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url: "/emailify/export/manual-inbox-test-sends.md"
description: "How to send an Emailify HTML export to real inboxes for manual testing with htmltest.email."
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> How to send an Emailify HTML export to real inboxes for manual testing with htmltest.email.

# Sending manual HTML email inbox tests

You can use [htmltest.email](https://htmltest.email/) to send an Emailify HTML export to real inboxes without setting up an email campaign. This is useful for checking a specific Gmail, Outlook, Apple Mail, or other inbox that you can access.

> **Tip:** New recipient addresses must complete a one-time approval before htmltest.email can send them test emails. Approval messages are sent from **test@htmltest.email**.

## Before you start

You'll need:

- Your final Emailify HTML export
- Publicly hosted image URLs in the exported HTML
- Access to each inbox you want to test

Keep **Upload Hosted Image URLs** enabled when exporting from Emailify. If your HTML uses local `img/` paths, host those images and update the paths before sending the test.

## Send a manual inbox test

1. Export your selected email from Emailify as **HTML**.
2. Unzip the downloaded export and open the email's `index.html` file in a text editor.
3. Copy the complete HTML source.
4. Open [htmltest.email](https://htmltest.email/).
5. Enter up to five recipient email addresses.
6. Complete the one-time recipient approval if htmltest.email requests it.
7. Enter a subject line and keep **HTML** selected.
8. Paste the Emailify HTML into the **Email Content** field.
9. Optionally add a plain-text version. If you leave it empty, htmltest.email generates one from the HTML.
10. Click **Send Test Email**.
11. Open each recipient inbox and inspect the email on the intended device and email client.

## What to check

- The email arrives and opens without broken images.
- Desktop and mobile layouts respond as expected.
- Text, buttons, links, spacing, and backgrounds render correctly.
- Light and dark mode remain readable.
- Subject and preheader text appear as intended.

> **Warning:** A manual test only shows how the email rendered in the inboxes and clients you actually opened. It does not test every client, guarantee future delivery, measure campaign deliverability, or reproduce changes that your production ESP may make to the HTML.

For broader client coverage, use [Mailgun Inspect](/emailify/export/mailgun-inspect) or [Email on Acid](/emailify/tutorials/export-html-email-tests-from-figma-to-email-on-acid). For general guidance, see [Testing your HTML emails before sending](/emailify/export/testing).