Send a test email
Send yourself a test of a campaign before the real thing, from either editor.
Send yourself a test from the campaign’s Content step to see exactly how it lands in an inbox. How you do it depends on the editor.
From the drag & drop editor
- On the Content step, click Send a test at the top of the editor.
- Under Send to, choose yourself or any teammate who has joined the account.
- Click Send.
The test is whatever is on the canvas, even if you haven’t saved.
From the HTML editor
- Click Save first. A test sends the last saved version, not unsaved changes.
- Click Send a test in the top bar.
- Enter the Recipient and click Send test email.
Here the recipient can be you, a teammate who has joined the account, or any address at one of your verified sending domains.
What arrives
The subject starts with [TEST], and merge tags (the placeholders for personal details) are filled with sample data, so {{ contact.first_name }} shows a made-up name rather than a real contact’s. Your preview text is included too.
A test comes from the campaign’s own From name and From email when that address is on a verified sending domain. If it isn’t, the test comes from your default sender instead, or from an EmailFig address until you’ve verified a domain. If you use your own Amazon SES, tests come from an EmailFig address until your AWS account is out of the SES sandbox.
Send as many tests as you like.
If a test is refused
- “That address has opted out or bounced. We can’t send to it, even as a test.” Pick another address.
- “Test sends can only go to a confirmed account member, or to any address at one of your verified sending domains.” Use your own address, or invite the person to your team first.
- “Add some content before sending a test.” The email is empty.
A suspended account, or one with a failed payment, can’t send tests either.