When you work on your email template, you can test how personalization looks for a
specific contact by using the normal test function.
About this task
For information about test settings, see Testing your email.
You might also test how personalization renders before you send a test email. For
information , see Previewing email templates in the editor.
Procedure
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In the email template, click .
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On the Test Settings page, select Individual Email
Addresses.
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For Use Different Contact Source for Testing Personalization, click
On.
You can select a contact source and enter the email address of a contact who is in that contact
source. Personalization in your template is populated as if the mailing is directed to that contact,
however the system sends the test email to the Individual Email Addresses (or
Contact Source) that are provided in Select Test Recipients.
Important: If you click links in a test email, you might change that contact's status.
For example, if you click the opt-out link, that contact is opted-out.