Do not mark email addresses as "do not email" when they unsubscribe, instead add a consent record/solicite code.

Marking email addresses as "do not email" can confuse a user into thinking the constituent doesn't what to be email when in reality they just don't want to recieve bulk emails like newsletters.

Have the system use the "unsubscrive" to add a consent code/solicite code that reflects what they are unsubscribing from. No newsletters, no solicitations, etc.

  • Christopher McFarlane
  • Jul 16 2020
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  • Krista M commented
    15 Apr 16:33

    This is affecting their fundraisers' and database admin staff's ability to communicate with their constituents in receipting, personal solicitation, and general inquiries. It would be better to have the 'unsubscribe' link in the emails to go to a specific communication preferences page, OR just auto-generate a Consent opt-out to trigger a solicit code "no mass emails", OR even better if the user can configure what type of email category the email falls under when they build it, then when the constituent unsubscribes, it would opt them out of that category only.

  • Krista M commented
    15 Apr 16:28

    Marking the Email "Inactive"/"Do Not Contact" is misleading and is affecting users who interpret that icon as it not being a useable email at all for personal outreach, when it was just due to an unsubscribe on a mass email.

  • Ellen Trantas commented
    January 30, 2025 18:14

    How long does it take to move from Planned to Delivered? We, too, see this as a big stumbling block. Thanks.

  • Jennifer Watson commented
    January 29, 2025 22:39

    This "do not email" symbol does not go away either when someone opts back in. The consent/solicit code information should tell us enough about whether we can email someone based on the solicit/consent information and the purpose of why we might want to email the person.

  • Alexis Thompson commented
    June 02, 2023 10:30

    We want to migrate to NXT because as a user interface it's much easier than OLX but we won't make the move because of this issue with the unsubscribe methodology being so confusing.

  • Isabella Raeburn commented
    May 26, 2023 10:18

    This would be extremely helpful - we send e-newsletters through OLX at the moment. We'd prefer to do this via NXT, but this is a huge stumbling block to making that move.