Heading off on a spontaneous vacation and need to pause your sequence until you get back? We've got a way for you to do just that! You can pause sequences when you go on vacation, a holiday comes up, or your team needs time to re-strategize their approach.
What does pausing a sequence do?
Pausing a sequence temporarily stops sending on the sequence and keeps your recipients exactly where they are in the sequence cycle. When you unpause, your recipients will be reactivated in the sequence cycle.
If the recipient's scheduled time in the upcoming stage is still in the future, the upcoming stage will send.
Example: Your next stage is scheduled to send in precisely five days at 5:00 pm. You pause the sequence now and leave it paused for three days while you're away from the office. When you unpause your sequence, the next stage will send on the fifth day at 5:00 pm after you hit the Resume button.
If the time when the stage was supposed to be sent has passed, it will be sent at the same time it was initially scheduled, but on the next available weekday (within the daily send limit).
Example: Your stage was supposed to be sent on Wednesday at 9:00 am. You pause the sequence on Tuesday and are out of the office until Thursday. When you press Resume, your upcoming stage will be scheduled to send at 9:00 am on Friday.
How to pause a sequence
Sequence-level pausing
Sequence-level pausing lets you pause all recipients in a sequence. Mixmax administrators can pause all recipients in the sequence, including those added by other workspace members.
Non-Admin users
Visit the Sequences section of your dashboard.
Hover over the three dots under the sequence you plan to pause.
Click Pause my recipients in the drop-down menu that appears.
Confirm you'd like to pause the sequence by clicking Pause in the confirmation window.
This will pause the sequence for all of your active recipients. Pausing will not impact any recipients added by other members of your team.
Admin users
In addition to pausing their own recipients, Mixmax administrators can pause all recipients added to a sequence. The Pause all recipients option pauses all recipients added to the sequence by members of your workspace.
To pause only your own recipients:
Visit the Sequences section of your dashboard.
Hover over the three dots under the sequence you plan to pause.
Hover your mouse over Pause recipients in the drop-down menu that appears.
Click Pause my recipients in the Pause recipients menu.
Confirm you'd like to pause the sequence by clicking Pause in the confirmation window.
To pause all recipients in the sequence:
Visit the Sequences section of your dashboard.
Hover over the three dots under the sequence you plan to pause.
Hover your mouse over Pause recipients in the drop-down menu that appears.
Click Pause all recipients in the Pause recipients menu.
Confirm you'd like to pause the sequence by clicking Pause in the confirmation window.
Pausing individual recipients
Non-Admin users can pause individual recipients they have activated. Mixmax Administrators can pause any recipient in the sequence, including those added by other workspace members.
Non-Admin users
Visit the Recipients tab of your sequence.
Place a check mark next to the recipient you would like to pause.
Click the Pause button.
Admin Users
Visit the Recipients tab of the sequence.
By default, sequence reports only show your active recipients. You can view recipients added by other workspace members by switching the toggle My recipients only to off.
Place a check mark next to the recipient you would like to pause.
Click the Pause button.
How to resume a sequence
Sequence-level resuming lets you resume all paused recipients in a sequence. Mixmax administrators can resume all recipients in the sequence, including those added by other workspace members.
If the recipient's next scheduled time is still in the future, users can send the upcoming stage then. If it has passed, the sequence will resume sending at the same time it was scheduled, but on the next available weekday (respecting the daily send limit).
Sequence-level resuming
Non-Admin users
Visit the Sequences section of your dashboard.
Hover over the three dots under the sequence you plan to resume.
Click Resume my recipients in the drop-down menu that appears.
Confirm you'd like to resume the sequence by clicking Resume in the confirmation window.
Admin Users
In addition to resuming their own recipients, Mixmax administrators can resume all recipients added to a sequence. The Resume all recipients option resumes all paused recipients added to the sequence by members of your workspace.
To resume only your own recipients:
Visit the Sequences section of your dashboard.
Hover over the three dots under the sequence you plan to resume.
Hover your mouse over Resume recipients in the drop-down menu that appears.
Click Resume my recipients in the Resume recipients menu.
Confirm you'd like to resume the sequence by clicking Resume in the confirmation window.
To resume all recipients in the sequence:
Visit the Sequences section of your dashboard.
Hover over the three dots under the sequence you plan to resume.
Hover your mouse over Resume recipients in the drop-down menu that appears.
Click Resume all recipients in the Resume recipients menu.
Confirm you'd like to resume the sequence for all workspace members by clicking Resume in the confirmation window.
Resuming individual recipients
Non-Admin users can resume individual recipients they paused. Mixmax Administrators can resume any paused recipient in the sequence, even those paused by other workspace members.
Non-Admin users
Visit the Recipients tab of your sequence.
Place a check mark next to the recipient you would like to resume.
Click the Resume button.
Admin Users
Visit the Recipients tab of the sequence.
By default, sequence reports only show your active recipients. You can view recipients added by other workspace members by switching the toggle My recipients only to off.
Place a check mark next to the recipient you would like to resume.
Click the Resume button.
