You should test your mailings prior to dispatching them (for example, in the mailing preview, via the display or quality test, or by sending test emails, see Mailings (check)). You can perform these tests using real recipient data or using test profiles you have created yourself.
Test profiles are fictitious recipients that are created purely for test purposes. The advantage of using test profiles is that you can tailor them to suit your specific test requirements.
Existing test profiles can be found (always on the tab where you created the test profile, for example, on the mailing list tab) in the table in the 
Test profiles agent.
Example
You can create the following test profiles to test a salutation or a personalisation in a mailing:
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A test profile with the salutation missing
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A test profile with the surname missing
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A further test profile with no first name
When testing your salutation or your personalisation, you can select the various test profiles you require for the test directly, without having to spend a long time searching your recipient data for suitable recipients.
Create the following test profiles to test personalised mailing content using test profiles:
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A test profile that belongs to a particular target group
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A test profile that does not belong to this target group
In the preview, you can view your mailing with these two test profiles and see immediately whether your personalisation has worked.
Related topics
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For information on how to test mailings with (existing) test profiles, see Content check using test or recipient profiles.
