# Creating email list using lifecycle stages

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/creating-email-list-using-lifecycle-stages/45207>\
**Category:** Email Marketing Tool\
**Tags:** free\
**Created:** [October 12, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/creating-email-list-using-lifecycle-stages/45207 "2021-10-12T11:39:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![AliD](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/alid/32/102945_2.png) [@AliD](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AliD)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 11:39am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/creating-email-list-using-lifecycle-stages/45207/1 "2021-10-12T11:39:48Z")

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I’m looking to create active lists for our monthly newsletter based on the lifecycle stages, ie one for customers, one for prospects and one for those in our industry. Does anyone know the best way of doing this? I’ve had a look at it but I’m getting customers who were prospects in both lists currently or it looks as if I have to create new lists every month. I’m sure there is a more efficient way of doing it but I haven’t been able to figure out how as yet.

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/creating-email-list-using-lifecycle-stages/45207/2 "2021-10-12T12:43:19Z")

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Hi @AliD,

Could you share a screenshot of the list criteria you’re currently using?

Generally, you would [create an active list](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/lists/create-active-or-static-lists#create-a-list) (_Menu_ \> _Contacts_ \> _Lists_ \> _Active list_) and filter for _Contact properties_ \> _Lifecycle stage_. If you did this exactly and you’re seeing contacts that are not actual customers, for example, then that means these contacts likely don’t have up to date information. The _Lifecycle stage_ might have been incorrectly set by a user manually, via import or another tool in HubSpot.

Did you create the list as an active list? If yes, it would update itself based on the latest Lifecycle stage values. (Static lists would be frozen in time, [see here](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/lists/create-active-or-static-lists#types-of-lists).)

Best regards!

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**Author:** ![AliD](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/alid/32/102945_2.png) [@AliD](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AliD)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/creating-email-list-using-lifecycle-stages/45207/3 "2021-10-13T08:42:01Z")

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Many thanks Karsten. We’ve reset the Lifecycle stage and it now works.

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**Author:** ![karstenkoehler](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/karstenkoehler/32/68554_2.png) [@karstenkoehler](https://community.hubspot.com/u/karstenkoehler)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 9:13am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/creating-email-list-using-lifecycle-stages/45207/4 "2021-10-13T09:13:53Z")

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Nice @AliD! Glad it’s resolved.

If you want to make it easier for others to find this information, you can help them [by accepting my earlier post as a solution](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/Email-Marketing-Tool/Creating-email-list-using-lifecycle-stages/m-p/509160/highlight/true#M6752). I’d appreciate it.

Have a great day!