How to Send Test Emails?
Status: Closed · Asked by H Brown on · 0 views
PS. Nothing comes up in the help docs if you search "test email".
Hi,
Thanks for reaching out. There isn't a dedicated "Send test email" button in the preview area, which is why you couldn't find it. Instead, Pabbly Email Marketing lets you review your email in a couple of ways:
1. While building the campaign, you can preview how the email/template will appear in the preview pane on the right side of the screen (with device toggles where available).
2. To actually send a test to yourself, use the Send Mail to Individual emails option - enter your own email address (or set up a small test list containing the addresses you want) and send it as a campaign. This lets you check formatting, links, images, and overall layout before sending to your subscribers.
One note: whether an email lands in the Inbox or Spam depends mainly on your domain and sender reputation, authentication records (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), content, and the recipient's mail provider - so a test send alone can't guarantee inbox placement, but it's great for verifying appearance.
If you have any trouble setting this up, feel free to reply and we'll be happy to help.
Hi Naman - thanks for this. Could I suggest a feature request where you can send a test email from the preview area? It would save a lot of time when you just want to check appearance and how the email renders in different email clients rather than going through the whole send campaign procedure.
Hello,
We sincerely appreciate your valuable feedback and suggestion regarding the “Send a Test Email” functionality.
Going forward, we kindly request you to submit the same suggestion through the feature request link provided below. You can simply add your feedback there, and our product team will be able to review and consider it for future improvements.
We appreciate your understanding and continued feedback, as it helps us improve the platform.
Thanks & Regards,
Shekh Dilshekh
Customer Support Specialist
Thank you - I have submitted two feature requests for your consideration.
Hello,
Thank you for confirming! We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback and submit those feature requests. Your input helps us continuously improve Pabbly Email Marketing.
If you have any other questions or need further assistance in the future, please feel free to reach out to us anytime.
Thanks & Regards,
Shekh Dilshekh
Customer Support Specialist
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Just following up on this: it is unmanageable having to create a campaign each time you want to test a layout.
This is even more pertinent given the lack of control on responsive settings and the fact the Preview is not a faithful rendition of what is rendered on both iPhone and Android. Please add a way to easily send a test mail from either inside the email builder itself or the preview area. Please make this a priority as it is impossible to debug render issues otherwise.
Hello,
Thank you for following up and emphasizing the importance of this feature.
We completely understand how frustrating and time-consuming it is to create a full campaign just to verify layout rendering across various email clients and devices—especially when fine-tuning responsive design elements.
While we cannot guarantee an exact delivery timeframe, feedback highlighting pain points in testing and rendering workflows is given serious consideration when prioritization decisions are made.
In the meantime, we truly appreciate your patience as we work to improve the platform. If you have any additional insights or further details to share, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Thank you for your prompt response - it is appreciated. Your response time is excellent and something that Pabbly has definitely got right!
However, I do need a timeframe because I will have to take advantage of your 30 Day Refund Guarantee if this is not resolved. Sadly.
Will you implement this feature or not? I need to know. Please.
Hello,
We completely understand your position and why having a clear timeline is so important for your workflow.
Currently, we do not have a fixed release date or guaranteed ETA for adding a "Send Test Email" feature directly within the preview/builder area. Because feature additions depend on development cycles, testing, and roadmap prioritization, we cannot promise a specific delivery timeframe at this moment.
We completely respect your decision regarding our 30-day refund policy if the current setup does not suit your business requirements. If you would like to proceed with a refund request, please let us know or reach out to us, and we will assist you with the process right away.
Thank you again for your candid feedback and for giving Pabbly Email Marketing a try!
I really hope it wont come to that. We've already put a lot of hours into api work for contact import and tagging. I just don't understand why a send test email feature wasn't included from the outset. Anyway, let's hope you guys can implement it because I don't want to jump ship.
Hello H Brown,
We completely understand your concern, especially after the time you have already invested in setting up the API work for contact import and tagging. We certainly appreciate that you would prefer to continue with Pabbly rather than consider moving to another platform.
Regarding the “Send Test Email” functionality, we understand your point that this would be a basic and useful part of the email-building workflow, particularly when checking how a design actually renders across different email clients and devices.
In the meantime, you can create the email using the template as usual, click Send, and then use the Send Campaign screen to send it only to a spare email address (if you have any) that can be used for your testing:
Select the required Delivery Server and From Email.
Under Recipient Details → Send to individuals, enter your own email address or another email address you use for testing.
Select Send Now.
This will send the actual campaign email only to that individual address, allowing you to check how the email renders in Gmail, Outlook, iPhone, Android, or other email clients.
So, while this does require going through the Send Campaign screen, you can use it as a practical test-send method rather than sending the campaign to your actual subscriber list. This is also the method we previously suggested for checking the actual delivered rendering.
The dedicated “Send Test Email” option inside the builder/preview would certainly make this process quicker, and we have already noted your feature request for that functionality.