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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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:
Open the Sequence you want to edit.
Go to the Stages tab.
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.










