Answers.Body: <p>Another possible reason for the difference in the count is if you have (allow) multiple contacts to have the same email address and you have duplicate elimination turned on for a mailing.  This has happened a number of times with various installs that I have worked with.</p>
  
  <p>I am not aware of any magic solution that provides you a way to easily determine which contacts are not included.  I suspect, to identify who was excluded, you might be able to (after the mailing) use either Advanced Search or Search Builder to do a query that compares the group contacts with the Bulk Email activity for the mailing. (Ala, in the group but not the activity.)</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>In Advanced Search, try searching for contacts in your mailing group with "Email On Hold". See <a href="http://book.civicrm.org/user/current/email/maintaining-healthy-email-lists/">Maintaining Healthy Email Lists</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for this answer! Looks like it might account for some of them :)
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Answers.Body: <p>Two hints: </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>A contact can be in a group but have the status removed. This means, 
  he will not receive bulk mailings send to that group but may receive 
  bulk mailings sent to other groups(=different from optout)</p></li>
  <li><p>An email-address can be inactive (e.g. CiviCRM sets it to inactive if
  it    was bounced several times)</p></li>
  </ul>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The following are all different:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>No bulk emails (User opt out): This is what happens when someone opts out using the link in a bulk mailing. This means they won't be included in any <em>bulk</em> mailing. It doesn't affect sending single messages to that contact.</p></li>
  <li><p>Do not email: This means we can't/shouldn't email them at all, even singly. Actions > Send an Email won't be available.</p></li>
  <li>Deceased: AFAIK works similar to "Do not email".</li>
  <li>On hold: Set by the CiviMail bounce processing. Probably means a bulk mail to them bounced. This means the address is invalid/inaccessible, not necessarily that they don't want us contacting them.</li>
  <li>Unsubscribe: This is a different meaning and a different link to "Opt out". This is not a flag that is visible from the contact summary, but from the groups tab. Bulk emails are sent to groups; unsubscribe causes the contact to be set as 'removed' from the group that caused them to get that email. It does not opt them out of all mail or even all bulk email.</li>
  <li>(One of) their email address(es) should be marked as primary. This should happen automatically but if they don't have a <em>primary</em> email address this might cause issues.</li>
  </ul>
  
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Body: <p>I have a mailing group with 1396 contacts in it, 8 of whom don't have email addresses and 21 of whom have opted out of bulk email. Therefore there should be 1367 contacts emailed. </p>
  
  <p>However, when I select the group for a mailing, it says "Total recipients: 1,348" which leaves 19 contacts unaccounted for. How do I find out either</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Which contacts are recipients of the mailing, or</li>
  <li>Which contacts are NOT recipients despite (a) being in the group, (b)
  having an email address, (c) not having opted out of bulk email?</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Any help would be appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>
  
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Title: Which contacts in a mailing group are NOT recipients of a mass mailing?
ThreadText: # Which contacts in a mailing group are NOT recipients of a mass mailing?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-07-09)
  
  I have a mailing group with 1396 contacts in it, 8 of whom don't have email addresses and 21 of whom have opted out of bulk email. Therefore there should be 1367 contacts emailed.
  
  However, when I select the group for a mailing, it says "Total recipients: 1,348" which leaves 19 contacts unaccounted for. How do I find out either
  
  * Which contacts are recipients of the mailing, or
  * Which contacts are NOT recipients despite (a) being in the group, (b)
    having an email address, (c) not having opted out of bulk email?
  
  Any help would be appreciated.
  
  Thanks!
  
  **Tags:** civimail, groups
  
  
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  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2015-07-10. Score: 10 | Accepted answer
  
  The following are all different:
  
  * No bulk emails (User opt out): This is what happens when someone opts out using the link in a bulk mailing. This means they won't be included in any *bulk* mailing. It doesn't affect sending single messages to that contact.
  * Do not email: This means we can't/shouldn't email them at all, even singly. Actions > Send an Email won't be available.
  * Deceased: AFAIK works similar to "Do not email".
  * On hold: Set by the CiviMail bounce processing. Probably means a bulk mail to them bounced. This means the address is invalid/inaccessible, not necessarily that they don't want us contacting them.
  * Unsubscribe: This is a different meaning and a different link to "Opt out". This is not a flag that is visible from the contact summary, but from the groups tab. Bulk emails are sent to groups; unsubscribe causes the contact to be set as 'removed' from the group that caused them to get that email. It does not opt them out of all mail or even all bulk email.
  * (One of) their email address(es) should be marked as primary. This should happen automatically but if they don't have a *primary* email address this might cause issues.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks! This is the most comprehensive answer I've found so I'm going to accept it :)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-07-10. Score: 7
  
  Another possible reason for the difference in the count is if you have (allow) multiple contacts to have the same email address and you have duplicate elimination turned on for a mailing. This has happened a number of times with various installs that I have worked with.
  
  I am not aware of any magic solution that provides you a way to easily determine which contacts are not included. I suspect, to identify who was excluded, you might be able to (after the mailing) use either Advanced Search or Search Builder to do a query that compares the group contacts with the Bulk Email activity for the mailing. (Ala, in the group but not the activity.)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for this answer! I tried turning off the option to reduce duplicates and that brought the two numbers closer together, which helped! There were still a few different though, so I continue to look for a full solution :)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-07-09. Score: 6
  
  In Advanced Search, try searching for contacts in your mailing group with "Email On Hold". See [Maintaining Healthy Email Lists](http://book.civicrm.org/user/current/email/maintaining-healthy-email-lists/).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for this answer! Looks like it might account for some of them :)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2015-07-09. Score: 5
  
  Two hints:
  
  * A contact can be in a group but have the status removed. This means,
    he will not receive bulk mailings send to that group but may receive
    bulk mailings sent to other groups(=different from optout)
  * An email-address can be inactive (e.g. CiviCRM sets it to inactive if
    it was bounced several times)
  
  
  ---
  
  