When sending a test email Outfunnel uses the first
When the test email does not arrive in the inbox
Testing your campaign is an important step to see how merge fields are rendering and how the email looks like in a recipient's inbox. Sometimes test emails may land in the spam folder, not arrive at all or take a longer time to deliver.
Here's are the most common reasons:
Delivery can take up to 15 minutes. While most test emails arrive within a minute it may take up to 15 minutes depending on the email provider you are using. If the test email does not arrive after 15 minutes, please reach out to support
Test emails are not authenticated. Test emails are not authenticated by Outfunnel in the eyes of email providers and may trigger spam folder placement. To resolve, mark the email as "not spam".
"From" and "To" email address or domain is the same. If these two email addresses are the same, you may not receive the test email as it can get blocked or go to your spam folder. To resolve, make sure that the From and To email addresses are different. You may also experience deliverability issues with the test email if the “From” and “To” email address are on the same domain. To resolve, simply send to a different domain.
Test email gets quarantined by your firewall. Some spam firewalls are very strict with test messages as it looks like a phishing attempt or spam message. Ask your IT professional to release the test email from quarantine and whitelist the IP address.
Test email includes unrendered merge fields or spammy content. Due to this your test email might land in the spam folder. To resolve, mark the email as "not spam".
When merge fields don't render in the test email
When you choose to use live data in the test email, Outfunnel will use the information from the first recipient from the target list. Some fields however don't render in test emails as they are unique to each email:
The Unsubscribe URL: {{unsubscribe_url}} does not render in test emails but it will turn into a unique unsubscribe URL when you send out the campaign. Learn more about the recipient unsubscribe experience.
The Public message URL: {{message_url}} does not render in test emails but it will turn into a unique public message URL when you send out the campaign
Dynamic sender information: dynamic From email and From name do not render in test emails. Learn more about dynamic sender.