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title: "Can a welcome email automation series get triggered when a contact either subscribes to the related list through the API or is added manually or imported?"
description: "whether a welcome email automation series can be triggered when a contact either subscribes to a related list through the API or is added manually/imported."
url: https://help.mailercloud.com/en/articles/77-can-a-welcome-email-automation-series-get-triggered-when-a-contact-either-subscribes-to-the-related-list-through-the-api-or-is-added-manually-or-imported
collection: "FAQ's"
updated: 2026-08-30
language: en
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# Can a welcome email automation series get triggered when a contact either subscribes to the related list through the API or is added manually or imported?

whether a welcome email automation series can be triggered when a contact either subscribes to a related list through the API or is added manually/imported.

Mailercloud allows you to set email automation workflows for multiple actions taken by the contacts whether they have just joined a particular contact list through API, manually, or through webforms.

You can set a welcome email automation series to automatically trigger as soon as a contact subscribes to a particular list through API or you have added or imported that contact manually. Similarly, you can also set a welcome email automation series to trigger automatically when a contact submits a web form and gets added to a contact list.