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I'm following the personalization string documentation and need clarification on the _messagecontext string. Specifically, I want to understand under what context the following values would be returned. The provided descriptions resemble a translated fortune cookie:

  • VIEWSENT "Display the non-subscriber link to preview content"
  • VALIDATION "Display information corresponding to the validate option in Marketing Cloud"
  • LINKRESOLUTION "Display resolved dynamic script at click time"
  • SITE "Display CloudPage content"

I would have assumed that the last value (SITE) is returned when content is viewed on a page in CloudPages, but that has the value LANDINGPAGE (for both CloudPage resource files and landing pages), so I'm still at a loss on this one. If anyone could shed any light on these four values, I'd be eternally grateful.

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  • Leaving as a comment because this is a guess: VIEWSENT could be to do with social sharing, or maybe the Email Logging (the one that saves .eml files on FTP). VALIDATION occurs before a send and when you click the validate option (I'm actually a little bit sure about this one). LINKRESOLUTION and SITE are anyone's guess
    – David Murphy
    May 15, 2018 at 5:53
  • I'm guessing LANDINGPAGE is for classic microsites whereas SITE is for CloudPages
    – Jackson Chen
    Apr 3, 2019 at 18:49
  • @eliotharper did you find out more about this during the past years?
    – DonL
    Sep 1, 2021 at 15:22
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    @DonL I documented the complete list at ampscript.guide/system-strings
    – Eliot Harper
    Sep 2, 2021 at 0:45

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