How to create, configure and delete a Viber messaging service

Any Viber user can quickly arrange to send the same messages to multiple people simultaneously. A bulk send tool is provided in the messenger, and after reading the instructions in the article, you will learn how to send messages to users from the Viber generated list on your Android or iPhone device in advance, without opening each contact individually.

Viber messaging

Before moving on to Viber messaging, let's point out the peculiarities of this communication channel that works in the messenger in question and the limitations that exist here:

• The list of recipients in Viber can only be formed from the people included in the address book of the initiator of the messenger. Also read: Add contacts in Viber for Android, iOS and Windows
• Messages are only delivered to users who have added the newsletter creator to their "Contacts"..
• The maximum number of messenger members who receive messages simultaneously on the same mailing list is 50 people.
• Messages received from the mailing list are displayed in a normal dialogue with their organizer, which means that the recipient will not know that the messages have been sent to multiple messenger users.

If it is necessary to provide interaction between multiple Viber participants (correspondence), the best option would not be the "one-to-many" communication channel discussed below, but rather to group the contacts into a group or community.

Read also: Create a group in Viber for Android, iOS and Windows

Create, configure and delete a mailing list in Viber

The organization of mailing lists in Viber is done in practically the same way in the messaging applications adapted for Android and iOS. At the same time, there are differences in the interface of the two most used by users, so let's consider solving the article title problem from Android and iPhone separately.

Android

Creating, configuring, and deleting a mailing list in Viber for Android doesn't require you to follow complicated instructions; You will check it by reading the following guidelines.

Create a recipient list

1. Open Viber for Android or go to page "Cats".if the application is already running.
2. Touch the button «New Chat» at the bottom of the screen on the right. In the area above the contact list, press "CREATE A NEWSLETTER"..
3. With a few taps, check the photos of the users in your address book: the highlighted contacts will form the initial list of recipients of the email. When the selection is complete, tap the check mark at the top of the screen on the right.
4. This completes the creation of the communication channel - a screen for sending messages to all users included in the recipient list will appear immediately.

Configure, add / remove participants

1. From the tab. "Cats". in messenger, go to the screen for sending messages to the newsletter ("chat" with a horn-shaped avatar). Touch the three dots in the right corner of the screen and touch "Information". in the menu that opens.
2. Click on the channel assigned by default "Name". at the top of the displayed panel, enter a new name, press "Save"..
3. To add to the recipient list:
   • Click on the name of the corresponding option in the Information and Options area or press the icon «Add user». to the right of the mailing list name on the screen to create and send messages to it.
   • Then mark the new recipients in the list "Contacts". and click the check mark at the top of the screen on the right.
4. To remove a specific user from the recipient list:
   • Raise the panel "Information".. Then, by clicking on the name of the person excluded from the list "THE ACCUSED" open the options menu.
   • Select the item. "Remove from mailing list".

Deletion of

A mailing list that has served its purpose can be removed from messenger using one of two methods:

1. From the tab. "Cats".. Touch and hold the title of the message recipient list that you want to delete until the menu appears. Press «Delete the chat». and then confirm the Viber request.
2. Go to the screen for generating and sending messages through the channel to be deleted, make the panel appear "Information".. If necessary, scroll to the bottom of the parameter list and press "Delete the mailing list.". Confirm your intentions by pressing "AGREE". in the messenger's message box.

iOS

Through the application Viber for iPhone, the organization and management of mail in the messenger is as follows.

Create a recipient list

1. Launch Viber in the iOS environment and go to "Cats". programs if you open another tab.
2. Press "New talk." at the top of the screen on the right. Then select the function "CREATE NEWSLETTER"..
3. Select the boxes to the right of the contact names, which will form the initial list of recipients of your messages. When you have finished making your selections, press "Done". at the top of the screen on the right.
4. At this point the task can be considered solved - the channel to deliver messages to a group of Viber users is created simultaneously and is ready to perform its functions, but it can additionally be configured acting as described later in this article.

Configure, add / remove participants

1. From the tab. "Cats". In the messaging application, open the created mailing list (indicated by the icon "Rupor".). Swipe the message sending screen to the left, which will open the options menu.
2. Changing the channel name is not necessary, but it will help guide you if you plan to create several different recipient lists. Click on the default name assigned to the mailing list «List of diffusion».. On the next screen, delete the default name, enter your own name and press "Done"..
3. Add participants.
   • To access the list of simultaneous recipients of your messages, press "Add". on the message sending screen or click on the name of the corresponding option in the channel information panel.
   • Next, check the names of the users to be added to the list of recipients of the information. When you have finished making your selections, click "Done"..
4. Deletion of the participant:
   • Open the mail options screen, in the list "Recipients". press the name of the user you want to exclude from the delivery channel, which will bring up a menu of actions.
   • Select "Remove from mailing list" and press "AGREE". in the messenger's message box.

Deletion of

1. On the tab. "Cats". from the messenger, find the newsletter and move its header to the left. Press the button displayed "Delete". and confirm the application request.
2. The second method is to open the screen for sending messages from a set of contacts, to bring up the options panel. Scroll to the bottom where the function "Delete the mailing list." - click on their name. Confirm your intention by pressing "AGREE". under the request you received from Viber.

Windows

The application of Viber for PC it lacks many of the features found in the mobile versions of the messaging client. This is also true for mailings: use the "main" messenger installed on your Android or iPhone device to create and manage channels to send messages to multiple recipients at the same time.

Conclusion:

Effective use of the Viber suite of tools designed to create and manage emails is not difficult, and the capabilities of the bulk messaging channel considered are almost always sufficient to meet the objectives of most messenger users.

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