# Create/Edit Contact Group

This screen displays the a Contact Group and e-mail subscription features.
All Contacts are organized into Contact Groups. Contact Groups can be used to simply group Contacts together for purposes of organization or classification, but more commonly are to create mailing lists for sending e-mail Campaigns.
If a Contact Group is used as a mailing list, then it can be "open" to any Subscribers, or "closed" to any new Subscribers.
Open Subscriptions are ideal for creating numerous self-managed mailing lists covering many topics and allow any Subscriber to join the mailing list at any time.
Closed Subscriptions are used for creating private mailing lists that are maintained by a Contact Manager or by the the system system's work-flow features. This allows you to create and manage Staff-Only mailing lists, Member-Only mailing lists, and Customer-Only mailing lists, etc.

Here are the Properties of a Contact Group:

| ### Contact Group Name
Contact Group Name: | Enter the Name of the Contact Group. NOTE: If this is an Open Subscription, this name will be visible to all Subscribers on the E-Mail Preferences Page.
| ### Allow Campaigns to send to this Contact Group
Enable E-mail Subscription: | Select this check box if you want this Contact Group to be available to the e-mail Campaign feature (i.e. a mailing list).
E-mail Subscription Type: | Open: Allows all Subscribers that view the E-Mail Preferences Page to add themselves to this Contact Group (join this mailing list). They will also be able to opt-in and opt-out (and back in) as they choose at any time. Closed: No Subscribers that are not already in the Contact Group will be able to add themselves to this mailing list. NOTE: To join a Closed Subscription, a Subscriber must first be added to the Contact Group by a Contact Manager through the Control Panel or by the the system system's work-flow features. Once this happens, then the Subscriber will be able to see this Contact Group Name & Description and be able to opt-out (and back in) as they choose from the E-Mail Preferences Page at any time.
| ### Description/Subscription Message on My Account Pages
Description: | If "Enable E-mail Subscription" is set, this Description is displayed on the E-Mail Preferences Page to inform prospective Subscribers of the purpose for this mailing list. Otherwise, this Description is just used for informational purposes in the Control Panel.