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Add, Import, or Remove E-List Members in Simplelists

This article applies to: E-lists (Simplelists)

Access Members Page

  1. Log in to Simplelists.
  2. Select an e-list to manage.
  3. Click manage lists from the menu on the left.
  4. Click Members beneath the Action column on the appropriate list.
  5. Proceed with steps below to add or remove members.

Add Members

  1. Click the Add dropdown.
  2. Click Add new member.
    1. To add many members at a time, refer to the section below: Import Members Into Simplelists
  3. Enter an Email address.
    1. Optionally, add First name and Last Name.
  4. Do not select Send confirmation request email.
  5. Click Add.

Import Members Into Simplelists

  1. Prepare a CSV format file with at least one column having the email addresses you want to import and optional additional columns with other information.
  2. Log in to Simplelists.
  3. Select an e-list to manage.
  4. Click manage lists from the menu on the left.
  5. Click Members beneath the Action column on the appropriate list.
  6. Click the Add dropdown, then select upload file. Browse to the file you prepared earlier. 
    1. If you want to replace all current members with a new list of members, during the process of uploading members from a file, choose Remove existing members from the…list that are not in the uploaded file.
  7. Click into the Choose Files field, and browse to the file you want to upload.
  8. Click Open on the file explorer window to select the file.
  9. Click Submit.
  10. Use the dropdown fields to indicate which column to use for the Email address at a minimum, and other values if you want to include them.
  11. Select the Upload options as desired.
    1. We do not recommend selecting Send confirmation requests… as this notification is misleading. Even if someone chooses not to confirm the request, they are still added to the list.
  12. Submit files for import.
  13. Click Refresh page to update Overall status. 

Your import is complete when Overall status: Completed is displayed. 

Remove Members

To remove all members quickly, create a file with your own email address in it, then import it as described above, checking the option Remove existing members from the…list that are not in the uploaded file.
  1. Select the checkbox next to the members you want to remove.
  2. Select Remove selected members. A pop-up dialog will ask Are you sure you want to remove the selected members from this list? 
  3. Click OK.
     

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