Answers.Body: <p>Multiple scheduled reminders are already possible out of the box using the &quot;Scheduled Reminders&quot; feature.</p>
  <p><a href="http://book.civicrm.org/user/email/scheduled-reminders/" rel="noreferrer">From the online book</a>:</p>
  <blockquote>
  <p><strong>Creating and managing scheduled reminders</strong></p>
  <p>Scheduled reminders can be created from the administration page at <strong>Administer &gt;
  Communications &gt; Schedule Reminders</strong> or during the creation of an
  event.</p>
  <p><em>From the administration page:</em></p>
  <ol>
  <li><p>Click on Add Reminder.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Give your reminder a name that will help you identify it if you need to edit it in the future.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Select an entity for your scheduled reminder. This will bring up a further set of options relevant to that entity: activities have
  activity types and statuses; membership gives membership types and
  statuses, and so on. These secondary options are (usually)
  multi-select fields, so you can choose to include more than one option
  in each field.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Choose when to send the reminder. This can be a set date or an amount of time before or after the start or end of your chosen entity.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>If you want to send more than one reminder, check the Repeat box. This gives you choices about the interval of repetition and when the
  repetition should end.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Check Record activity for automated email if you want a record of the contacts who received this reminder.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Fill in From Name and/or From Email if you don't want this reminder to come from the default name and email address for your
  site.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Refine or add to your recipient list. For more about your choices, see Limiting or adding to your recipient list in this chapter.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Choose to send your reminder as an email, an SMS or either depending on the preferred method(s) of communications for the
  contact.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Compose your message. You can use Message Templates or write the message from scratch. Note that you cannot save your message as a new
  template or modify an existing template from this screen, so if you
  are writing a reminder for the first time and you think you will want
  to re-use it, consider creating it as a Message Template instead.</p>
  </li>
  <li><p>Click Save when you are are done.</p>
  </li>
  </ol>
  <p>Reminders can be edited, disabled, or deleted from <strong>Administer &gt;
  Communications &gt; Schedule Reminders</strong>.</p>
  <p>IMPORTANT: Your system administrator will need to ensure that the
  <em>Send Scheduled Reminders</em> scheduled job is enabled and runs at least once a day. Refer to the Scheduled Jobs chapter for configuration
  details.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
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Body: <p>Using CiviCRM 4.6.11, Drupal 7. We want to create a workflow for membership renewals, part of which will include automatic, scheduled e-mails to members with expiring or just-expired memberships. I can create a Smart Group based on membership expiration date, then create a (say) daily,weekly scheduled job to send an e-mail to Smart Group members. </p>
  
  <p>Is this the best or only way? </p>
  
  <p>I'm also checking out the <a href="http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviRules+-+how+to+make+your+own" rel="nofollow">CiviRules extension</a> compatability with 4.6.11 and 4.7 then checking out using CiviRules to create such a workflow.</p>
  
Tags: <civimail><civimember><scheduled-reminders><civirules>
Title: Can I send automatic, scheduled e-mails about expiring or just-expired memberships?
ThreadText: # Can I send automatic, scheduled e-mails about expiring or just-expired memberships?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-01-29)
  
  Using CiviCRM 4.6.11, Drupal 7. We want to create a workflow for membership renewals, part of which will include automatic, scheduled e-mails to members with expiring or just-expired memberships. I can create a Smart Group based on membership expiration date, then create a (say) daily,weekly scheduled job to send an e-mail to Smart Group members.
  
  Is this the best or only way?
  
  I'm also checking out the [CiviRules extension](http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviRules+-+how+to+make+your+own) compatability with 4.6.11 and 4.7 then checking out using CiviRules to create such a workflow.
  
  **Tags:** civimail, civimember, scheduled-reminders, civirules
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-01-29. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  Multiple scheduled reminders are already possible out of the box using the "Scheduled Reminders" feature.
  
  [From the online book](http://book.civicrm.org/user/email/scheduled-reminders/):
  
  > **Creating and managing scheduled reminders**
  >
  > Scheduled reminders can be created from the administration page at **Administer >
  > Communications > Schedule Reminders** or during the creation of an
  > event.
  >
  > *From the administration page:*
  >
  > 1. Click on Add Reminder.
  > 2. Give your reminder a name that will help you identify it if you need to edit it in the future.
  > 3. Select an entity for your scheduled reminder. This will bring up a further set of options relevant to that entity: activities have
  >    activity types and statuses; membership gives membership types and
  >    statuses, and so on. These secondary options are (usually)
  >    multi-select fields, so you can choose to include more than one option
  >    in each field.
  > 4. Choose when to send the reminder. This can be a set date or an amount of time before or after the start or end of your chosen entity.
  > 5. If you want to send more than one reminder, check the Repeat box. This gives you choices about the interval of repetition and when the
  >    repetition should end.
  > 6. Check Record activity for automated email if you want a record of the contacts who received this reminder.
  > 7. Fill in From Name and/or From Email if you don't want this reminder to come from the default name and email address for your
  >    site.
  > 8. Refine or add to your recipient list. For more about your choices, see Limiting or adding to your recipient list in this chapter.
  > 9. Choose to send your reminder as an email, an SMS or either depending on the preferred method(s) of communications for the
  >    contact.
  > 10. Compose your message. You can use Message Templates or write the message from scratch. Note that you cannot save your message as a new
  >     template or modify an existing template from this screen, so if you
  >     are writing a reminder for the first time and you think you will want
  >     to re-use it, consider creating it as a Message Template instead.
  > 11. Click Save when you are are done.
  >
  > Reminders can be edited, disabled, or deleted from **Administer >
  > Communications > Schedule Reminders**.
  >
  > IMPORTANT: Your system administrator will need to ensure that the
  > *Send Scheduled Reminders* scheduled job is enabled and runs at least once a day. Refer to the Scheduled Jobs chapter for configuration
  > details.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: thanks so much, I've used Scheduled Reminders in the past for Events e-mail reminders but did not realize they also work for e-mails about membership status, to Groups or anyone.  
  
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