The content of your Send Test emails should look the same, but a few things will be different:
Merge fields will not pull actual data (Example: Hi [Contact First Name]). This includes the Company Information in the footer.
Subject lines will have "Email Test" before it.
All Dynamic Content will display in email test sends.
Footer address will not pull actual data.
If your domain is authenticated: Test emails will come from your email address and domain, and the links will be wrapped with your sending domain.
If your domain is not authenticated: Test emails will still appear from your email address, but will be grey-labeled and sent through our
bmesend.comdomain. The links will also be wrapped with our domain.Sending to a contact: If you send a test email to a specific contact and the contact is not already in the account, a new contact record will be created.
Best practices:
Use the Send Test button while working on your template to see how your design and formatting looks, not to see the final product.
Add yourself as a contact in your database, then send the email to yourself as if you are a recipient of this email.
💡 Tip: If you send a Basic email to yourself only, the company information block in the footer will not populate. You need to send to two or more contacts to view the company information footer.