Send Test Email

The Send Test Email dialog is used to generate mail output of a certain number of records and send them to one recipient. To open this dialog, select File > Send Test Email, on the menu. For more information about the process of sending out email and the possible settings, see Generating Email output.

Options for this dialog:

  • From group:
    • Name: Enter the name that should appear when sending emails. The name is optional.
    • Email: Enter the email address that will appear as a Sender to the email recipient. A single email address should be written.
  • To group:
    • Email address(es): Enter one or more email addresses where the test emails are sent. Multiple emails can be separated by semicolons (;), and can be in the same format as above. Note that every email here will receive all the emails for the record-range below.
    • Use Litmus: Check to also send the emails to the Litmus test email set in the Email Preferences (to go to the Email Preferences, select Window > Preferences, click the arrow next to Email, and then click General). Disabled if no Litmus email is set. Also see this how-to: Test your emails with Litmus.
  • Records:
    • Select All, or click Selection and enter the range of records that should be sent. Removing the range disables the selection and sends emails to all records in the record set.
  • Attachments:
    • Print context as PDF: If a Print context exists in the template, its output will be generated and a PDF version of it will be attached to the outgoing email.
    • Web Page context as ZIP archive: If a Web context exists in the template, its output will be generated as an HTML file. A ZIP archive, containing the HTML file and all required resources, will be attached to the outgoing email.
  • Outgoing mail settings:
    • Host: The SMTP server through which the emails are to be sent. Can be a host (mail.domain.com) or an IP address. You can specify a port number as part of the host name, for example: smtp.mandrillapp.com:465.
    • Use authentication: Check if a user name and password are needed to send emails through the host.
    • Start TLS: Enabled if authentication is checked. Sends emails through Transport Layer Security (TLS), which is sometimes referred to as SSL.
    • User: Enter the user name used to connect to the SMTP server.
    • Password: Enter the password for the above user name.