Different Email Sending/ Delivery Method(s) - Send Now, Schedule, Batch, RSS Schedule

Modified on: Thu, 10 Aug, 2023 at 11:00 AM

There are 4 primary ways to send or deliver emails in the system. In this article we will discuss the main differences between:

1. Send Now

2. Schedule

3. Batch Schedule 

4. RSS Schedule

Email Delivery Method Breakdown

Send Now

Create an email campaign for your audience that will be delivered according to the location time zone.

(Setup Documentation)

Schedule 

Create an email campaign for your audience which goes out at a specific time and date according to the location time zone.

(Setup Documentation)

Batch Schedule 

Create an email campaign for your audience that gets delivered in different batches at specific times and dates according to the location time zone. For example, if there are 1000 contacts and the batch quantity is set for 10, it will get delivered in 10 batches of 100 emails each.

(Setup Documentation)

RSS Schedule

Create an email campaign with RSS elements for your audience and it will get delivered at the scheduled time and date according to the location time zone with the updates on the RSS feed like new blog posts or product updates etc.

(Setup Documentation)

Create/Delete

Schedule

Edit 

Test Email/Preview

Send Now

yes

no

no

yes

Schedule

yes

yes

yes, you can edit the time and date of delivery before one hour of the designated schedule. 

yes

Batch Schedule

yes

yes

yes, you can edit the time and date of delivery before one hour of the designated schedule. You can also edit the content of the email during the Batch schedule is going on. 

yes

RSS Schedule

yes

yes

yes, you can edit the time and date of delivery before one hour of the designated schedule. You can also edit the content of the email during the Batch schedule is going on. 

yes