Answers.Body: <p>There’s an option in the CiviMail Component Settings.</p>
  <p>Administer &gt; CiviMail &gt; CiviMail Component Settings</p>
  <p>Make sure the option ‘Enable CiviMail to create activities on delivery’ is checked.</p>
  <p>This will then automatically create a ‘Bulk Email’ activity for each recipient.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: So that box is already checked but isn't working - I tried unchecking, saving and re-checking to see if that will help
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  Administer > Customize Data and Screens > Activity Types
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Answers.Text: Yes it does exist
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Body: <p>I noticed that one of my predecessors added an activity to each user whenever they were sent a bulk email. However, when I send a bulk email it does not create an activity. Is this something that can be done automatically?</p>
  
Tags: <civimail><activities>
Title: Automatically add activity when sending bulk email
ThreadText: # Automatically add activity when sending bulk email
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-24)
  
  I noticed that one of my predecessors added an activity to each user whenever they were sent a bulk email. However, when I send a bulk email it does not create an activity. Is this something that can be done automatically?
  
  **Tags:** civimail, activities
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-10-25. Score: 3
  
  There’s an option in the CiviMail Component Settings.
  
  Administer > CiviMail > CiviMail Component Settings
  
  Make sure the option ‘Enable CiviMail to create activities on delivery’ is checked.
  
  This will then automatically create a ‘Bulk Email’ activity for each recipient.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: So that box is already checked but isn't working - I tried unchecking, saving and re-checking to see if that will help  
  > **username_1**: Does the activity type ‘Bulk Email’ exist in your environment? Administer > Customize Data and Screens > Activity Types  
  > **username_0**: Yes it does exist  
  
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