---
title: "How do I test a personalized email campaign in Sarbacane Campaigns?"
description: "Send yourself a test email to check that first names, images and personalized links display correctly before sending."
url: https://help.sarbacane.com/en/articles/37-how-do-i-test-a-personalized-email-campaign-in-sarbacane-campaigns
collection: "The customisation fields in an email campaign"
updated: 2026-11-06
language: en
alternates: [fr, es]
---

# How do I test a personalized email campaign in Sarbacane Campaigns?

Send yourself a test email to check that first names, images and personalized links display correctly before sending.

In Sarbacane Campaigns, a test email displays the personalization fields with the information of the contact who receives it. To check your personalization, send the test to an address that is in the campaign's list, with all its columns filled in.

## Prerequisites

-   A Sarbacane Campaigns license.
    
-   An email campaign with its personalization fields inserted (see [How do I insert personalization fields in an email campaign in Sarbacane Campaigns?](https://help.sarbacane.com/en/articles/34.md)).
    
-   Your test address (yours or a colleague's) in the list selected at the **Recipients** step.
    
-   For this address, every column used in the email filled in (first name, image URL, link…).
    

**Note**: each test email uses credits, just like a regular send.

## Steps

1.  In the step bar at the top of the screen, click Checks.
    

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/683050d8834924b5aeaea8b7/20260325204855_0540.png)

2.  In the Tests block, click Send a test.
    

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/683050d8834924b5aeaea8b7/20260325204855_6749.png)

3.  In the window that opens, click Edit, then add your test address or select an address you have already used.
    

![](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/helpcenter/683050d8834924b5aeaea8b7/20260325204855_4024.png)

4.  Click Send.
    
5.  Open the test email in your mailbox and check each field: subject, pre-header, text, images and links.
    

## Expected result

The test email displays the information of your test address in place of each field. If everything is correct, go to the Sending step.

## Troubleshooting

### The field is empty in my test email

Your test address is not in the campaign's list, or the matching column is empty for this address. Add the address to the list or complete the column, then send a new test.

### The test shows the field name between braces

The field was typed by hand instead of being inserted with the **{ }** icon, or the list changed after insertion. Delete the field and insert it again with the **{ }** icon.

### I don't receive the test email

Check your spam folder, then check the address entered in the test sending window.

## Related articles

-   [How do I insert personalization fields in an email campaign in Sarbacane Campaigns?](https://help.sarbacane.com/en/articles/34.md)