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How to configure Sequence settings

This article explains how to modify your Sequence settings to align with your requirements.

Once you have set up the stages in your Sequence, you will want to adjust the settings to ensure it behaves as you need. To configure the Sequence settings, go to the Settings tab in your Sequence.
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Sequence Settings tab

Configure tracking for emails sent from your Sequence

To manage the tracking settings for emails sent from your Sequence, click Tracking on the left, then check the boxes next to the settings you wish to enable.
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Tracking settings

For email stages (auto and manual) of each Sequence, you can decide whether to:

  • Track opens: track when recipients open your emails.

  • Track clicks: track when recipients click on links in your email.

  • Sync to Mixmax: sync your email activity to Mixmax reports and the Live Feed. If this setting is enabled, members in your teams will be able to see your email activity, but they will not be able to view the email itself unless you enable sharing the Email body as well. You must enable this sync option to track and analyze your Sequence email activity in reports. To learn more about syncing to Mixmax, check out our article about syncing emails with your Team.

We recommend enabling all these settings on Sequences you send to customers.

You can configure default tracking settings for all emails in your personal settings.


Prevent adding certain recipients to the Sequence

The settings on the Recipients tab below can prevent recipients from being added to a Sequence.
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Recipients settings

Automatically remove recipients who have already received this Sequence

By default, this option is enabled, which prevents a recipient from receiving the same Sequence more than once. Disable it if you want to allow recipients to receive the same Sequence.

Automatically remove recipients who are active in another Sequence from sender

When selected, we'll prevent you from adding this user to another Sequence. If the recipient is already active in another Sequence with this setting enabled, Mixmax will automatically remove them when you attempt to add the user to another Sequence.

Automatically remove recipients who are active in a Sequence from the following teams

As above, when this is selected by another Sequence you own or by another Sequence someone else on your Team owns, Mixmax will prevent you from adding the same recipient to multiple Sequences at the same time. This helps ensure your contacts don't receive too many emails from your Team.


Configure how recipients are removed from your Sequence

See How recipients are exited from Sequences to know more about how you can configure when recipients are automatically removed from your Sequence based on their activity in the Exit Criteria section of the Settings tab.


Out-of-Office Detection

You can enable the setting to detect out-of-office replies.

Out-of-Office Detection setting

If Mixmax detects an out-of-office email, it will extract the recipient's return date and reschedule the next automated email stage in the Sequence to that date.

Stage rescheduled after an out-of-office reply

Mixmax will not reschedule the upcoming stage if it cannot detect a return date or if the return date is more than 30 days from the date the out-of-office email was received.

If the recipient's return date is earlier than the scheduled stage, Mixmax will not reschedule for the upcoming stage.


Pause Sequence stages on US holidays

Public holidays in the US are skipped by default.
If you don't want your Sequence to pause sending during the holidays, uncheck the box next to Skip US holidays - automatically reschedule all stage actions in a sequence to the next available day after the holiday under Schedule > Holiday to keep sending email stages and creating tasks on holidays.

Schedule settings

Below, you will find the US holidays in 2026 and 2027 that are skipped by default:

Date

Holiday

January 1, 2026

New Year's Day

January 19, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 16, 2026

President's Day

May 25, 2026

Memorial Day

June 19, 2026

Juneteenth

July 3, 2026

Independence Day

September 7, 2026

Labor Day

October 12, 2026

Columbus Day

November 11, 2026

Veterans Day

November 26, 2026

Thanksgiving Day

December 24, 2026

Christmas Eve

December 25, 2026

Christmas Day

January 1, 2027

New Year's Day

January 18, 2027

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

February 15, 2027

President's Day

May 31, 2027

Memorial Day

June 18, 2027

Juneteenth

July 5, 2027

Independence Day

September 6, 2027

Labor Day

October 11, 2027

Columbus Day

November 11, 2027

Veterans Day

November 25, 2027

Thanksgiving Day

December 24, 2027

Christmas Eve

December 25, 2027

Christmas Day

December 31, 2027

New Year's Day


Sync events to your CRM

Under CRMs, you can manage the settings that ensure your Sequence activities are synced to your CRM, like Salesforce.

CRMs settings
  • Log events: sync all Sequence activities to Salesforce. Learn more about configuring Salesforce.

  • Add new records for emails that don't exist: enable this setting to automatically create new contacts or lead records for new recipients you add to the Sequence.

To create Salesforce records, you must provide the recipient's First name and Last Name. Learn more about creating Salesforce records automatically.


Add an unsubscribe link to your Sequence

To allow users to unsubscribe from emails in your Sequence, you can select to include an unsubscribe link in your Sequence emails. This will prevent you from adding unsubscribed recipients into Sequences in the future.

Unsubscribe settings

Click Unsubscribe on the left to include the unsubscribe link in your Sequence emails. This setting can also be configured at the Role level by Workspace admins. To learn more, see how to configure the unsubscribe link on the Workspace level.


Configure notifications for your Sequence

To automatically get notified about recipients' activity, such as email opens, clicks, and downloads, enable desktop or Slack notifications under Notifications.

Notifications settings

Add CCs and BCCs to your Sequence

You can add the same CC and BCC to all your Sequence emails using the settings in the CC & BCC section.

Start typing a name or email address in the CC or BCC field, select the contact from the list of automated suggestions, and this user will be automatically CC'd or BCC'd on all Sequence emails you send.

CC/BCC settings

To add CCs or BCCs for specific recipients, use variables when adding recipients. To learn more, see how to add unique CC/BCCs for recipients.


Change the From address for Sequence emails

To change the email address displayed in the From field for Sequence emails:

  1. Open the Sequence you want to edit.

  2. Go to the Stages tab.

  3. For each relevant stage, select the sender address you want in the From field.

That's all! Your Sequence is ready to go; just add the recipients.

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