Check your spam score

Use a third party tool, like mail-tester.com, to check if your emails are being blocked by a spam filter.

Worried your emails are being blocked by spam filters? Sending one of your campaigns to a third party tool, like Mail Tester or Mailgenius, can help you narrow down the reasons why your email isn't going through. Below are the steps for using Mail Tester:

Tip: Check out our tips for how to avoid your emails going to the spam folder.

1. Go to www.mail-tester.com.
2. Click the "Copy" icon to copy the email address given to you in the First, send your email to field.
   Important: Keep your mail-tester.com tab open. Refreshing the page or opening the same URL in a different window will give you a new email address to start the process all over again.
   
   
    

3. Keep the Mail Tester tab open. Open a new tab and log into your Constant Contact account. Within the Campaigns tab, choose the email you would like to test.
   
   
    
4. While in the editor, click Check & Preview > Send Test.
   
   
    
5. Paste the email address you copied from mail-tester.com into the field and then click Send Now.
   
   
    
6. Open your current mail-tester.com tab and click Then check your score.
   
   
    
7. Your results are now ready to view. Click on a category to see the full breakdown.
   
   
    

For more information on Mail Tester and the details of your results, see their Frequently Asked Questions. If you send an email and a contact reports to you that it ended up in their spam folder, you can help them safelist your "From Email" address to prevent it from happening in the future.

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