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These criteria create segments that are based on whether they have received, opened, clicked, or forwarded a message, or whether a message has produced a conversion, deactivation or unsubscribe.
You can create segment conditions based on a prepared message. The segment includes all sendouts of the prepared message. This includes group and single sendouts. It also includes all future sendouts of the prepared message. There is no need to send the prepared message before using it in a segment.
You cannot use this type of selection in CMS message paragraphs or for profile-based automations.
Email Activity Criteria
Received
Selects contacts who received or did not receive a selected message. If the contact was a part of the sendout group and the sendout did not produce a response, the system assumes that a message was received.
Configuration
Setting | Description |
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Received |
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Additional Criteria |
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Group Name | Defines the group to which a message was sent. You can search for groups by name in this field. You can only select one message. |
Check Membership |
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Message Type | Defines whether the segment criteria refers to a sent message or a prepared message.
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Message | Defines the message that is referenced in the segment criteria. You can search for messages by name in this field. You can only select one message. |
Number Of Occurrences | Defines how many messages have been received. |
In Timeframe |
Opened
Selects contacts who opened or did not open a selected message.
Configuration
The system records an open when the email tracking pixel was displayed or the contact clicked a link in the email. All other contacts are assumed not to have received the message. When you open the segment panel, you see the same fields as in the Received section described in the preceding section.
Sometimes, a contact opens an email, but the system cannot track the open. If both of the following are true, the system is unable to track an open:
The contact has opted to suppress the display of images in the email inbox.
The contact does not click any trackable link in the email.
Bounced
Selects contacts to whom an email message produced a bounce response. Bounces are messages that the system sends out, but that the receiving Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) rejects. The receiving Mail Transfer Agent forwards a notification to the system that a message was refused. Bounced messages never arrive in the inbox of the contact. For more information, see Responses.
You cannot select all contacts who did not produce a bounce response. You can only select contacts who did produce a bounce response.
Configuration
Setting | Description |
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Message Type | Defines whether the segment criteria refers to a sent message or a prepared message.
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Message | Defines the message that is referenced in the segment criteria. You can search for messages by name in this field. You can only select one message. |
In Timeframe |
Link Clicked
Selects contacts who clicked or did not click a link in a selected message. The system can only track links for which you have enabled link tracking. You cannot use untracked links for segment criteria. For example, system links are only tracked if the setting Track System Links is activated in the group settings. For more information, see Tracking & Links (Tab).
Configuration
Setting | Description |
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Clicked |
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Message Type | Defines whether the segment criteria refers to a sent message or a prepared message.
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Message | Defines the message that is referenced in the segment criteria. You can search for messages by name in this field. You can only select one message. |
Link Type |
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In Timeframe |
Forwarded
Selects contacts who forwarded or did not forward a selected message. The system can only track when messages are forwarded with the forward message form (added with a Variable). You cannot track when a contact forwards an email directly from the email inbox.
Configuration
Unsubscribed
Selects contacts who unsubscribed after receiving a selected message.
Configuration
Setting | Description |
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Message Type | Defines whether the segment criteria refers to a sent message or a prepared message.
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Message | Defines the message that is referenced in the segment criteria. You can search for messages by name in this field. You can only select one message |
In Timeframe |