacklist this
address is listed, and there's a :guilabel:`Reason` field, in which a reason can be entered, Email Address?` pop-up window appears.
explaining why this particular contact was removed from the blacklist.
In this pop-up window, the email address of the selected blacklisted record is shown, and there's a
:guilabel:`Reason` field, in which a reason can be entered, explaining why this particular contact
was removed from the blacklist.
.. image:: unsubscriptions/unblacklist-popup.png .. image:: unsubscriptions/unblacklist-popup.png
:align: center :align: center
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from the blacklist. from the blacklist.
.. seealso:: .. seealso::
- :doc:`/applications/marketing/email_marketing` - :doc:`../email_marketing`
- :doc:`/applications/marketing/email_marketing/mailing_lists` - :doc:`mailing_lists`

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