Email is one of the most efficient ways to get detailed information out to anyone at your church. And with Elvanto, sending emails en masse is a breeze!
Setting up emails
When setting up emails in Elvanto, there’s a few things you need to do:
Verify your sending address
Elvanto sends emails on your behalf, but because we don’t have access to your email passwords (and we won’t ever ask for them!), we are not authenticated. As a result, some email servers will block the emails. To prevent this from happening, you need to verify your domain.
Email accountability
Elvanto has a couple of options for keeping account of your sent emails.
Email reports
The built-in sent email report allows you to see your emails within whatever search parameters you set. Since it allows you to easily navigate your sent emails without having to trawl through 1,000s of email copies (ew!), we recommend using the built-in reports rather than an email archive.
Email archive
For tracking purposes, you might want to set up an archive email. This means whenever you send an email, a duplicate will be sent to that address, ensuring you have full records of all correspondence.
Setting up an archive is easy; look at this page for instructions.
MailChimp Integration
Integrating with MailChimp allows you to manage email subscriptions for people in your church. While Elvanto will replace most of your email communication, many churches choose to continue their accounts for things like newsletters.
To see how to integrate with MailChimp, look at this page.
Using email
Email in Elvanto works basically the same as any system you use yourself. The only difference is that replies go directly to your inbox.
See this page for more on composing emails.
Templates
Email templates will save heaps of time whenever you’re sending regular emails.
For a step-by-step walkthrough on creating email templates, look at this page.