Blocked Emails
You can see that an email address is opted out (blocked) from their Neon account page. Email addresses flagged as "opted out" cannot be added to Email Audiences. Neon CRM blocks Campaign Emails from reaching these constituents. However, they will continue to receive all System Emails. It is not currently possible to unsubscribe from System Emails.
An email address can be blocked in the following ways:
1. Opted out by a system user: A system user clicks the email opt-out link for an email address on a Neon account page.
2. Opted out by the constituent:
- The recipient clicks the Unsubscribe Link in the footer of your campaign email.
- The recipient marks your campaign email as spam/junk from their email client.
- The "Send me email updates from..." checkbox is NOT checked upon submitting a donation via a Social Fundraising Donation Form.
3. Opted out due to bounces:
- For bounces caused by auto-responses, the email does reach the recipient's inbox so if they eventually open the email then Neon will remove that bounce.
- If a Campaign Email receives a soft bounce and is subsequently opened by the recipient, then the status of that sent email changes from "Declined" to "Succeed".
Blocked Email List
All email addresses that have been opted out are added to your Blocked Email List. The blocked email list is where you can find a complete list of email addresses that have been flagged as "opted out". This utility is found here: Global Settings cog > Global Settings > Communications > Blocked Email List.
The Blocked Emails page shows you which emails are blocked and why.
- The Email column indicates which email address on an individual account is opted out.
- Block Type tells you why the email was blocked (e.g., unsubscribed, bounce, invalid address).
- Block Method tells you how the email was unsubscribed (e.g., user email unsubscribe, Opt Out by System User).
Reports with Email Block Detail
Both the Mailing Report and All Accounts Report contain columns which display information about email blocks associated with your accounts.
These reports each contain columns that display Block Types of Opted Out or Invalid Address for Individual Emails 1, 2, and 3, and the Company Email, so that you can see which email address on each account has been blocked and why.
Email opt-out by a system user
To opt-out a constituent's email address as a system user, open the Contact section on their account detail page. Open the Actions menu next to the email address you wish to block and select Opt-Out.
You will be prompted to confirm this action. Click Confirm to proceed.
This will add the email address to your Blocked Email List and flag the email as Opted out by a system user, as shown in the example below.
This type of block generates a Opt-in email address link under Actions where you can easily re-subscribe an address if you need to. If you do not have permission to view the Global Settings tab, then this link will not be visible.
Email opt-out by the constituent
An email address can also be flagged as Opted out by the constituent.
There is no option on the Account page to opt-in email addresses that have been opted out by the constituent. You must navigate to the block list and search for the email address if you wish to remove the block.
Details about this can be found by searching for the email address in your Blocked Email List. If the constituent opted out by clicking the unsubscribe link from one of your campaign emails, then you can find out which email blast they unsubscribed from (Schedule Id) and on what date (Block Date).
If you are certain that an email has been added to the block list in error, you can manually opt-in an address by removing it from the block list. This should only be done in cases where the constituent has specifically requested to be opted in. You should not use this tool unless you are certain that the recipient wants to be added back to your email lists and/or was unsubscribed in error in the first place.
Monitor constituent opt-outs from Emails Statistics or the Email Campaign Stats widget.
Email opt-out due to bounces
You may see an email address flagged as Opted out due to bounces. This means that email address exceeded the limit of 5 bounces.
If you do not have permission to view the Global Settings tab, then the link to opt in will be hidden on an account page.
Monitoring Bounces
For more information on emails opted out due to bounces, search for this email address using the Email Report, found at Reports > New Report > Communication & Mailing Email Report. Use the Email Error Code and Email Error Note columns to find the most detailed bounce explanation.
Opt-in blocked emails
Email addresses can be manually opted-in, if necessary, by a system administrator from the Blocked Email List, which is found at Global Settings cog Global Settings Communications Blocked Email List.
The email opt out flag will be different depending on how it was added (i.e., opted out by the constituent, by a system user, or due to bounces). No matter how it happened, once a flag is added it can only be removed from the Blocked Email List. Only system administrators have the requisite permissions to opt-in an email address.
You can search for a specific blocked email address by Email or Account Name/ID. Click Remove Block to opt-in an email on your block list.
You will be prompted to confirm this action. Upon successfully opting in an email address, you will be returned to the Blocked Email List where you can verify that the address has been removed.
If you are logged in as a system administrator and are viewing the Contact section of a Neon account page, you'll notice that emails opted out by a system user or due to bounces have a Opt-In email address option in the Actions menu next to the address. This is a quick link that takes you to the block list.
If you do not see the Opt-In email address link next to an opted out email address, this means that the email was opted out by the constituent, or you are not a system administrator and thus do not have permission to access the blocked email list.
Selecting the Opt-In email address link will redirect you to the Blocked Email List where the Email and Account Name/ID will be pre-populated with the correct information from the account of origin.