Contacts Overview
A Contact is a person you have sent an email to or have added to a list.
Contacts are stored on lists, while information about the contact is stored within database data fields. Saved contact information can be used in your emails. It can also be used to create dynamic lists. All contacts must have an email address.
There are several ways a contact can be added to the system:
- Manually
- API
- Generic Form Handler
- Import
Contact Subscription Status
Every contact will have a status. iPost uses the contact status to determine if emails can be sent to a certain contact. In iPost, contacts can have two statuses:
Status |
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Opt-in |
A contact who is considered mailable because they have not unsubscribed or bounced-out. |
Opt-out |
A contact will have an Opt-out status if any of the following occur:
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