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title: sendTestMail
slug: campaign/docs/sendtestmail
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createdAt: 2026-07-02T19:01:46.338Z
---

All mailing types and mailings in any status can be sent with this method.

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**Note**
The actual mail is sent asynchronously. That means that you should not delete the recipient immediately after calling this method.
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**Type**: int

**Parameters**

| Name            | Type   | Value                                                                                                                   |
| --------------- | ------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| sessionId       | String | ID of the session                                                                                                       |
| mailingId       | long   | ID of the mailing                                                                                                       |
| recipientListId | long   | ID of the recipient list<br /><br />Must be a test recipient list and needs not to be configured for the given mailing. |
| recipientId     | String | ID of the recipient<br /><br />Must match the target group and not be unsubscribed or blacklisted.                      |

**Return values**

- 0: if the mail has been spooled
- 1: if the recipient is blocked
- 2: if the recipient is unsubscribed
- 3: if the recipient was not found
- 4: if the recipient list is invalid
- 5: if the recipient is blocked by the mailing's target group
- 6: if the recipient has caused too many bounces

**Code structure**

```java
int sendTestMail(String sessionId, long mailingId, long recipientListId, String recipientId)
```