I just recently added a subscriber (with permission) to my email list and the status is pending. What does that mean?
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Hey Susan! If you added a subscriber and they are showing as pending, this means they were sent a confirmation message and would need to confirm their subscription to your list. This can occur if the confirmation settings are turned on in your account, if the add url is not passed to AWeber (when using a sign up form), or if the subscriber has a role based email address. Once they click the link in the email they were sent, they would show as Subscribed instead of pending in your list.
You can modify your list settings under Confirmation Settings in your account if you want to disable confirmation. Having this on however can help prevent spam sign ups to your list.
Turning this off will not force confirm a subscriber that is showing as pending; they will still need to confirm their subscription since a confirmation message was sent at the time they signed up and it would off for new people signing up.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
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