Email Sending and Scheduling Options in Sparkforge

Sparkforge gives you four ways to deliver an email campaign. Pick the one that matches the urgency, list size, and content source.

The four delivery methods

• Send Now: immediate delivery for time-sensitive campaigns.
• Schedule: fixed date and time, useful for planned promotions and reminders.
• Batch Schedule: sends in smaller groups over time to protect deliverability on large lists.
• RSS Schedule: auto-generates emails when an RSS feed updates.

Send Now

Use this for flash sales, urgent announcements, and last-minute updates. Recipients receive the email immediately based on their location time zone.

1. Choose Send Now from the delivery options.
2. Enter Sender Email and an optional Sender Name.
3. Add a Subject Line and optional Preview Text.
4. Select recipients via Smart List, Tags, Segments, or specific Contacts.
5. Click Send.

Schedule

Set a specific date and time when your audience is most likely to engage — useful for event reminders, seasonal promos, and planned campaigns.

1. Select Schedule.
2. Pick the date and time (uses the location time zone).
3. Configure sender details, subject line, and preview text.
4. Select recipients and confirm.

Batch Schedule

Batch Schedule splits a large list into smaller groups delivered over a defined window. This protects deliverability and prevents server throttling.

Validation rules

• End time cannot be earlier than Start time — an inline error blocks sending until fixed.
• Send and Schedule stay disabled while validation errors are present.
• Seconds are not a supported interval. Drafts that previously selected seconds clear automatically.
• Editing Start time confirms with a single OK button.
• Midnight (12:00 AM) boundaries are handled without false errors.

Example

1,000 contacts with batch quantity 100 = 10 rounds of delivery.

Setup

1. Select Batch Schedule.
2. Define the Start Date and Time.
3. Set Batch Quantity and Repeat Interval (hours or days).
4. Configure sender, subject, and recipients.
5. Save and confirm.

RSS Schedule

RSS Schedule watches a feed and emails subscribers when new items appear — ideal for blog digests and auto-newsletters.

1. Select RSS Schedule.
2. Enter the RSS Feed URL.
3. Pick a frequency (daily, weekly) and time of day.
4. Configure sender, subject, and recipients.
5. Save and confirm.

Managing scheduled campaigns

• Reschedule: change time or date up to one hour before launch.
• Edit content: update copy mid-schedule for Schedule, Batch, and RSS campaigns.
• Pause or cancel: stop a campaign before it sends.
• Test or preview: validate every send before it goes live.