Send yourself a test notification email

You can send yourself a test of a form's notification email, to check that it reaches your inbox before anyone fills in the form.

1. Open the form's Settings tab and scroll to Email notifications.
2. Find Self email notifications and click Test. If the button is greyed out, turn the notification on, or save your edits with Save email first.
3. Check the recipient shown in Test email delivery, then click Send test email. The test only goes to that address. Your other recipients don't get it.

Check your inbox. Check spam or promotions, too. The message uses the sender address for the form's real owner notification. Its subject is "Makeform notification test for" followed by the form name.

The message has your saved subject and body. Nobody submitted a form, so variables such as {{formName}} show up exactly as written. They aren't filled in.

So the test tells you the email arrives. To see a real one with answers in it, fill in your published form yourself.

You can send 3 tests an hour for each form. Wait 15 seconds between sends.

You can't use this test for respondent confirmation emails. To check one, submit the published form and check the respondent's inbox.