Send a test
Send your draft blast to your own inbox first, filled in as one of your attendees or a sample name, with [Test] in the subject.
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A test sends your blast exactly as a recipient would get it, to addresses you choose, before anyone on the event sees it. It's the surest way to check the fields, the links and how it looks in a real inbox.
Send a test
- 1In the event, open Outreach → Emails and open your draft.
- 2On the Message or Review step, click Send test.
- 3In Send to, type up to 3 addresses, separated by commas. Yours is filled in.
- 4In Personalize as, keep Alex Sample or pick one of the people the blast reaches. Their name and ticket fill the fields.
- 5Click Send test. A toast lists where it went.
The test arrives with "[Test]" at the start of the subject.
What a test changes
Ovante saves your draft first, then sends the saved version. Nothing else changes: the blast stays a draft, nobody on the event gets anything, and the test isn't counted in the blast's recipients.
Good to know
- A test has no unsubscribe link, and its ticket button opens the event page, since a test has no ticket of its own.
- Your organization can send a limited number of tests an hour. If you hit it, the dialog says so; try again later.
- Event emails, member emails and host emails have their own Send test in their editors, which sends to your sign-in email.
The rules behind this page
- When
- You send a test of an email
- Then
- It goes to up to 3 addresses with [Test] in the subject, written as one attendee or a sample name would get it. Nothing on the email changes and nobody on the list gets it.
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