Preview and test your email content preview-simulate
Use the Simulate content feature to preview the email content and send test deliveries to specific recipients. The required email fields must be defined, including From name, From address, Reply-to address and Subject line, to access the preview and testing features.
Display the email preview
You can access the rendering preview from the email design space, or from the Summary when you open an email from the Emails list.
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Click Simulate Content at the top.
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In the Simulate page, select a person profile in the People list to use for rendering the email.
In the content preview, personalized elements are populated according to the selected person profile.
If the People list on the left is empty, add people using contacts from the connected Marketo Engage instance.
note tip TIP You can also use the Litmus test rendering integration to check email message rendering in popular desktop, mobile, and web-based clients.
Adjust the display options
Use the display tools to change the preview according to the device type or zoom level:
- Select the Desktop (
- Select the Mobile (
- Click the Zoom level arrow and select a zoom percentage to review how the content changes according to the zoom level.
Send proofs
A proof is a delivered test message that allows you and your team members to review an email message before sending it to members of an audience. Recipients of the proof can check the message rendering, content, personalization settings, and configuration. You can send proofs using a selected test profile.
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Click Send proof at the top right.
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In the Send proof page, enter the first recipient’s email address.
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For each additional recipient that you want to include in the review, click Add recipient and enter their email address in the Send to field.
You can add up to ten recipients for your proof delivery.
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For each recipient, set the Simulate as field by selecting a test profile to use for personalizing the message content.
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Click Send proof.
Add people to the profiles list
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At the top of the People list, click Add People.
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In the Add people for testing dialog, enter the full email address for the contact.
To add multiple contacts, enter multiple addresses separated by a comma.
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Select the checkbox for each matched contact that you want to add to the list of test profiles.
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Click Add at the top right.