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Sending out test mails

If the preview was conducted to your satisfaction, you can send your mailing to a few selected test recipients. They could be your administrator(s) or a test distribution list. This test distribution list should only contain the email addresses of selected persons who can give you feedback about the appearance of the emails.

Test mails to administrators: Single-click with the mouse on the Send button next to Admin-Mailing. All recipients who are marked as Administrator in their profile and who have subscribed to the mailing list will be sent a test mail. Further information on creating administrators is contained in chapter "Creating administrators and test distribution lists".
Test mails to test distribution list: Single-click with the mouse on the Send button next to Test-Mailing. All recipients who are marked as Test recipient in their profile and who have subscribed to the mailing list will be sent a test mail. Further information on creating test distribution lists is contained in chapter "Creating administrators and test distribution lists".

Check the test emails sent very carefully! Flawed emails sent to hundreds thousands of customers are simply embarrassing. If you do find any errors, modify the contents accordingly and start the test run over again.

If you should delete target groups after placing these in a mailing, these continue to be displayed in red with the comment (deleted). As long as you do not delete this target group from the target group overview, no test delivery can take place.

There is no bounce management for testimonials. This means that automatic answers are not recorded and processed by the system.

The Distribution status area gives you further information on how many mails have been generated.

Fig. 3.44: The email was test-sent to administrators and test recipients. The Distribution status area confirms that the emails have been generated.

Fig. 3.44: The email was test-sent to administrators and test recipients. The Distribution status area confirms that the emails have been generated.