Test emails are still emails: The inbox is not your sandbox

Test Emails Are Still Emails: The Inbox Is Not Your Sandbox Testing your email setup is smart. Testing it by blasting real mailbox providers with fake traffic? Less smart. Here’s how to validate your sending workflow without creating bounces, throttling, spam trap hits, or reputation problems. Developers love a test. Marketers love a preview. Product teams love a staging environment. Mailbox providers, however, do not love receiving 248,000 “password reset” emails for one lonely Gmail…