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Pausing a sequence

You can pause outreach in Vaam without cancelling it. Use this when you want to stop sends for a while — for example, a summer break from June 15 to August 10 — and pick up exactly where you left off when you come back.

Pausing is manual. There’s no built-in scheduled pause, so you start and end it yourself.

Pause an entire sequence

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This stops all prospects currently on the sequence.

  1. Go to the Sequences list.
  2. Open the actions menu on the sequence you want to pause.
  3. Click Pause sequence.

To resume, open the same menu and click Activate sequence.

Pause for a single prospect

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Use this when you want to stop outreach for one person while the rest of the sequence keeps running.

  1. Open the Prospects view (or the Prospects tab on a sequence).
  2. Find the prospect, open the action menu, and click Pause.
  3. To resume, open the action menu again and click Resume.

What happens while paused

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  • Scheduled steps are held — they’re not skipped or cancelled.
  • New steps will not fire until you resume.
  • The sequence remembers where the prospect is. When you resume, outreach continues from the next step.

Common scenarios

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  • Holiday or vacation break: pause the whole sequence before you leave and activate it again when you’re back.
  • Prospect is on leave or asked you to follow up later: pause for that single prospect, then resume when the time is right.
  • You’re not sure about a sequence yet: pause instead of cancelling so you can review and tweak it without losing the prospects already on it.
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