What does the MailMoxie email test check?
What does the MailMoxie email test check?
Sending an email campaign involves more than just writing copy, clicking send, and moving on. Inbox providers evaluate technical setup, message structure, accessibility, and content signals before deciding how an email is handled.
MailMoxie’s Email Test reviews these areas before a campaign goes out. The test is designed to surface issues early and give teams clear visibility into where risk exists so your team can fix them before they become a problem.
This article explains what the MailMoxie email test checks and how each category fits into the overall evaluation.
Overview of the Email Test
When you run an Email Test in MailMoxie, your message is analyzed across several categories. Each category reflects a common area people ask about when diagnosing email issues, whether they’re talking to a teammate, searching online, or asking an AI tool for help.
Domain configuration and authentication
This category focuses on whether your sending domain is set up in a way inbox providers recognize and trust.
MailMoxie evaluates:
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Presence of SPF records and whether they authorize your sending sources
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DKIM signing and domain alignment
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DMARC policy configuration and enforcement level
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Common misconfigurations that weaken domain trust
Domain configuration and authentication Issues at this layer can affect every email sent from the domain.
ESP configuration
This category looks at how your Email Service Provider is configured and how it interacts with your domain and message.
MailMoxie evaluates:
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Alignment between sending domains and authentication records
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Header and sending patterns commonly associated with ESP misconfiguration
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Configuration signals that affect tracking and message identification
These checks are especially useful for teams managing multiple senders or shared ESP environments.
Email content
This category evaluates patterns within the email body that influence how messages are interpreted by inbox providers and recipients.
MailMoxie evaluates:
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Link usage and structure within the message
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Balance between text, links, and other elements
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Content patterns commonly associated with filtering or reduced clarity
These checks surface content-related signals that benefit from review in context.
Accessibility
This category focuses on whether the email can be used effectively by recipients relying on assistive technologies.
MailMoxie evaluates:
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Presence and structure of elements used by screen readers
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Labeling and semantic patterns that affect navigation
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Common accessibility issues that reduce usability
Improving accessibility supports inclusive communication and broader audience reach.
Email structure and formatting
This category evaluates how the email is built at a structural level.
MailMoxie evaluates:
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Markup and layout patterns that affect rendering consistency
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Structural choices that lead to fragile or hard-to-maintain templates
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Formatting patterns that commonly break across email clients
These email structure and formatting checks help teams identify layout risks before emails reach inboxes.
Deliverability-related signals
This category surfaces signals that commonly influence inbox placement.
MailMoxie evaluates:
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Authentication trust signals
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Content and structural patterns associated with filtering
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Combined signals that affect how inbox providers handle messages
These email deliverability signals provide early visibility into areas that may affect delivery.
How to use the results
Each category in the Email Test includes:
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A status indicator
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A description of what was detected
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Context explaining why it matters
Teams often get the most value by addressing foundational issues first, then reviewing higher-level findings based on campaign goals and audience.
Why teams use the Email Test
The Email Test supports teams that want confidence before sending a campaign.
Teams use it to:
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Identify avoidable delivery risks
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Catch structural and accessibility issues early
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Communicate clearly with stakeholders
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Establish a repeatable QA process
Run an Email Test
You can run a free Email Test in MailMoxie to review these checks and see how your email performs across each category.