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Letters

The Letters tab is where you write, review, and send the letters that go out to subscribers. It has four sub-tabs: Pending, Sent, Drafts, and Trash.

Where letters come from

There are two ways a letter shows up here:

  1. The missionary emails it to your intake address. It lands in Pending for you to review (unless auto-relay is on, in which case it broadcasts straight away).
  2. You write it yourself in the console with + New Letter.

Compose a letter

  1. Select + New Letter.
  2. Fill in:
    • Subject — the letter's subject line.
    • Letter date — when the missionary wrote it (shown in the archive).
    • Location (optional) — tie the letter to a map pin.
    • Letter content — a rich editor with bold, italic, underline, links, and bullet/numbered lists. Pasted formatting from Word or Google Docs comes along.
    • Attachments — add photos and files.
  3. Choose what to do:
Button What it does
Save Draft Keeps it in the Drafts tab; nothing is sent.
Save to Archive Adds it to the public archive without emailing subscribers.
Send to All Subscribers Broadcasts it now to everyone active.

Preview before you send

Open Email design and select Preview broadcast to see exactly what subscribers will receive, with all your current settings applied.

Review a pending letter

  1. Open the Pending sub-tab.
  2. Select a letter to preview it.
  3. Edit anything you like, then Send to All Subscribers — or move it to Trash if it shouldn't go out.

See who received a letter

Open a Sent letter to see the Delivery results panel — overall counts plus an expandable per-recipient breakdown. This is where you'd look if someone says they didn't get a letter.

Delete and restore

Mission Broadcast deletes in two steps so you can't lose a letter by accident:

  • Delete (from the Sent tab) moves the letter to Trash, where it's kept for 30 days before it's removed for good. You type delete to confirm. Subscribers who already received the letter still have it in their inbox — deleting only removes the public archive copy.
  • Delete forever (from the Trash tab) removes the letter and its attachments immediately, skipping the 30-day wait. This can't be undone.

Deleting doesn't unsend

A broadcast that's already in subscribers' inboxes stays there. Deleting a letter only affects the public archive link.

What subscribers see

When you select Send to All Subscribers, each person on your active list gets the letter as a formatted email — photos included — plus footer links to read the full archive, pause emails, or unsubscribe. The look is controlled in Email design; to see it before you send, use Preview broadcast there.

It's worth knowing the reader's side so you can answer questions. The For subscribers section is written for them — you can forward it to anyone who asks "how do I read this?" or "how do I stop the emails?"

Next steps

  • New to the console? Start with Get started for the first-run path.
  • Fine-tune the look of your broadcasts in Email design.
  • Let the missionary's emails skip the review queue with auto-relay.