All of the following administrative tasks for your contacts and lists are performed under the Manage Lists tab in the header:
- Creating a New List
- Default List Settings
- Adding Contacts
- Adding Contacts to Another List
- Duplicating and Combining Lists
- Removing Contacts from a List
- Exporting Your List
- Editing The Name Of A List
- Deleting a List
- Pinned Lists
- List History
Click here for definitions of the readership data displayed under this tab.
Creating a New List
- Click Manage Lists in the top header bar.
- Click the New List button in the top right-hand corner of the screen.
- On the pop-up window that appears, enter a name for your new list and click the Create new list button.
After the list is created, you are presented with two options for adding contacts to it.
Clicking the Add to List button will open a pop-up window, where you can search for existing contacts on your other lists to add, or paste a list of contact email addresses (separate by commas) by following the steps detailed here.
Or, you can quickly and easily upload a .csv file of contacts by clicking the Select File To CSV button and following the instructions. Click here for more details.
Note: If you are a brand new user, when you log into your account, you will be walked through an onboarding workflow that shows you how to create a list, add contacts to that list, and send your first email. If you don't see this window displayed contact support@streetcontxt.com.
Default List Settings
If you click into the List Settings tab of your new list, you'll observe that by default, the below settings are selected. You can disable either of these settings by unchecking the checkboxes.
- Subscription requests must be approved for this list (see Subscription Requests for more details).
- Send me a copy of every email I send, or is sent on my behalf (you will receive a copy in your inbox of every email you send). If you would like to turn off the sender copy on all distribution lists navigate to the Notification Settings under your profile and deselect the following "Receive a copy of all emails you send to distribution lists"
Adding Contacts
- Adding Contacts to a Single List
- Adding Contacts to Multiple Lists
- Adding Multiple Contacts to Lists
- Adding Contacts via CSV Upload
Adding Contacts to a Single List
- Click into All Lists in the top-left corner of the page (under the Manage Lists tab).
- Locate the list you just created and click on it.
- Click the Add Contacts button on the next page.
- Paste the contact email address(es) that will be added to the list in the Add Contacts to List window. (NOTE: the contacts do not need to have been previously added to your contacts table)
- Click the Add Contacts button.
Adding Contacts to Multiple Lists
If you want to add contacts to multiple lists at once, complete the following steps:
- Click into All Lists in the top-left corner of the page (under the Manage Lists tab).
- Click the Add Contacts button in the top-right corner of the page.
- Paste the contact email address(es) that will be added into the Add Contacts window.
- On the next page of the window, check the boxes next to the lists you wish to add these contacts to then click the blue button to complete.
Adding Contacts via CSV Upload
You have the option of adding contacts to lists by uploading a CSV file.
- Under Manage Lists, click into All Lists.
- Check the boxes of the list(s) you wish to upload the contacts into.
- At the top of the page, click the dropdown arrow to the right of the Add Contacts button, and select "Upload a CSV".
Adding Contacts to Another List
Simply add contacts from one list to another using the following steps:
- Under Manage Lists, click into All Lists
- Click into a single distribution list.
- Check the boxes of the contact(s) you wish to add to another list.
- At the top of the table, click Add to Another List to either add contact(s) to an existing list(s) or a new list.
Duplicating and Combining Lists
Copying and/or combining multiple lists is easy to do. Under Manage Lists > All Lists, select a single list, then click the Duplicate button that appears at the top of the table to make a copy of that list.
Select multiple lists under All Lists, then click the Combine button that appears at the top of the table to combine all of the contacts on those lists into a new single list. Any duplicate contacts will be filtered out.
Removing Contacts from a List
- Under Manage Lists, click into the list you want to remove the contact from (left-hand menu bar).
- Locate the contact under the Contacts tab and check the box next to their name.
- Click the Remove from List button that will appear at the top of the table.
You can remove a contact from multiple lists at once by clicking directly on them to open the right-hand sidebar, clicking the corresponding buttons for each list under the Subscription column so that they change from "On the List" to an orange "Add to list" button.
Exporting Your List
You can export a file of the contacts on your list by completing the following steps:
- Under All Lists, click into the list you want to export.
- Click the button in the upper-right corner of the contact table to download a .csv file of the list.
Editing The Name Of A List
- Click into Manage Lists in the header.
- Click into the list you wish to edit.
- Click the List Settings tab.
- Modify the name of your list in the List Name field.
Deleting a List
- Click into Manage Lists in the header.
- Click into the list you wish to delete.
- Click the List Settings tab and then click the Archive List button.
Pinned Lists
You can pin your most important / frequently accessed lists for quick access.
- Under Manage Lists, click into All Lists in the top-left corner.
- Locate the list you wish to pin and click into it.
- On the next page, click the pin button on the upper-right.
Your list will then appear on the left-sidebar under Pinned Lists in the left-side menu bar when you first click into Manage Lists in the top header.
List History
After clicking into a list, you can view its edit history - contacts that were added/removed, by whom and when - by clicking the "three-dot" button on the far right of the screen and selecting "View change history" from the dropdown.