JDR wrote:

I have a case where I'm trying to validate that email is working and
I was trying to create a rule that once or twice a day would
automatically send a generic test email to a particular email address.

Is this something that can be done from Outlook?

Not by a rule, but see this:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms/skedrpt.htm
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Brian Tillman