How To Use Mailchimp – Testing Email Delivery

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First, you must have created test email list.
Please refer to the [How to Use mailchimp – Creating a Mail Distribution List] Note of how to make mail delivery list.

How to deliver a test email

Create Campaigns

Go to [MailChimp Dashboad > Campaigns].

From the pull-down at the top right of the [Create Campaign], select "Plain-Text Campaign"(Image below).

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web_mailchimp_create_campaign

To which list shall we send?

1.Select the name of the list of test delivery.

2.Select "Send to entire List".

3.Click the "Next".

Campaign Info

Name your campaign:Such as [vol.005-2014-02-17] is easy to understand

When you have finished entering, click "Next".

Create a template for e-mail

It is the short code for embedding such as [*|EMAIL|*].
Short code list is displayed when you click [Merge tag cheatsheet for list].

If you click on [Preview & Test > Open Popup Preview], you can see a preview of the email in the pop-up.

web_mailchimp_preview

web_mailchimp_preview

You can test delivered to the email address specified in the [Send a Test Email].

If there is no problem in the test delivery of the mail, click "Next".

Send mail to the list

Click the [Send] to deliver the mail.
The screen is displayed in a pop-up, click on the [Send Now].


Then, mail is sent to the list.

Report of sent mail

You can see in the [MailChimp Dashboad> Reports] reports sent mail.

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