How They Work
- Triggers — inbound lead, stage changed, or manual, identical to SMS
- Routing — inbound campaigns target by lead type with the same filters (state, source, lead score, stage, custom fields); Spark enrolls each new lead in the most specific matching enabled campaign
- Steps — each step is a subject + plain-text body, with a delay from the previous step
- Tokens — the same personalization tokens as SMS: contact first name, state, your agent’s name, your phone number, and policy details for confirmation templates
Triggers
For the full mechanics of sequences, delays, filters, and most-specific-match enrollment, see SMS Drip Campaigns — everything there applies to email except the differences below.
SMS vs. Email Drips
Sending Setup
Email drips send through your real email account:2
Pick the send-from account per campaign
Each campaign chooses which connected account it sends from.
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Enable the campaign
Matching leads start enrolling, and emails go out from your address.
Unsubscribes
Every drip email automatically gets an unsubscribe link in the footer — you don’t add it yourself. When a contact unsubscribes, all drip email to that contact stops.Unsubscribing from email and texting STOP are separate opt-outs. An email unsubscribe stops drip email; a STOP reply stops texting.
Policy Confirmation Emails
In insurance workspaces, policy confirmation emails are editable manual campaigns — fire them when a policy is written, and the policy-detail tokens fill in the carrier and coverage specifics. Edit the copy to match your voice like any other campaign.FAQ
Can I send HTML or formatted emails?
Can I send HTML or formatted emails?
No — drip emails are plain text. Each step is a subject line and a plain-text body. In practice this is a feature: plain personal-looking emails are what a real agent would send.
Do email drips have quiet hours?
Do email drips have quiet hours?
No. Quiet hours apply to SMS only — emails send whenever their step comes due.
A lead matches both an email and an SMS campaign — what happens?
A lead matches both an email and an SMS campaign — what happens?
Both can run. Email and SMS drips enroll independently, each using the most-specific-match logic for its own channel.
What happens when someone unsubscribes?
What happens when someone unsubscribes?
All drip email to that contact stops. Texting is unaffected — email unsubscribes and SMS STOP replies are separate opt-outs.
Related
- SMS Drip Campaigns — the full drip mechanics (sequences, tokens, enrollment)
- Lead Types & Drip Routing — how lead types route to campaigns
- Inbox — where conversations live
- Gmail and Outlook — connecting your send-from account

