# Usage

### Selecting contacts

If you are working with MailBatch, the first step is to select the desired
contacts to whom you want to send a mail.

* Filter out and select the desired contacts using a search function.
* From the **Action** list box, select the function **Send emails (via
  MailBatch)**.

### Choosing e-mail settings

In MailBatch, you can specify certain settings with regard to the e-mail
addresses and batch size.

* Select the desired sender e-mail address. This is a required field.
* Decide whether you want to take a contact in copy (Cc) or blind copy (BCc).
* Enter the desired reply-to e-mail address, if applicable.
* Select the desired batch size. This is a required field.

### Selecting a message template

You generally create message templates in CiviCRM via the **Mailing templates**
function from the **Mailings** menu.

* Select the appropriate template for the e-mail to be sent.

### Specifying file attachment

With MailBatch you can specify different mail attachments for e-mail to be sent.
If the desired e-mail attachment is not found or cannot be attached, you can
allow MailBatch to send the mail anyway.

* Select the appropriate attachment type for the e-mails (e.g.
  *File On Server*).

### Defining activities

In Mailbatch you can define in which way the sending of the mails is treated as
an activity.

* If necessary, define the activity if the sending of the e-mail was successful.
* Specify the name of this activity.
* If necessary, set the activity if the e-mail was not sent successfully.
* Specify the name of this activity, if applicable.
* If necessary, set the activity if there was no e-mail address for a selected
  contact.
* Specify whether you want to assign the activity to a specific person, if
  applicable.
* Set the structure of the activity.