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title: "Create a Mailing From a Designer Template"
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description: "Create a Deliver mailing from a Designer template. Select the template, configure the message header, and edit content that allows customization."
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updated: 2026-10-26T18:51:37Z
published: 2026-10-26T18:51:37Z
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# Create a Mailing From a Designer Template

Use an existing Deliver Designer template to create an email mailing. Configure the message header and edit the content that the template allows you to customize.

Before you begin, select a template created with [Build a Deliver Designer Template](/docs/build-a-deliver-designer-template).

## Create the mailing

To create a new message:

1. Select **Deliver** from the main navigation.
2. Select **New Mailing**.
3. Enter the following information:
  - **Name**: Enter a unique, descriptive internal name.
  - **Folder**: Place in a folder if desired. Select **Other** to create a new folder.
  - **User**: Defaults to logged-in user but can be overridden.
  - **Realm:** Place in a realm if desired.
  - **Method**: To use a Deliver Designer template, select *Email (Deliver Designer).*
  - **Template**: Select the desired Deliver Designer template. Deliver Designer templates will only appear if *Email (Deliver Designer)* is selected. If *Email (HTML Editor)* is selected, the existing HTML templates will appear here instead.
  - **Unsubscribe**: For all marketing messaging, *Allow Unsubscribe (Default)* should be selected, or another Message Group.
  - **UTM Tracking**: Enter UTM tracking info desired
4. Select **Save.** A new mailing is created.

Slate copies the selected template content into the new mailing. Later changes to the source template do not update that mailing.

## Configure the mailing

- **Edit Recipient List**: Follow along with our article on [Adding a Recipient List](/v1/docs/adding-a-recipient-list).
- **Edit Message Header**: When using a Deliver Designer template, the following information can be edited. This information can be populated using merge fields added to the recipient list:
  - Sender
  - Reply To
  - Recipient
  - CC
  - Subject
  - Preheader
- **Edit Message Body**: Only elements that "Allow Customization" can be changed at this point. This includes any HTML components, so users creating the mailing can edit the content within the component. Depending on the user's permissions, they will also be able to add additional HTML components or pre-configured components here.
  - Customizing a component within the mailing opens a pop-up form where the value of each variable can be set ![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/cd8ea7a6-07f3-4846-a554-627ac016d3e3/Images/Documentation/image-59NYMF9Y.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-09T11%3A20%3A16Z&se=2026-11-09T12%3A20%3A16Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=nqT70XyFtvQqeWyA9Cz9dsa5auZof8L%2B63IokYdupys%3D)
- **Send Mailing**: Follow along with our article on [Sending a Mailing](/v1/docs/sending-a-mailing).

## Up next

> [!NOTE]
> ➡️ [Sending a Mailing](/docs/sending-a-mailing)