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Jenn_DiMaria2
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September 15, 2015
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Email Campaign Stuck in "Send Email"

  • September 15, 2015
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Here's something I've never encountered before: I sent an email (via Email Program) nearly 20 minutes ago, and all campaign members (~1500) are stuck in the "Send Email" state. I've sent to larger lists than this with no problems before, so I'm wondering when I should start to worry that the campaign isn't processing correctly. Does it happen regularly for anyone else?

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Best answer by Jenn_DiMaria2

Wanted to update everyone on this issue. After contacting support, the solution was to not use a Smart List with as many filters as I had going on. Instead, it was recommended that I create Smart Campaigns that add people fitting the criteria I needed to a Static List. Although I've rarely encountered this problem, it could be avoided by using Smart Lists sparingly.

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Jenn_DiMaria2
Jenn_DiMaria2AuthorAccepted solution
New Participant
December 15, 2015

Wanted to update everyone on this issue. After contacting support, the solution was to not use a Smart List with as many filters as I had going on. Instead, it was recommended that I create Smart Campaigns that add people fitting the criteria I needed to a Static List. Although I've rarely encountered this problem, it could be avoided by using Smart Lists sparingly.

September 15, 2015

I wouldn't be worried at this point after only 20 minutes. Sometimes if there's other stuff going on in the instance, the activity logging gets deprioritized in the queue, but it will show up.

Josh_Hill13
New Participant
September 15, 2015

Yes, that's what it looks like. Check your Campaign Queue as well.

I've heard of plenty of instances of email sends taking 1-2 hours for various reasons.

Jenn_DiMaria2
New Participant
September 16, 2015

Thanks, Josh! It did send over an hour later, though not without quite a bit of hard bounces that I'm not sure could be related - some of them are quite bizarre. I submitted a support ticket and am working with them now.