Answers.Body: <p>The unsubscribe group provides a way for recipients to opt out of future mailings.  It isn't possible to send a mailing without this.</p>
  
  <p>Please read the documentation for more information about how this works:  <a href="https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/email/mass-mailings-using-civimail/#Choosing%20recipients:%20Groups%20versus%20search%20results" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Mass mailings using CiviMail</a></p>
  
  <p>Here's an extract that provides an overview:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>For mailings to search results, you are required to choose a Group
    from the Unsubscription Group dropdown menu. Here's why: Every mass
    mailing needs a way to track unsubscribe requests. A simple
    "unsubscribe" process is required by law in many countries and may
    help prevent your mailings from being treated as spam. Mailings sent
    to Groups have this capacity built-in. The next time a mass email is
    sent to that Group, anyone who has unsubscribed will not be included.
    However, mailings sent to search results do not have this built-in way
    to track who has unsubscribed, so you need to provide one.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
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  <p>I want to send an email to a large group (>50) and have created a smart group for this. Using the scheduled mailing function I selected this group as the recipients but now an extra box appears with an unsubscribe group, what is this for and can I do the mailing without this?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: to be clear I understand your workflow, you started by going to Mailings > New Mailings? ie via /civicrm/mailing/send?reset=1
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Title: Unsubscribe group in scheduled mailings
ThreadText: # Unsubscribe group in scheduled mailings
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-09-01)
  
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  I want to send an email to a large group (>50) and have created a smart group for this. Using the scheduled mailing function I selected this group as the recipients but now an extra box appears with an unsubscribe group, what is this for and can I do the mailing without this?
  
  **Tags:** civimail
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: to be clear I understand your workflow, you started by going to Mailings > New Mailings? ie via /civicrm/mailing/send?reset=1  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-09-02. Score: 3
  
  The unsubscribe group provides a way for recipients to opt out of future mailings. It isn't possible to send a mailing without this.
  
  Please read the documentation for more information about how this works: [Mass mailings using CiviMail](https://docs.civicrm.org/user/en/latest/email/mass-mailings-using-civimail/#Choosing%20recipients:%20Groups%20versus%20search%20results)
  
  Here's an extract that provides an overview:
  
  > For mailings to search results, you are required to choose a Group
  > from the Unsubscription Group dropdown menu. Here's why: Every mass
  > mailing needs a way to track unsubscribe requests. A simple
  > "unsubscribe" process is required by law in many countries and may
  > help prevent your mailings from being treated as spam. Mailings sent
  > to Groups have this capacity built-in. The next time a mass email is
  > sent to that Group, anyone who has unsubscribed will not be included.
  > However, mailings sent to search results do not have this built-in way
  > to track who has unsubscribed, so you need to provide one.
  
  
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