You can test a message in one or both of two ways:
- Quick Test
Use this option when editing content to send the message to specific email addresses. In addition, you can send multiple messages using random test data from your list. You might want to do this, for example, to see how your mail merge fields and dynamic content will appear to different recipients. Lyris will not send the test messages to your contacts, it will simply use the contacts' profile data and send the messages to the addresses you specify.
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- Proof Message
Use this option when testing the message to send the message to your proof contacts. This option gives a more accurate result than a Quick Test because it uses your proof recipients' actual data instead of random test data.
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You can also generate audit reports, which give you information about the message deliverability.
1. Open the Edit Message page.
2. Make sure the To, From, From Email, Subject are filled in and the Text version of the message exists.
3. Click Quick Test.
The Recipient(s) dialog opens.
5. Optionally, to send test messages using random data from your list, select the Send checkbox and specify the number of test messages to send.
6. Click Send.
The test messages are sent to the addresses you specify in the Recipient(s) dialog.
1. Open the Edit Message page.
2. Do one of the following:
- Click 2. Test Message at the top of the page.
- Click
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The Test Message page opens.
3. Select the Send Proof tab.
The Proof Contacts list opens, showing all existing Proof Contacts.
4. If you want to send the proof message to a contact who doesn't appear in the Proof Contacts list:
a. Click Add Proof Contact.
An empty row appears in the Proof Contacts list.
b.Type the contact's email address in the empty row.
Note: When you add a proof contact, that contact will be designated as a proof contact for all messages, not only the current message. For more information about proof contacts, see About Proof Contacts.
5. Do one of the following:
- To send the message to individual Proof Contacts, select the contact's checkbox.
- To send the message to all Proof Contacts, select the Proof Contacts checkbox.
6. Click Send Proof Message.
The message is sent to the Proof Contacts you selected.
1. Open the Edit Message page.
2. Do one of the following:
- Click 3. Test Message at the top of the page.
- Click
The Test Message page opens.
3. Select the Email Test Testing tab.
The EmailAdvisor Testing page opens.
4. In the Reports section, select the audit reports you want to generate:
- Spam Filter helps you identify which elements of your message might cause it to be flagged as spam. For more information about this report, see Spam Filter.
- Blacklist Monitor shows whether any IP addresses or domains in your message are listed on any blacklists. For more information about this report, see Blacklist Monitor.
- Email Preview shows how your message will look in a number of email clients. For more information about this report, see Email Preview.
Lyris begins to generate the audit reports. When the reports are generated, the links in the Test Results section become enabled.
Note that the audit reports can take a while to generate. You might want to continue with other tasks while the reports run.
If the report is not ready yet, the links are not enabled.
1. On the Navigation bar, click Email Marketing then Email Test Overview.
The Email Test Overview page opens.
2. Select the message you want from the table at the bottom of the page.
3. In the Available Reports section, click the report you want to see.
The report opens.
Next Step: Send or schedule the message
