Testing An Email With EmailTrack™ Codes

When you verify you have the proper contacts be sure to Test the email. More information on these steps is in the section of this chapter on Email Output Products. If you are experienced in testing emails but new to EmailTrack™ Codes, know that there are additional steps you should take.

When you receive the five test emails, they will appear exactly as they will when they are sent to the contacts’ email addresses. Click all the links in every email, and use multiple browsers, as a link can work in one and not another. Try to make it fail so you can catch problems and errors before the email is sent to all of the contacts pulled by the Library Card.

If a link opens a page that is only available to registered users, be sure to login as yourself and make sure that the correct page loads once the login has been processed.

If a link opens a pdf file, make sure the correct document loads and can be opened.

When you confirm that every link in the email is working properly, go to the View page for the email output and click on the blue “Send Emails” button.

Each time the recipient views the email in their inbox or clicks to view it in a new window, the onOpen is discreetly recorded. Each time a recipient clicks on a link the corresponding onClick is recorded. If one chooses the unsubscribe option, the page you have designated automatically opens, and any changes they make will be saved directly in the AMS.