Campaign Scheduling

The scheduling process is a wizard that helps you schedule a broadcast/campaign on the selected list(s) and criteria. In this article, we'll read about how different options will affect the sending process.

Menu Navigation: Actions - Schedule

Prerequisites

Cron should be running
A Sending Domain must have been added
A Contact List with at least one contact inside
A Broadcast must have been created
A functional Sending Node

Schedule

Navigate to the Schedule page and you'll see a wizard consisting of four steps.

Step 1: Initial SetupFields

Field Name	Type	Description
Schedule Label	Text	Friendly name to identify on "view scheduled" and "statistics page"
Campaign Type	Dropdown	Regular: Schedule it to broadcast or multiple broadcasts (in rotation) Audience: Select the audience type i.e Contact Lists or Segment (radio option) Split Test: Schedule a split test for the criteria that you have already created
Lists / Segment / Split Test	Checkbox / Radio	Contact Lists: Select the contact lists you want to send to Segments: Select from the segments that you want to send to Split Test: Select from the split tests that you have created so far Multiple Selection for the contact lists is supported.

Step 2: Content

Select a broadcast or multiple broadcasts. If you select multiple broadcasts, it will be sent in rotation.

Step 3: Sending InfoFields

Field Name	Type	Description
Sending Nodes	Checkbox	Select the sending node(s) you want to relay emails from Multiple selections will put sending nodes in rotation
Sending Sequence	Radio	Batches: Mumara feeds messages to the sending node in batches and rotates sending node after batch completion Note: You can set the batch size in Application Settings Loop: Mumara feeds messages to the sending node one by one and for multi-selected sending nodes, it rotates after every email.
Sending Node Selection	Radio	Sequential: Mumara picks up the sending node for the next batch in sequence order (by node ID, in case of multiple selections) Random: Mumara selects the sending node for the next batch randomly (from the selected sending nodes)
Sending Domain	Radio	As per Sending Node: Mumara will use the sending domain that has been selected in the Sending Node. Custom Selection: Select from the list of Sending Domains. Multiple selections will put sending domains in rotation

Step 4: SettingsFields

Field Name	Description
When to send	Send Now: This option schedules the broadcast for instant delivery Send Later: This option lets you select a date and time when to start the campaign
Threads	Number of parallel processes to run Note: In enhances the sending speed
Hourly Speed	Set the hourly speed of email sending. It will throttle the feeding process to MTA and spread over 60 minutes
Insert Unsubscribe Link	Inserts a unique unsubscribe link in the footer of the HTML body of the email
Track Opens	Track opening of the HTML emails
Track Clicks	Track all links that are being clicked Note: It replaces the destination URL with the tracking domain being used
Skip Duplicates	It checks for duplicate emails before starting the campaign and skips the duplicate contacts found. Note: However Mumara doesn't allow to store duplicates contacts within the same list but there is a possibility of having duplicate emails in different lists
Sender Information	Sender information indicates who the email is coming from e.g sender's name, email address, reply-to, return-path. From Contact List: It will fetch the sender details from Contact List details From Sending Node: It will fetch the sender details from Sending Node details Custom: Insert custom Sender Information
Sender Name	Fetch from SMTP: Use Sender Name as specified in Contact List or Sending Node Details Custom: Insert a custom sender name