Send yourself a test email first
On the email's Settings tab, check the address under Test email, Send to, and choose Send Test Email. Only you get it, with [TEST] at the start of the subject.
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Works on your phone
The preview beside your email is close, but nothing beats seeing it in a real inbox. A test email goes only to the address you choose, so you can check the words, the photo and every button before a single guest gets it.
Steps
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Open your email from Communications and go to the Settings tab.
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Under Test email, check the address in Send to. Your own is filled in; type another if you'd like it to go somewhere else, such as your partner's inbox. Then choose Send Test Email (1).
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A small window says when it's sent. Open your inbox: the subject starts with [TEST]. If it isn't there in a few minutes, check your spam folder.
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Open it on your phone too, and press each button to check it goes to the right place.
Good to know
- Nobody on your guest list gets a test. It's a preview only, and it doesn't count towards the numbers on the Send tab.
- It greets you as "Test". Where a guest's first name would go, you'll see Test instead.
- It sends the email as it is on screen, including changes you made a moment ago.
- The unsubscribe link in a test is safe to press: it shows you the page guests would see, and unsubscribes nobody.
- While you're on this tab, check Reply-to. Its Email address is where guests' replies go when they hit Reply.
- Something wrong? Fix it on the Design tab and send another test.
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