Beginner's Guide

Figure 11: List of user notes
MASS MAIL USERS
Sometimes you want to send a message via email to all of your users. Sometimes you want to send
that message only to a group of users or only to those having access to the backend. Sending emails is
always a bit delicate. Nobody wants to be a SPAMMER and nobody wants to receive SPAM, so be
careful!
In order to use the mass mail user component, you have to configure Joomla for sending emails in
Global Configuration → Server → Mail settings. You may then configure the Subject Prefix and the Mailbody
Suffix in Users → Mass Mail Users: Options - Mass Mail.
The user interface of the Mass Mail Users component is easy to understand. You can choose the user
group of those users who should receive the email. Since Joomla 1.7 it is possible to decide whether
disabled (blocked) users should receive the mail or not.
You can determine whether the sub user groups should also receive emails, whether the email is in
html format or plain text, and whether all recipients are listed in the email or marked as BCC (Blind
Carbon Copy). The message has a subject line and a mail body. You can use html but no wysiwyg editor is
provided (Figure 12).
Figure 12: Mass mail form
Storing mass mails in Joomla is not possible. After filling in the form, click the send email icon. Now
the emails are being sent.
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