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title: "How to create automatic e-mails for my groups?"
description: "Automatic e-mails help you to keep the people in your group informed. They are sent to a group member when they receive the selected status/role combination in this group and sending is activated. ****Automatic e-mails are now part of routines****…"
url: "https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/communication-groups/how-to-create-automatic-e-mails-for-my-groups/"
updated: "2026-08-13"
category: Groups / My Group / Communication
---

# How to create automatic e-mails for my groups?

Automatic e-mails help you to keep the people in your group informed. They are sent to a group member when they receive the selected status/role combination in this group and sending is activated.

****Automatic e-mails are now part of routines****

Routines make it possible to send e-mails automatically not only when a group joins, but also after delays or other actions. Existing automatic e-mails have been converted into routines.

In the article [Understanding routines](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/routines-groups/understanding-routines/), we explain exactly how you can use routines.

## Read more

- [What are roles and what can I use them for?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/about-the-groups-module/what-are-roles-and-what-can-i-use-them-for/)
- [How to customize the Role of a group type?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/churchtools-modules/settings-for-the-group-module/how-to-customize-the-roles-of-a-group-type/)
- [How to use placeholders in e-mails?](https://staging.churchtools.academy/en/help/my-churchtools/placeholders/how-to-use-placeholders-in-e-mails/)