Use a trap group trap-group
A trap group (also known as Seed list) is used to include specific addresses in your deliveries to monitor and verify the distribution process by targeting profiles who do not match the defined target criteria. This way, recipients who are outside the delivery scope can receive the delivery, just like any other target recipient.
A trap group is a group of seed addresses, named Test profile on the Campaign web user interface.
Why use a trap group why-trap-group
You can use a trap group:
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As a proof: Each member of the trap group receives the delivery as if they were part of the audience.
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To protect your mailing list: By receiving what the audience will receive, each Test profile of the Trap group will be noticed if the mailing list is used by a third party.
About trap groups about-trap-group
Test profiles are automatically excluded from reports on the following delivery statistics: Clicks, Opens, Unsubscriptions. The reports focus only on the real audience.
For an email delivery, only the email address is required for the Trap group. The personalization of other fields is filled randomly by Campaign.
Add a Trap group in a delivery trap-group-in-delivery
To set up a Trap group, go to the Audience settings of your delivery. You will have two options:
Trap group settings interface screenshot
Select test profiles select-test-profiles
When you choose Select test profiles, use the Add test profile(s) button as shown below:
Add test profile button screenshot
When you click the button, you can access the test profiles to add to your trap group. Select the ones you want to use.
You can also create new test profiles. Learn more
Select test profiles interface screenshot
After confirming your test profiles, check that the correct number appears under Trap group.
Trap group confirmation screenshot
Create condition create-condition
With the Create condition option, create a query to define the test profiles you want to use:
Create condition interface screenshot
Your query is displayed under Trap group.
Trap group query display screenshot
Create a new test profile create-seed
You can create a new test profile from the Explorer > Resources > Campaign Management > Seed members folder.
Create test profile navigation screenshot
Configure all settings for your test profile as you would for any profile:
Test profile configuration screenshot
