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title: "Send a test email"
description: "Send a test email from BooleanSMTP's Test Email screen, check its send status, and look for it in the recipient inbox."
image: "https://booleansmtp.com/docs/og.png"
---

> Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Send a test email

import { Steps, Aside } from '@booleanpress/nimbus/components';

Send a test email to confirm a connection works, whether you're finishing the setup wizard or checking a
connection you added later.

1. In the BooleanSMTP sidebar, click **Test Email**.
2. In **Select Mailer**, choose the connection you want to test.
3. In **To Address**, enter an address you can check right now.
4. Click **Send Test Email**.

![The Test Email screen: Select Mailer, To Address and Subject, with the Send Test Email button highlighted.](../../../assets/screenshots/test-email.webp "Test Email form")

You see **Test email sent successfully!** when the send transport reports success. Check that inbox — and its
spam folder — for the email.

If you see **Test email failed to send**, the message under it is the provider's reason. The most common causes
are a mistyped key or password and a From address the provider has not verified.

## Check its send status

If email logging is enabled, click **Logs** in the BooleanSMTP sidebar. **Email Logs** lists recorded send attempts, newest first. The
tabs filter them: **All**, **Successful**, **Simulated**, **Failed** and **Pending**.

![The Email Logs screen, with the All, Successful, Simulated, Failed and Pending tabs highlighted above the list of sent emails.](../../../assets/screenshots/email-logs.webp "Email Logs with send status filters")

Your test email should be under **Successful**. Click it to see its details. This status does not confirm arrival in the recipient inbox.

> **Note**
>
> An email under **Simulated** was never sent: simulation mode was on, which captures emails instead of sending
> them. Turn it off in [Settings → Email Simulation Mode](/docs/advanced/simulation-mode/) when you are ready to send
> for real.

## Next steps

- [Logs](/docs/logs/) — more about what's recorded and how long it's kept.
- [Choose a mailer](/docs/mailers/) if the test failed and you want to try a different provider.
- [Troubleshooting](/docs/troubleshooting/) if the test keeps failing.

Source: https://booleansmtp.com/docs/getting-started/send-a-test-email/index.mdx