Answers.Body: <p>You are able to use Scheduled Reminders (<strong>Administer > Communication > Scheduled Reminders</strong>) to automate messages and set when they go out. For your goal, you could limit the messages to go out only to a specified group/mailing list and you can based the automation on something such as when the contact record was initially created. </p>
  
  <p>Click "Add Reminder", give it a title, choose entity type "contact" and "created date". Under "limit or add recipients" choose your mailing list. Then set up various messages and times based on creation date.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Another option would be to check what the CiviRules extension has to offer.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>An other easy way to do that (if you are based upon Drupal and use webform integration) :</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Create a custom field such as "belong to group A" (yes or no") </li>
  <li>Create a dynamic group A for those who have this field set to "Yes" </li>
  <li>Create a webform to manage this contact custom field (or add it to an existing
  one)</li>
  <li>Use the webform emailing feature to send a pertaining email each
  time you complete this webform</li>
  </ul>
  
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Body: <p>I'm with a small non-profit, and we'd like new additions to our general mailing list to automatically receive a "welcome" email when we manually add them to the list (a group in Civi). Is this possible? </p>
  
  <p>I read that we could set up an "automated message," but my impression is that this will only work if we have a subscribe button on our site that the individual must click on. </p>
  
  <p>My preference would be to continue inputting new contacts manually then have an automatic email go out when I add them to the mailing list group, but I am open to new suggestions if this is not possible. </p>
  
  <p>Could you provide insights on this or point me in the right direction? I am very new here; please let me know if I need to include more info and apologies for my ignorance. Looking forward to your input.</p>
  
Tags: <civimail><email><groups>
Title: Is it possible to automatically email individuals once I manually add them to a group?
ThreadText: # Is it possible to automatically email individuals once I manually add them to a group?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-14)
  
  I'm with a small non-profit, and we'd like new additions to our general mailing list to automatically receive a "welcome" email when we manually add them to the list (a group in Civi). Is this possible?
  
  I read that we could set up an "automated message," but my impression is that this will only work if we have a subscribe button on our site that the individual must click on.
  
  My preference would be to continue inputting new contacts manually then have an automatic email go out when I add them to the mailing list group, but I am open to new suggestions if this is not possible.
  
  Could you provide insights on this or point me in the right direction? I am very new here; please let me know if I need to include more info and apologies for my ignorance. Looking forward to your input.
  
  **Tags:** civimail, email, groups
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-11-15. Score: 3
  
  You are able to use Scheduled Reminders (**Administer > Communication > Scheduled Reminders**) to automate messages and set when they go out. For your goal, you could limit the messages to go out only to a specified group/mailing list and you can based the automation on something such as when the contact record was initially created.
  
  Click "Add Reminder", give it a title, choose entity type "contact" and "created date". Under "limit or add recipients" choose your mailing list. Then set up various messages and times based on creation date.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-11-15. Score: 1
  
  Another option would be to check what the CiviRules extension has to offer.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-11-22. Score: 0
  
  An other easy way to do that (if you are based upon Drupal and use webform integration) :
  
  * Create a custom field such as "belong to group A" (yes or no")
  * Create a dynamic group A for those who have this field set to "Yes"
  * Create a webform to manage this contact custom field (or add it to an existing
    one)
  * Use the webform emailing feature to send a pertaining email each
    time you complete this webform
  
  
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