Using double opt-in

To ensure that all subscribers of your email list really wanted to subscribe, you can enable the double opt-in requirement.

EmailList::create([
    'name' => 'My list'
    'requires_confirmation' => true,
]);

When calling subscribe on a list where requires_confirmation is enabled, a subscription will be created with a status set to unconfirmed. An email will be sent to the email address you're subscribing. The email contains a link that, when clicked, will confirm the subscription. When a subscription is confirmed, its status will be set to subscribed.

When sending a campaign to an email list, only subscribers that have a subscription with status subscribed will receive the campaign.

To immediately subscribe someone, and skip sending a confirmation email, you can call subscribeNow on a list.

Customizing the subscription confirmation response#

When a person clicks the email confirmation link, a simple message explaining the result of confirmation is displayed. You can customize that response by publishing the views.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Mailcoach\MailcoachServiceProvider" --tag="mailcoach-views"

The responses of a confirmation can now be modified in the view inside the /resources/views/vendor/mailcoach/confirmSubscription/ directory. It will contain these blade files:

• confirmed.blade.php
• couldNotFindSubscription.blade.php
• wasAlreadyConfirmed.blade.php

Customizing the double opt in mail#

You can customize the content of the double opt-in mail.

First, you must publish the views.

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\Mailcoach\MailcoachServiceProvider" --tag="mailcoach-views"

After that, the content of the double opt-in mail can be modified in the /resources/views/vendor/mailcoach/mails/confirmSubscription.blade.php view.