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Importing members from a text file

This page shows you how to import email addresses from a text file. Email addresses that are already members are skipped. To update members with additional demographic information, import the members using a CSV file. For more information, see Importing members from a CSV file

The file must be a plain-text file. Each email address and name must be on a separate line, and must be in one of the following formats:

bob@example.com
bob@example.com Bob Shelby
bob@example.com (Bob Shelby)
Bob Shelby <bob@example.com>

Note

Once the import has started, you may not close the window until the import is completed.

Importing members from a text file

Go to Members > Add Members > Import Members from Text File. You may import members in one of three ways below:

Import quietly as regular members: Import the members into the list, but do not send a hello or confirmation message. These members receive normal list mailings.
Import as regular members and send list hello doc: Import the members into the list, and send them the hello message as specified for your list in Utilities > Document Associations. If no document is specified here, new members receive a generic message from Aurea List Manager. These members receive normal list mailings.
Import as unconfirmed members, and send confirmation request: Import the members into the list as unconfirmed, and send them the confirmation message as specified for your list in Utilities > Document Associations. If no document is specified here, new members receive a generic message from Aurea List Manager. These members do not receive normal list mailings until they confirm their memberships.

Terminate Import: This sets the number of consecutive invalid email addresses to end the import process. For instance, you may want to terminate the import after ten invalid email addresses and check your formatting to see why so many addresses are failing. You can also set it to Do not terminate import due to malformed addresses if you like to ignore any bad addresses and process the import as-is.
Select file: Enter the path of the file that contains the members you want to import or select browse to find the file.
Import: Click import to begin the member import. Aurea List Manager displays the number of addresses successfully imported, and display the addresses skipped due to being duplicates or invalid addresses.

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