Test Email Paywall Issue: Whole Post Sent Instead of Preview

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This might sound dumb, but when I send a test email with a paywall break, the paywall doesn't work - I'm getting the whole post, instead of just what comes before the break. Is this normal? I want to send a preview to free subscribers, not the whole thing.

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Joël C.
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Odd. No, that shouldn't happen... Can you loom us here?
Ben J.
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I found the issue - free subscribers and paid subscribers have to be selected in the audience (I only had free selected). By the way, is it possible to fade out the last few lines of the preview (the text before the paywall break), so that it's more obvious that there is a larger article following it? I've only been able to place the paywall break between paragraphs, and the preview kind of looks like a very short standalone piece.
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Joël C.
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I don't think that's doable today
Ben J.
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Ah, thanks for checking, though.
Joël C.
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One workaround is making a picture of what you want it to look like and working that into the newsletter
Joël C.
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Like you can have a paid section in the middle of the newsletter for paid subs and a blurred out section (image) only showed to free subs with the prompt to upgrade to premium
Ben J.
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That gave me another option - separate the last couple lines of the paragraph before the paywall, make them a standalone paragraph and mute the text as grey for free subs. Then duplicate the whole paragraph in black for paid.
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Joël C.
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Now you're talking