{"id":766,"date":"2011-12-20T16:46:57","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T16:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/12\/20\/how-to-send-a-message-to-your-phplist-mailing-list\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:27:23","slug":"how-to-send-a-message-to-your-phplist-mailing-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/phplist\/how-to-send-a-message-to-your-phplist-mailing-list\/","title":{"rendered":"How to send a message to your phpList mailing list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been following along in our tutorial series, we have already <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/phplist\/install-php-list\/\">installed phpList<\/a>, <a href=\"\/support\/email\/create-mailing-list-in-phplist\/\">created a mailing list<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/support\/email\/phplist-create-subscribe-form\/\">created a way for users to subscribe to our mailing list<\/a>. At this time, we now want to send a message to our mailing list!<\/p>\n<p>To send a message to your mailing list:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Log into your phpList admin page<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201csend a message\u201d in the right sidebar<\/li>\n<li>Under the \u201cContent Tab\u201d, fill in the details of your new message. Here is our example below:<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whm-edu_bandwidth-and-disk_phplist_fill-in-the-content-of-your-message-in-phplist.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"713\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whm-edu_bandwidth-and-disk_phplist_fill-in-the-content-of-your-message-in-phplist.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"fill-in-the-content-of-your-message-in-phplist\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201cSave Changes\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Click the \u201cLists\u201d tab.<\/li>\n<li>You are now viewing a page that displays all of your mailing lists. Select the mailing lists that you want to send the message to, and then click, \u201cSend Message to the Selected Mailing Lists\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The next page will show a confirmation that your new message has been added to the message queue. Click \u201cprocess the message queue\u201d to actually send out your message.<\/li>\n<li>When your messages are being sent you, phpList will print data to the screen showing information such as how many emails it has sent out and how long it took:<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whm-edu_bandwidth-and-disk_phplist_phplist-message-confirmation.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"phplist-message-confirmation\" class=\"std_ss size-full wp-image-6318\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/whm-edu_bandwidth-and-disk_phplist_phplist-message-confirmation.gif\" width=\"811\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve been following along in our tutorial series, we have already installed phpList, created a mailing list, and created a way for users to subscribe to our mailing list. 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