Enable Double Opt-In Membership Subscriptions Print

Question:
How to enable double opt-in membership subscriptions?

Solution:
A double opt-in requires that new members reply to an email sent to them after signing up for a list. This ensures that the email address is deliverable and that the member has access to the mailbox.

This is helpful in preventing bad or invalid emails from joining the list that can later cause potential deliverability issues.

Subscription form:
When using a subscribe form for new members, a double opt-in can be selected from the form options with the following steps:

1. Navigate to "Utilities: Web Forms: New Subscribe Form"
2. Set "Confirmation:" to "Send one confirmation message"
3. Click "Get HTML" for the resulting for to post onto a website
4. Click "Done"
    

Email subscribe:
If members subscribe by sending an email to "join-list@", a double opt-in can be configured from list settings with the following steps:

1. Navigate to "Utilities: List Settings: New Subscriber Policy"
2. Set the "Confirm subscribes:" radio button to "yes"
3. Click "Save"

CSV Upload:
If new members are added by a manual CSV file upload, a double opt-in can be selected from the upload options with the following steps:

1. Navigate to "Members: Add Members: Import Members from CSV File"
2. For the "action" field select the radio button "Import as unconfirmed members, and send confirmation request"
3. Click browse to select the desired CSV file as normal
4. Click "Import" to trigger the member import