====== Bulk Mail ======

<font 14px/arial;;#000000;;#ffffff>** Bulk Mail ** function allows Administrators to send mass emails to all users in their social network easily</font>

<font 14px/arial;;#000000;;#ffffff>(for example to announce them about the site's new functionality).</font>

In case the numbers of users are huge, you can limit the number of emails will be sent per cycle.

Before doing this, you need to set up your email account correctly.

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Follow these steps to send **Bulk Mail** to users:

1. Select “**Bulk Mail**” under **System Admin** control.

2. Input Mail Subject, Emails Cycle (//Number of emails will be sent out in a cycle//) and Mail Body

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3. Click **Send Emails** button to send the email to all users or click **Send Test Email** button to (TBD).

4. A confirmation popup will be shown, click **Ok** to continue or **Close** to abort.

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5. Click **Close** button to close the popup when all emails have been sent out successfully.

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6. Now all members will see a new email as below sample:

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