What you can do by email¶

You run your Mission Broadcast site by sending email — no website to log into, no app to install. Each command is just an email sent to a special address at your mission's domain.

Throughout this page, replace <your-domain> with your mission's address. That's either:

your custom domain — for example eldersmith.com, or
the shared subdomain — <your-slug>.missionbroadcast.com.

Not sure which commands you can use? Email help@

Send a blank email to help@<your-domain> and you'll get a reply listing every command available to you. Some commands are limited to approved senders (the addresses your family set up), and the help reply only shows those if you're sending from an approved address.

Send a letter¶

Send to	`letters@<your-domain>`
Who	Approved senders only

Write your letter as a normal email and send it to letters@<your-domain>.

The subject becomes the letter's subject line.
The body becomes the letter. Basic formatting is kept.
Photos and attachments ride along — they're resized and included.

What happens next depends on how your family set things up:

By default, the letter lands in the Pending queue for a parent to review and broadcast.
If they turned on auto-relay, the letter broadcasts to all subscribers immediately.

Only approved senders can send letters

Mail to letters@ from an address that isn't on the approved-senders list gets a polite bounce-back. Ask the parent or admin to add your address in Site Settings → Approved senders (up to 3 addresses).

Manage the subscriber list¶

Send to	`subscribe@<your-domain>`
Who	Anyone

The sender's email address is added to the list (or re-activated if they'd unsubscribed). They get a confirmation reply.

Unsubscribe¶

Send to	`unsubscribe@<your-domain>`
Who	Anyone

The sender is removed from the list and gets a reply explaining how to resubscribe if they change their mind.

Get your current subscriber list¶

Send to	`subscriber-list@<your-domain>` (also `subscribers@`)
Who	Approved senders only

You'll get a reply with your current roster — names, emails, and the date each person subscribed. Handy when you want to see who's following along but can't get to the console.

Add many subscribers at once¶

Send to	`bulk-subscribe@<your-domain>`
Who	Approved senders only

Attach a CSV file with Name and Email columns and send it. Everyone in the file is added in one go.

Get the archive link¶

Send to	`archive@<your-domain>`
Who	Anyone

You'll get a reply with a sign-in link to the letter archive — useful to share with a subscriber who's having trouble finding it.

See the letter designs¶

Send to	`themes@<your-domain>`
Who	Anyone

You'll get a reply showing every letter design you can choose from — each with a little preview picture and a note about what makes it special (for example, which designs show the photos you attach to a letter). To actually switch designs, open Account → Email Design and pick one.

help@ names your current design

A blank email to help@<your-domain> tells you which design your letters use right now and points you here to see the rest.

Update the mission map¶

See your current pins¶

Send to	`list-locations@<your-domain>`
Who	Approved senders only

You'll get a reply listing your current map pins, numbered in the same order they appear on the public map.

Add or replace a pin¶

Send to	`update-location@<your-domain>`
Who	Approved senders only

Put an address or place name in the body of the email — for example, "Missionary Training Center, Provo, Utah" or a street address. We look up the coordinates and add a new pin to the map.

To replace an existing pin instead of adding a new one, tell us which number:

Put the pin's number on the first line of the body, or
Put ## and the number in the subject — for example, ##3.

Use ##3 in the subject, not #3

A single #3 is too common in normal subjects ("Week #3 in Brazil"), so it won't trigger a pin replacement. Use the double-hash ##3 form, or just put the number on the first line of the body.

Quick reference¶

You want to…	Email this address	Who can use it
Send a letter	`letters@<your-domain>`	Approved senders
Join the list	`subscribe@<your-domain>`	Anyone
Leave the list	`unsubscribe@<your-domain>`	Anyone
Get the archive sign-in link	`archive@<your-domain>`	Anyone
See the letter designs (with previews)	`themes@<your-domain>`	Anyone
See the command menu	`help@<your-domain>`	Anyone
Email yourself the roster	`subscriber-list@<your-domain>`	Approved senders
Add many subscribers (CSV)	`bulk-subscribe@<your-domain>`	Approved senders
List your map pins	`list-locations@<your-domain>`	Approved senders
Add / replace a map pin	`update-location@<your-domain>`	Approved senders