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title: Configure email settings
slug: configure-email-settings
description: Configuring default email template settings in Roster ensures consistent branding and appearance across all your emails.
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createdAt: 2024-12-11T22:30:46.130Z
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Configuring default email template settings in Roster ensures consistent branding and appearance across all your emails. By setting a default email sender, header colors, button colors, fonts, and logo, you ensure uniformity and professionalism in communication. 

These settings can be customized for a branded look for your organization, and you can even test the email design to see how recipients will view it. It's also possible to apply these brand-level settings to existing templates retroactively, allowing for seamless updates in active campaigns.

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## Step-by-step instructions

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### Access brand settings

1. Click on your `brand name` or `logo` located in the bottom of the left-hand navigation.
2. In the fly-out menu, select `Brand Settings`.
3. When the Brand Settings modal appears, choose `Email settings` from the left navigation.
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### Set default email sender

1. Select a default email sender:
   - Choose from existing team members, or
   - Select `Custom` to enter a sender name and email without needing to add that email address as a team member.
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### Customize default email branding

1. Click the `Edit and preview` button to open the email editor.
2. Customize the following options:
   - Default header color.
   - Default button color and button font color.
   - Brand logo.
   - Header image.
3. Use the preview on the right to see changes in real-time.
4. Send a test email to verify the appearance.
5. Click `Save` to apply your changes.
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### Apply new brand settings to existing templates

1. Navigate to the specific program, campaign, action, or milestone series with existing email templates.
2. Open the email editor.
3. Click `Restore Default Branding`.
   - Confirm the prompt to apply new settings.
4. For campaigns, optionally check the `Apply branding to all emails in this campaign` setting to also update all the other email templates within the campaign.
5. Click `Save` to update the email template with the newly updated brand template settings.
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## Need help?

If you need any additional assistance with with your Roster account, feel free to contact our support team at [support@getroster.com](mailto\:support@getroster.com). We're here to help!