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description: You can send emails to test lists or directly to individual email addresses. The test email contains an unsubscribe link to verify that it works. When you click the link, you see the same confirmation that a prospect would see, but nothing changes in Account Engagement. Completion actions also don’t execute.
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# Send Test Emails
You can send emails to test lists or directly to individual email addresses. The test email contains an unsubscribe link to verify that it works. When you click the link, you see the same confirmation that a prospect would see, but nothing changes in Account Engagement. Completion actions also don’t execute.
### Required Editions
Available in: All Account Engagement Editions
User Permissions
Needed
To create and send to email test lists:
Account Engagement Administrator or Marketing
role
If you’re sending to a test list, create the list first.
1. Click **Account Engagement Email**, and then click **Drafts** or **Templates**.
2. For the draft email or template you want to test, open the Testing tab.
- For list email and email template drafts, click the  and select **Testing**.
- For published email templates, click the  and select **Edit**. Then, click the **Testing** tab.
3. From the Testing tab, add the recipients.
- To send to a test list, click the **Test Lists** dropdown and select a list.
- To send to an individual email, enter the email address in the Individual Emails section.
4. Depending on your recipient selections, click **Send to test lists** or **Send to Individual Emails**.
Email opens and clicks are tracked for emails sent to test lists. However, they’re not tracked for test emails sent directly to individual email addresses.