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Manage variables in a newsletter

Update 08/31/2026

This guide explains how to add tags (codes and variables) to the body of your text to personalize your mailings with Newsletter Infomaniak.

 

Introduction

  • A subscriber exists in the form of an email address, but not only that:
  • The information associated with each subscriber can be used to segment your audience, send targeted messages, and improve engagement.
  • By leveraging these additional details, you increase the chances of conversion and customer retention, thereby creating a stronger and more personalized relationship with each subscriber.

 

Manage custom fields

To view the content of each field for each subscriber, please refer to this other guide (under Edit a subscriber's details).

To manage the names of these fields, or simply to delete or add them, go to the Subscribers section:

  1. Click here to access your product management interface on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
  2. Click on the domain name in question in the table that appears:
  3. Click on Subscribers in the left-hand menu.
  4. Click on the Fields tab:

 

Insert a variable…

 

… in the Newsletter title

When creating a new Newsletter, insert the custom fields into the subject and the preview text:

  1. In the very first step of the creation process, click on the drop-down menus dedicated to this purpose:

 

… in the email body

When you create your Newsletter using the block editor:

  1. Click on the location in the text where you want to insert your variable.
  2. Click on the Tag icon in the toolbar.
  3. Choose the variable to insert:

You can also simply insert the variable name enclosed in asterisks and separators: *|VARIABLE|*

 

List of basic variables

*|FIRSTNAME|*first name
*|LASTNAME|*name: this variable can also be integrated into an href link, for example https://domain.xyz?name=*|LASTNAME|*
*|EMAIL|*email address
*|DOMAIN_NAME|*Newsletter domain name
*|IP-REGISTER|*User's IP address at the time of registration
Unsubscribe linkTo place an unsubscribe link ("unsubscribe") in the desired location without any action on your part, this link is automatically inserted at the bottom of your newsletter.
Newsletter linkTo manually add a link to an online version of your Newsletter without any action required from you, this link will be automatically inserted at the top of your Newsletter.

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