Email Marketing

Email Builder Autosave

Automatic draft protection that saves your email campaigns every 30 seconds, preventing data loss and ensuring your work is always secure.
What You'll Learn

This article explains how Email Builder Autosave automatically protects your email campaign drafts by saving your work every 30 seconds, eliminating the risk of losing progress due to browser crashes, connection issues, or accidental navigation.

You'll learn how autosave works, how to identify autosaved drafts, and best practices for managing your email campaigns with this automatic protection feature.

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What is Email Builder Autosave?

Email Builder Autosave is an automatic draft protection feature that saves your email campaign work every 30 seconds without requiring manual action. This background process ensures that your content, design changes, and campaign settings are continuously preserved while you build and edit your emails.

The autosave feature operates silently in the background, creating recovery points for your work. Whether you're designing a new campaign from scratch, editing an existing template, or making last-minute adjustments before sending, autosave provides a safety net that protects against unexpected data loss from browser issues, network interruptions, or accidental page navigation.

Autosaved drafts are stored as separate versions in your email campaigns list, making them easy to identify and recover when needed. This feature works across all email campaign types in the Email Builder, providing consistent protection throughout your email creation workflow.

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Key Benefits

Email Builder Autosave delivers comprehensive protection for your email campaign work, ensuring you never lose valuable content or design progress.

Automatic Protection — Saves your work every 30 seconds without manual intervention, eliminating the need to remember to save your progress
Data Loss Prevention — Protects against browser crashes, connection disruptions, and accidental page navigation that could otherwise result in lost work
Version Recovery — Creates identifiable draft versions that you can access and restore from your campaigns list whenever needed
Seamless Workflow — Operates invisibly in the background without interrupting your design process or requiring additional steps
Peace of Mind — Allows you to focus on creating compelling email content knowing your work is continuously protected
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How Autosave Works

Email Builder Autosave functions automatically once you begin creating or editing an email campaign, requiring no configuration or manual activation.

Automatic Trigger
Autosave Activates When You Create or Edit

The autosave feature begins working as soon as you open the Email Builder to create a new campaign or edit an existing one. There are no settings to enable or buttons to click — protection starts immediately.

Save Interval
Drafts Are Saved Every 30 Seconds

While you work in the Email Builder, the system automatically saves your current state every 30 seconds. This includes all content changes, design modifications, and campaign settings you've configured during your editing session.

Background Operation
Saves Occur Without Interruption

The autosave process happens in the background without pausing your work or displaying save notifications. You can continue editing, designing, and configuring your email campaign while the system silently preserves your progress.

Draft Storage
Autosaved Versions Are Stored Separately

Each autosave creates a distinct draft version in your campaigns list. These autosaved drafts are stored separately from your main campaign, allowing you to recover work without overwriting your original email if needed.

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Identifying Autosaved Drafts

Autosaved drafts are clearly marked in your email campaigns list, making them easy to distinguish from regular campaigns and manually saved drafts.

Visual Indicator

Autosaved drafts appear in your campaigns list with a distinctive label and timestamp showing when the last autosave occurred. Look for campaigns that include "Autosaved" or similar designation in their status or name to identify automatically protected drafts.

When you need to recover work after an unexpected disruption:

  1. Navigate to your email campaigns list in LeadConnector
  2. Look for campaigns with the autosaved designation or label
  3. Open the autosaved draft to review the recovered content
  4. Continue editing from where you left off, or save the draft with a new name if needed
Automatic Cleanup

Autosaved drafts remain available in your campaigns list until you manually delete them or save over them with a new version. This ensures you can recover your work even if you don't return to the campaign immediately after an unexpected interruption.

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Best Practices

While autosave provides automatic protection, following these best practices helps you maximize the value of this feature and maintain an organized campaign workflow.

Practice 1
Review Autosaved Drafts Periodically

Check your campaigns list regularly for autosaved drafts, especially after unexpected browser closures or connection issues. This ensures you don't lose track of recovered work and can continue from your most recent progress.

Practice 2
Delete Outdated Autosaved Drafts

Clean up autosaved drafts you no longer need to keep your campaigns list organized. Once you've successfully saved and completed an email campaign, remove any autosaved versions to avoid confusion between draft and final versions.

Practice 3
Don't Rely Solely on Autosave

While autosave provides excellent protection, manually save important milestones or complete sections of your campaign. This creates named save points you can easily identify and gives you more control over version management.

Practice 4
Maintain a Stable Connection

Ensure you have a reliable internet connection while working in the Email Builder. Although autosave helps protect against connection issues, a stable connection ensures your saves complete successfully and reduces the risk of data loss.

Practice 5
Use Descriptive Campaign Names

Give your campaigns clear, descriptive names before you begin editing. This makes it easier to identify which autosaved draft belongs to which campaign if you need to recover work across multiple email projects.

Pro Tip
Work with Confidence
Email Builder Autosave means you can focus on creating compelling campaigns without worrying about losing your progress. Your work is automatically protected every 30 seconds.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I need to enable autosave for it to work?
No. Email Builder Autosave is automatically active for all users and begins working as soon as you open the Email Builder. There are no settings to configure or features to enable — the protection starts immediately when you create or edit an email campaign.
Q: How often does the autosave feature save my work?
Email Builder Autosave saves your campaign every 30 seconds while you're actively working in the Email Builder. This frequent save interval ensures minimal work is lost in the event of an unexpected disruption.
Q: Will autosave overwrite my original campaign?
No. Autosaved drafts are stored as separate versions in your campaigns list. Your original campaign remains unchanged, and you can choose whether to continue working on the autosaved version or return to your original campaign. This prevents accidental loss of work while giving you recovery options.
Q: How do I find my autosaved drafts?
Navigate to your email campaigns list in LeadConnector and look for campaigns with the autosaved designation or label. These drafts appear alongside your regular campaigns and can be opened, edited, or deleted like any other campaign.
Q: What happens if I close the browser before the 30-second autosave?
Any changes made within 30 seconds of closing your browser may not be saved if autosave hasn't triggered yet. To minimize risk, wait at least 30 seconds after making important changes before closing the Email Builder, or manually save your campaign to ensure all recent work is preserved.
Q: Does autosave work if my internet connection drops?
Autosave requires an active internet connection to save your work to LeadConnector's servers. If your connection drops, autosave will not be able to save changes until the connection is restored. The most recent successfully autosaved version will remain available for recovery.
Q: Should I still manually save my campaigns?
While autosave provides excellent automatic protection, it's good practice to manually save your campaigns at important milestones or when you complete major sections. Manual saves give you named versions you can easily identify and provide additional control over your campaign version management.
Q: How long are autosaved drafts kept?
Autosaved drafts remain in your campaigns list until you manually delete them or save over them with a new version. There is no automatic expiration for autosaved drafts, ensuring you can recover your work whenever needed.
Need Help?

If you experience issues with Email Builder Autosave or need assistance recovering autosaved drafts, our support team is here to help:

  • Navigate to the Support section in your LeadConnector dashboard
  • Click the chat icon in the bottom right corner to start a live chat with our support team
  • Provide details about your autosave question or the campaign you need help recovering