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Tutorial 07 · About 3 min read

Start, stop and keep an eye on it

Start and stop sending, check Status and the Log, adjust the send window, gaps and daily caps in Settings, and see what each contact status means.

  • ▶ Start sending turns sending on. SheetBlast checks every 5 minutes and sends one email at a time, with a random 4–11 minute gap. It sends only inside your send window and under your daily limits, and follow-ups go before new contacts.
  • ■ Stop sending turns everything off immediately.
  • Status shows whether sending is on, the send window, and how many emails each sender has sent today.
  • Log tab: every send, reply, bounce and error, with a timestamp.

Settings tab

SettingDefaultMeaning
TIMEZONEEurope/TallinnDefault timezone for the send window
SEND_DAYS1,2,3,4,51 = Monday … 7 = Sunday
WINDOW_START / WINDOW_END09:00 / 17:00Recipient’s local time
MIN_GAP_MINUTES / MAX_GAP_MINUTES4 / 11Random gap between sends
MAX_NEW_PER_DAY20First emails per day, across all senders
STOP_ON_AUTO_REPLYFALSETRUE = out-of-office replies also stop the sequence
REPLY_LOOKBACK_DAYS30Keep watching for replies this long after the last step

TIMEZONE defaults to Europe/Tallinn. Change it to your own timezone (Getting started, step 5).

Contact statuses

StatusMeaning
(blank)Waiting to start
ACTIVEIn a sequence
COMPLETEDAll steps sent; still watched for replies
REPLIEDThey answered. Sequence stopped.
BOUNCEDAddress doesn’t exist. Added to DoNotContact.
PAUSEDYou set this to hold someone. Set ACTIVE to resume.
ERRORSomething to fix; read last_note
SUPPRESSEDInvalid, duplicate, or on DoNotContact