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The psychology of email anxiety

Overcome fear, build self-confidence, and reclaim control over your email. Learn practical techniques for a healthier relationship with your inbox.

Oliver Bennett
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Accessibility matters - Testing emails for an inclusive user experience

Explore the importance, common issues, and benefits. Learn how to test emails for inclusivity with practical insights and tools like Mailosaur

Henry Edwards
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How to use A/B testing to optimize emails

Enhance your email campaigns with A/B testing.Learn to optimize subject lines, message content, and sender information to improve open rates and engagement.

Amelia Clarke
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How to use AI to write emails

Learn how AI can simplify your workload, understand its working mechanisms. Top tools like ChatGPT, GrammarlyGO, and Jasper to help your email writing.

Emily Harrison
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The future of functional testing for emails

Explore the influence of AI tools, learn to address common errors, and understand the nuances of testing interactive components.

Sophie Watson
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Use cases for functional testing with emails

Ensure the reliability of automated email campaigns with functional testing. When to perform it, use cases, types, and steps to write effective test cases.

Jack Thompson
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Common mistakes when testing email

Functional testing for emails is crucial for any email campaign. How do you make sure what your clients and customers are seeing is what you designed and sent? This article will cover some basics of functional testing and the most common mistakes people uncover.

Oliver Bennett
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Testing email functionality with different clients

This article will review the email testing tools integrated into some of the most popular email clients you might use so you’re prepared for any situation.

Amelia Clarke
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Moving from manual QA to QA automation

Have you been considering a switch from manual to automated QA testing? It could be a great move for your career. Sure, it might take some time to learn new skills and tools, but the benefits could be well worth the effort. Explore the possibilities of a career in QA Automation.

William Parker
"Setting up a fake SMTP server for testing" with a mockup UI showing SMTP and POP3 credentials in front of an email window

Setting up a fake SMTP server for testing

A fake SMTP server is frequently a used by those looking to capture and test all emails an application sends and avoid sending emails to real customers. categories: tools

James Turner
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How to use Telnet to test SMTP servers

In this article, we’ll provide a bit of background on what SMTP and Telnet are and how you can use Telnet to help validate the email functionality in your applications.

Oliver Bennett
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Back in the day – How modern QA isn’t what it used to be

From floppy discs and clean machines to AI and automation – We look back on 30 years of QA

Henry Edwards