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hi

What is the logic behind requiring a base Group?

Basically base group is a static group and is required to add for each search base mailing.
Membership of this group will affect the number of mailing recipients. so mailing recipients would be

Total Recipients = (total search contacts + base group("Added") + include groups/mailings ) - ( base group ("Removed") + excluded groups/mailings)

for more information issue is here CRM-3711   

kiran

Dear Lobo,

I applaud the idea of a base group, but I'm concerned about the implementation.

Adding the members of the base group to the list of recipients causes me concern. If I wanted to send the message to all the people in the base group, then I would select that group as an include group. The current implementation seems to make the selecting of the "Base Group" dropdown do 2 things: select the group as base group and add the group to the list of included groups. I think it should do just the former.

Thanks
Ken