{"id":11864,"date":"2021-08-11T02:50:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/?p=11864"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T13:19:19","slug":"guide-to-email-deliverability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/guide-to-email-deliverability\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Guide To Email Deliverability (With Glossary)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that about <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/influencermarketinghub.com\/email-marketing-stats\/#:~:text=As%20of%20February%202020%2C%20the,from%2016.3%25%20in%20July%202019.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>one-fifth<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of sent emails go to spam or aren\u2019t delivered at all?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This might not sound like a lot, but if your goal is to generate revenue through emails, then you\u2019re losing out on profits you could\u2019ve earned!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our team has carried out extensive research on email deliverability and the aspects that affect it. We concluded that deliverability success is directly influenced by domain health (DNS settings are accountable for 50% of your deliverability success) and sender reputation. In turn, sender reputation relies on the reply rate. In simple terms, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sending a high volume of emails and having a minimal response rate (say, 1-2% or none at all) can negatively impact sender reputation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To help you understand the ins and outs of this complex topic, we have created a comprehensive guide on email sending process, how to take care of sender reputation, and what you can do to get your emails right into your contact\u2019s inbox. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The guide covers many issues and includes a lot of terms. So, for your convenience, we\u2019ve outlined its main chapters. If you are here for the email deliverability audit and best practices only\u2014feel free to skip the basics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve also created a glossary of terms you can find below the post. Get back to any of them whenever you need!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now off we go!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"table-of-contents\">\n<p class=\"table-of-contents__title\">Outline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#what\">What is email deliverability?<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#why\">Why should I care about email deliverability?<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#how\">How the email sending process works<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#sender_reputation\">Sender reputation guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#email_deliverability\">Email deliverability audit<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#best_practices\">Email deliverability best practices<\/a><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"#glossary\">Glossary of terms<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"what\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is email deliverability?<\/span><\/h2>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"deliverability\"><i>Email deliverability<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (inbox placement) is the percentage of emails you\u2019ve successfully delivered to your subscribers&#8217; inboxes. Its key objective is to get your message not simply delivered but placed right into the recipient\u2019s primary tab.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s what differs email deliverability from the <\/span><b>delivery rate, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which counts all<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">emails as delivered if they didn\u2019t bounce (yes, those landing in the spam folder, too!).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11866\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628633095.png\" alt=\"What is email deliverability?\" width=\"850\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628633095.png 850w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628633095-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628633095-768x155.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"why\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why should I care about email deliverability?\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good email deliverability is critical to your email marketing strategy, and here\u2019s why:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You ensure <\/span>your<b> messages fly right into the inbox<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, avoiding the spam folder, where they are destined to rest in peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The more emails find their way into your customer\u2019s primary tab, the <\/span><b>higher chances they will be read<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Is this not the main gist of your email <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/successful-outreach-with-snovio\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">outreach<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> campaigns?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You get a <\/span><b>competitive advantage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as you will have more chances to be visible among the mickle of messages your recipients get every day, unlike those of your competitors who neglect improving their email deliverability.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sending more emails to the customer\u2019s inbox, getting them opened and read, and engaging your subscribers with your content is a sure way to boost the effectiveness of your email marketing campaigns, <\/span><b>improving your <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/glossary\/roi\/\"><b>ROI<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To figure out how to boost your email deliverability, you need to understand the whole email sending process. Figuratively speaking, you need to know how your email travels from the departure to the destination point.<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 90%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: dashed;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Improve your engagement, bounce rate and email placement with Snov.io Email Deliverability Month \ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/email-deliverability-month\"> Join for free<\/a> and get daily bite-sized lessons right in your inbox!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K-RoB3zxHqU?si=XItrdz3Q6wICfjtb\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 id=\"how\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How the email sending process works<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Say, you\u2019ve just created an email to inform your subscribers about your new loyalty program. You\u2019ve built and segmented your email list, and now you\u2019re just about to press the \u201cSend\u201d button. Let\u2019s see what follows step by step.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12011\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628682847.png\" alt=\"How the email sending process works\" width=\"850\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628682847.png 850w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628682847-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628682847-768x483.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1. Your email is sent<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve pressed the \u201cSend\u201d button, there are two possible scenarios:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #008000;\">1.1. Your email is delivered<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this scenario, your message is delivered to the recipient successfully.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993300;\">1.2. Your email bounced back<\/span><\/h4>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><\/i><b id=\"bounce\"><i>bounce<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means a mail server has rejected your message. When this happens, you typically receive an automatic delivery failure notification.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11879\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background133.png\" alt=\"Your email bounced back\" width=\"700\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background133.png 678w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background133-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two types of bounces you might get: a <\/span><b id=\"soft\">soft <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or a <\/span><b>hard bounce:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>soft bounce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> happens to your email due to several reasons: there\u2019s a sudden increase in email sending volume, the recipient\u2019s inbox is full, the server is down, or the email size is too large.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For instance, if you usually send 1K emails a day, but then increase the volume to 7K, those extra 6K emails might soft-bounce.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>hard bounce<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> occurs when you send an email to an invalid address, i.e., the address that doesn\u2019t exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11882\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628633863.png\" alt=\"Your email bounced back\" width=\"700\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628633863.png 850w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628633863-300x217.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628633863-768x555.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest problem about hard bounces is that by having lots of them, you risk being treated as a fraudulent email sender. This is why it\u2019s better to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/best-email-verification-services\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">verify your email lists<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before sending out your campaigns.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email verification is not a difficult task when you have a reliable tool to help you. With <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/email-verifier\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snov.io<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you may quickly verify email addresses for free.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2. Your email is delivered\/not delivered<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether your email gets to the recipient\u2019s inbox is controlled by email sending gateways, such as ISPs or blacklisting organizations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"isp\"><i>ISPs (Internet Server Providers)<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provide mailboxes to end-users as a part of their paid services. In email marketing, ISPs refer to major inbox providers such as Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, or Inbox by Gmail.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They protect their customers from receiving unsolicited emails by:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Establishing sending limits<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blocking suspicious senders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Default sending email to the junk or spam folder<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blacklisting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"blacklisting\"><i>Blacklisting organizations <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are companies that provide blacklists containing senders who, they consider, are following fraudulent email sending practices. As a rule, ISPs use these reports to monitor and control email sending.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #008000;\">2.1. Your email gets to the inbox<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now all that&#8217;s left for you is just waiting for your email to be opened and read.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But as we\u2019ve already mentioned, <\/span><b>1 in 5 emails<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> go to a spam folder, hit a spam trap, or get blocked by the receiver. Let\u2019s discuss these unlucky cases.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993300;\">2.2. Your email gets to the spam folder\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"spam\"><i>Spam (aka junk email)<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unsolicited emails sent in bulk to people who haven\u2019t given consent to receiving them.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether your email gets to the spam folder is a matter of several factors \u2014 the number of emails you\u2019ve sent before, the number of emails you are trying to send right now, and where you are sending them from.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Email marketers often use email deliverability testing platforms such as <a href=\"https:\/\/glockapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GlockApps<\/a> to check inbox placement before sending their campaigns. These tools allow you to test your email against major spam filters, verify authentication records (SPF, DKIM, and DMARC), check if your IP or domain is blacklisted, and see whether your message is likely to land in the inbox, promotions tab, or spam folder across global providers like Gmail, Outlook, and Yahoo. Regular testing helps catch issues early before they hurt deliverability.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read more about the reasons your emails may find themselves in the spam folder and what you can do about it in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/how-to-avoid-spam-filters\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one of our previous blog posts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993300;\">2.3. Your email is blocked by the receiver\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The receiving server may temporarily reject your email, and here\u2019s why:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You&#8217;re sending content that looks spammy (excessive use of CAPS, punctuation, promotional language, or spam trigger vocabulary).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve got too many complaints.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ve been sending emails to invalid addresses.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This points to the necessity of working on your email copy and practicing healthy email sending behavior.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993300;\">2.4. Your email hits a spam trap\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><\/i><b id=\"trap\"><i>spam trap<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an invalid email address used by ISPs or blacklist operators to identify senders who are neglecting best email practices or an email address that was once valid but now is abandoned or not legitimate.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are two spam trap types:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b id=\"pristine\">pristine spam trap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an email address that has never been valid. It\u2019s used to spot senders with bad list-building behavior like purchasing email lists or scraping emails from websites without verification.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b id=\"recycled\">recycled spam trap<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an email address that was once valid but was then abandoned and further turned into a spam trap.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To avoid spam traps, don\u2019t purchase email lists, use scraping software with <\/span><b>pre-verification features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/email-finder\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snov.io<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of such tools), and clean your email lists regularly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.snov.io\/register?lang=en&amp;signup_source=blog&amp;signup_page=snov.io%2Fblog%2Fguide-to-email-deliverability&amp;cta_type=banner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8036\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/verifier-2-1.png\" alt=\"email verifier\" width=\"850\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/verifier-2-1.png 2028w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/verifier-2-1-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/verifier-2-1-1024x317.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/verifier-2-1-768x238.png 768w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/verifier-2-1-1536x476.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3. Your email is opened\/not opened<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open rate is one of the most important email performance metrics to track. If you want to know more about what a good email open rate is, how to calculate it, and how to improve it, check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/what-is-a-good-email-open-rate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">one of our posts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And as for email tracking, you may get the help of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/best-email-tracker-comparison\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">special tools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that track email opens right in your Gmail account for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 4. The recipient interacts with your email<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is your customer going to do next? They may read your email and click through, close it without clicking the link, mark it as spam, or unsubscribe from your emails.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #008000;\">4.1. The recipient clicks the link\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s basically what you want your customers to do with your email. If they click on something, it will tell you your content keeps your recipients engaged.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993300;\">4.2. The recipient doesn\u2019t click the link<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike the first scenario, if your email isn\u2019t clicked through, it signifies you should work more on improving engagement. Yet, it\u2019s not critical for the ISPs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993300;\">4.3. The recipient unsubscribes<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means you\u2019ve lost contact with subscribers. But don\u2019t be sad about it!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People tend to unsubscribe, the average unsubscribe rate being <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0,17%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That\u2019s inevitable, and you should let people leave you (still measuring unsubscribe rate and analyzing how to improve engagement).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another good news is that unsubscriptions won\u2019t cast a shadow on your reputation!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #993300;\">4.3. The recipient marks your email as spam<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will harm your reputation, though. Prospects may mark your emails as spam due to several reasons: say, it\u2019s difficult to unsubscribe from your campaigns, or you are sending irrelevant content. You should respect your subscribers and give them what they want, including an easy option to unsubscribe from your messages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11897\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628634598.png\" alt=\"Attributes of bad sending behavior\" width=\"850\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628634598.png 850w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628634598-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628634598-768x343.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember, you need to prove to ISPs you are a good sender; otherwise, your sender reputation can be in danger.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s talk about it in detail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"sender_reputation\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sender reputation \u2014 a key component of your email deliverability\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sender reputation has a direct influence on whether your emails will find their place in your customer\u2019s inbox. That\u2019s why we decided to dedicate a separate chapter to it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is sender reputation?<\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"sender\"><i>Sender reputation<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the method used by mailbox providers to measure how trustworthy your sender&#8217;s email is. In simple words, this is your status as a sender that depends on many factors, including content quality, the quality of your contacts, recipient engagement, and so on.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sender reputation has three components:<\/span><b> IP reputation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>domain reputation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>content reputation.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11900\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628634772.png\" alt=\"Sender reputation\" width=\"850\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628634772.png 850w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628634772-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628634772-768x346.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"ip\">IP reputation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the reputation of the IP address your email comes from no matter what company you represent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every computer or server has a unique identifying address called IP address. So, if you send emails from a specific computer or server, you tie yourself with a specific IP. It allows ISPs to track your IP reputation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an email sender, you may either have <\/span><b>a dedicated <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or<\/span><b> a shared IP address.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b id=\"dedicated\">dedicated IP address <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is your IP address, the one you don\u2019t share with anyone else. With a dedicated IP address, email deliverability depends only on you.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b id=\"shared\">shared IP address <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">means that several email senders are using the same IP address within one mail server. Email deliverability, in this case, becomes a shared responsibility.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b id=\"domain\">Domain reputation <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the reputation of your domain, i.e., the organization you are sending emails from. Even if your IP address changes or you change your mailbox provider, the domain reputation will follow your brand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"content1\">Content reputation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is about the value of your <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">email copy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It measures how relevant or spammy your email content is.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a sender score?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although a sender score is often mixed with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/email-sender-reputation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sender reputation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, these terms are not the same.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><\/i><b id=\"score\"><i>sender score <\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a number between 0 and 100 that shows the quality of your sender reputation. In other words, it\u2019s the reflection of your sender reputation but in numbers. A sender score is commonly calculated on a rolling 30-day average.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why is a sender score important?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It helps you regularly monitor your sender reputation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to check your sender score?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may check your sender score <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as you register and activate your account, you will be able to enter your IP address or domain and get redirected to the report where you\u2019ll see your sender score.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11904\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background134.png\" alt=\"Sender score\" width=\"850\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background134.png 2031w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background134-300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background134-1024x400.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background134-768x300.png 768w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background134-1536x600.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does my sender score mean?<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, the higher your sender score, the higher your chances to reach your subscribers:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11905\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628635434.png\" alt=\"Sender score\" width=\"850\" height=\"572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628635434.png 850w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628635434-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628635434-768x517.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But how can you prove to ISPs you are a good sender? With email authentication, of course.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is email authentication?<\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"authentication\"><i>Email authentication<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a technical way of proving that the email address you are sending from belongs to you, and nobody acts on your behalf.<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0fYou should use email authentication to differentiate yourself from spammers who may send emails from the name of your brand. That may have a detrimental effect on your reputation and your business. \u26a0\ufe0f<\/p>\n<div class='posts-into__content'>\r\n<div class=\"post\">\r\n    <div class=\"post__img\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BEST-EMAIL-WARM-UP-TOOL.png\" class=\"attachment-327x160 size-327x160 wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BEST-EMAIL-WARM-UP-TOOL.png 1280w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BEST-EMAIL-WARM-UP-TOOL-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BEST-EMAIL-WARM-UP-TOOL-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/BEST-EMAIL-WARM-UP-TOOL-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"post__content\">\r\n        <p class=\"post__content-title\">\r\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/email-warm-up-tools\/\">13 Best Email Warm-Up Tools (Tested And Compared)<\/a>\r\n        <\/p>\r\n        <p class=\"post__content-date\">16\/03\/2026<\/p>    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"post\">\r\n    <div class=\"post__img\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MaPFBrTC3xUQEXS72QAIqxjc8UHefbeKTQY0tneL-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-327x160 size-327x160 wp-post-image\" alt=\"Setting up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MaPFBrTC3xUQEXS72QAIqxjc8UHefbeKTQY0tneL-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MaPFBrTC3xUQEXS72QAIqxjc8UHefbeKTQY0tneL-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MaPFBrTC3xUQEXS72QAIqxjc8UHefbeKTQY0tneL-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MaPFBrTC3xUQEXS72QAIqxjc8UHefbeKTQY0tneL-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MaPFBrTC3xUQEXS72QAIqxjc8UHefbeKTQY0tneL-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/MaPFBrTC3xUQEXS72QAIqxjc8UHefbeKTQY0tneL-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"post__content\">\r\n        <p class=\"post__content-title\">\r\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/how-to-set-up-spf-dkim-dmarc\/\">SPF, DKIM &#038; DMARC Explained: How To Set Them Up And Combat Fake Emails<\/a>\r\n        <\/p>\r\n        <p class=\"post__content-date\">17\/03\/2026<\/p>    <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email authentication standards<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email authentication relies on three standards: SPF, DKIM, and DMARC:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"spf\">\u2714 SPF (Sender Policy Framework)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is an email authentication protocol that allows you to define which IP addresses may send emails on behalf of your domain. If the IP address that\u2019s sending on your behalf is listed in the SPF record, then the message passes SPF authentication and vice versa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"dkim\">\u2714 DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides an encryption key and digital signature that verifies that your email message was not altered by a third party on the way to your subscriber\u2019s inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b id=\"dmarc\">\u2714 DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, &amp; Conformance)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> unites the SPF and DKIM authentication mechanisms into a common framework and defines how the recipient\u2019s mail server should process incoming emails if they don\u2019t pass the authentication check.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may choose from three types of outcomes:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><b>p=none:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you set your DMARC policy to p=none, the mailbox provider won\u2019t take any action if your emails fail authentication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>p=quarantine:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Setting your policy to p=quarantine means that emails that fail authentication should be treated suspiciously by mailbox providers and might be sent to the spam or junk folder.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>p=reject:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This policy indicates that you want mailbox providers to reject and block all emails that fail DMARC authentication.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, it seems pretty difficult to deal with all these standards, but in fact, not so much if you rely on email delivery services that will do email authentication for you. Among such services are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/f.hubspotusercontent30.net\/hubfs\/5046138\/SocketLabs%20Best%20Practices%20Guidelines%20for%20Authentication.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SocketLabs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sendpulse<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kingmailer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and many others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11914\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image7.png\" alt=\"Email authentication\" width=\"738\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image7.png 738w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/image7-300x97.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 738px) 100vw, 738px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"email_deliverability\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email deliverability audit\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Checking whether your messages reach your audience will give you the necessary insights to understand how to prevent your emails from landing in the spam folder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is where email deliverability audit comes to the rescue!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what is an email deliverability audit?<\/span><\/h3>\n<table class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"width: 99%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f0edf0;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"audit\"><i>Email deliverability audit<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the assessment of your email outreach campaigns to determine how many emails you\u2019re sending land in your customer\u2019s inbox.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recommend performing an email deliverability audit quarterly to keep your finger on the pulse. Meanwhile, it can reveal some problems that need to be handled at once, for example:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High bounce rate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High spam rate<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many unopened emails<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problems with the quality of your email list, and so on.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to do an email deliverability audit<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email deliverability audit should be done in several directions:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 your email setup and authentication.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Reputation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 how you send your emails (bounces, spam complaints, etc.).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Deliverability itself <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014 where your emails go: primary inbox, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/how-to-avoid-gmail-promotions-tab\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">promotions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or spam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Content quality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 how well your emails perform: whether they are opened, clicked through or ignored.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now let\u2019s look at how you may do an effective email deliverability audit.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Send a test email<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Audit your email service provider to see whether it\u2019s placed in the inbox, goes to promotions, or the spam folder. If you are using an email marketing tool, it won\u2019t be difficult. For example, with the <a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/cold-email\"><span data-sheets-root=\"1\">Snov.io cold email software<\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can send a test email to ensure everything goes smoothly:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11917\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background135.png\" alt=\"Send a test email\" width=\"450\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background135.png 449w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background135-239x300.png 239w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As soon as you receive the test email, click <\/span><b>\u201cShow original\u201d:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11919\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background136.png\" alt=\"Send a test email\" width=\"850\" height=\"476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background136.png 944w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background136-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background136-768x430.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll get an audit report where you can see information on SPF, DKIM, and DMARC:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11920\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background137.png\" alt=\"Send a test email\" width=\"850\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background137.png 1005w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background137-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background137-768x359.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, this email has passed authentication and found its way into the inbox.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Check your code<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may get a deeper analysis of your emails for any red flags by checking the code from the test email you\u2019ve received:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11921\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background138.png\" alt=\"Check your code\" width=\"700\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background138.png 940w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background138-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background138-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copy this code into one of the email deliverability tools for analysis, for instance, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mxtoolbox Email Header Analyzer<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11923\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background139.png\" alt=\"Check your code\" width=\"322\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background139.png 322w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background139-300x249.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clicking on each element, you\u2019ll be able to see the extended report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alternatively, you may test your email deliverability with <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/email-deliverability-test\">Snov.io Email Deliverability Check<\/a>. <\/strong>This is a comprehensive tool designed to optimize your email campaigns for maximum effectiveness and inbox placement. Here&#8217;s a breakdown of its key features:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Personalized deliverability tips<\/strong>: Receive tailored advice to enhance engagement, reduce bounce rates, and increase responses, tailored to your specific campaign needs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Full control over email placement<\/strong>: Ensure your emails land in the right place by checking their placement before sending, minimizing the risk of ending up in spam folders and maximizing engagement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unlimited mailbox warm-up<\/strong>: Utilize AI-driven, fully automated email warm-up processes to build trust with email providers and reduce the chances of your emails being marked as spam.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Precise email verification<\/strong>: Verify every email address in your list to eliminate stale data and prevent high bounce rates, ensuring confidence in your recipient list.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stellar domain health<\/strong>: Easily check and rectify DNS record issues such as SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to maintain a healthy domain reputation and safeguard your outreach efforts.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spam-proof email content<\/strong>: Ensure your email content is free from spam-triggering words or phrases, minimizing the risk of being flagged by email providers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unlimited mailbox rotation<\/strong>: Connect an unlimited number of sender accounts to scale your campaign outreach without worrying about email quotas, allowing you to reach your audience effectively without limitations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Doing email deliverability audit with Snov.io is easy. <!--ARCADE EMBED START--><script> function onArcadeIframeMessage(e) { if (e.origin !== 'https:\/\/demo.arcade.software' || !e.isTrusted) return; const arcadeIframe = document.querySelector(`iframe[src*=${e.data.id}]`); if (!arcadeIframe || !arcadeIframe.contentWindow) return; if (e.data.event === 'arcade-init') { arcadeIframe.contentWindow.postMessage({event: 'register-popout-handler'}, '*'); } if (e.data.event === 'arcade-popout-open') { arcadeIframe.style['position'] = 'fixed'; arcadeIframe.style['z-index'] = '9999999'; } if (e.data.event === 'arcade-popout-close') { arcadeIframe.style['position'] = 'absolute'; arcadeIframe.style['z-index'] = 'auto'; } } window.addEventListener('message', onArcadeIframeMessage); <\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: calc(56.79180887372014% + 41px); height: 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; color-scheme: light;\" src=\"https:\/\/demo.arcade.software\/0z2aNvroNdCuHjkcF8rc?embed&amp;embed_mobile=modal&amp;embed_desktop=inline&amp;show_copy_link=true\" title=\"Introduction to Deliverability Check\" frameborder=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allow=\"clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>On the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.snov.io\/deliverability#\/check\">Deliverability Check page<\/a>, click <b>Get started:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26634\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check1-1.png\" alt=\"Snov.io Deliverability Check\" width=\"746\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check1-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check1-1-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check1-1-768x379.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose the account for the test:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26635\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check2-1.png\" alt=\"Snov.io Deliverability Check\" width=\"746\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check2-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check2-1-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check2-1-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Add the email content for the check (you can select from three options: AI-generated content, template, or own email text):<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26636\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check3-1.png\" alt=\"Snov.io Deliverability Check\" width=\"746\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check3-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check3-1-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check3-1-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, click <strong>Start a test<\/strong>. The test results provide Domain health score, Email placement score, detailed analysis of your technical setup and email content.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26637\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check4-1.png\" alt=\"Snov.io Deliverability Check\" width=\"746\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check4-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check4-1-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check4-1-768x378.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26632\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check5.png\" alt=\"Deliverability Check from Snov.io\" width=\"746\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check5.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check5-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/check5-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26633\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Check6.png\" alt=\"Deliverability Check from Snov.io\" width=\"746\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Check6.png 1250w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Check6-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Check6-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Check6-768x382.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you&#8217;ll see how your email account and email content perform and what you need to improve to boost your email deliverability.<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-banner default\">\n<p class=\"content-banner__title\">Snov.io Deliverability Check<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-banner__description\">Just one minute and your email deliverability check is done<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-banner__link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.snov.io\/register?lang=en&amp;signup_source=blog&amp;signup_page=snov.io%2Fblog%2Fguide-to-email-deliverability&amp;cta_type=banner\">Try now<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-banner__img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Domain-Health-Checker-1.png\" alt=\"Snov.io Deliverability Check\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Check for blacklisting<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding yourself on a blacklist is not a joke, as it may be a disaster to your sender reputation. Therefore, don\u2019t forget to check whether you aren\u2019t among the unlucky ones from time to time with the help of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mxtoolbox.com\/SuperTool.aspx?action=blacklist%3asnov.io&amp;run=toolpage\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mxtoolbox<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like we did:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11927\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background141.png\" alt=\"Check for blacklisting\" width=\"850\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background141.png 1566w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background141-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background141-1024x570.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background141-768x427.png 768w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background141-1536x854.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here I\u2019m just sighing with relief. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4. Measure your sender score<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As mentioned in the previous chapter, the sender score is the mirror of your sender reputation and proof everything is okay with it. Remember to regularly check your sender score (at least quarterly) and work on improving it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Track your customer\u2019s behavior with your emails<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s important to monitor how your email campaigns perform, but, as a rule, businesses with many users can\u2019t do this manually. They rely on email automation tools that help them see the stats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/email-tracker\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snov.io Email Tracker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> displays if the receiver has read your email right in your Gmail with a label:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11932\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background143.png\" alt=\"Track your customer\u2019s behavior with your emails\" width=\"850\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background143.png 992w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background143-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background143-768x101.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To track your emails, it inserts a tracking pixel you\u2019ll find only in the script:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11933\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background144.png\" alt=\"Track your customer\u2019s behavior with your emails\" width=\"691\" height=\"97\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background144.png 691w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background144-300x42.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class='posts-into__content'>\r\n<div class=\"post\">\r\n    <div class=\"post__img\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/harry_potter-e1757506063750.png\" class=\"attachment-327x160 size-327x160 wp-post-image\" alt=\"How To Do Email Deliverability Audit\" \/>    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"post__content\">\r\n        <p class=\"post__content-title\">\r\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/email-deliverability-audit\/\">How To Do Email Deliverability Audit: A 7-Check Approach From Snov.io<\/a>\r\n        <\/p>\r\n        <p class=\"post__content-date\">13\/02\/2026<\/p>    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"post\">\r\n    <div class=\"post__img\">\r\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-track-an-email-min.png\" class=\"attachment-327x160 size-327x160 wp-post-image\" alt=\"how to track an email\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-track-an-email-min.png 3000w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-track-an-email-min-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-track-an-email-min-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-track-an-email-min-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-track-an-email-min-1536x768.png 1536w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/how-to-track-an-email-min-2048x1024.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"post__content\">\r\n        <p class=\"post__content-title\">\r\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/how-to-track-outgoing-emails-in-gmail-with-snovio-email-tracker\/\">How To Track Outgoing Emails In Gmail With Snovio Email Tracker<\/a>\r\n        <\/p>\r\n        <p class=\"post__content-date\">5\/03\/2026<\/p>    <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"best_practices\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email deliverability best practices\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phew, that was a lot of information, wasn&#8217;t it? Now, what\u2019s left is learning the tricks of how to place your emails in the inbox of your customers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-banner third\">\n<p class=\"content-banner__title\">Flawless email deliverability<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-banner__description\">Snov.io has all the tools you need to keep your cold outreach going, no matter the limits!<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-banner__link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.snov.io\/register?lang=en&amp;signup_source=blog&amp;signup_page=snov.io%2Fblog%2Femail-deliverability-audit&amp;cta_type=banner\">Try for free<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-banner__img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Domain-Health-Checker.png\" alt=\"Flawless email deliverability\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Warm-up your email account<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Warming up your email account is an essential step in the email outreach process as it helps you avoid being flagged as spam. The core issue is to ensure your email is as legitimate and human as possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are going to use an email automation tool, warm up your email account beforehand. Start with email account personalization by adding a profile picture and an email signature. Further, sign up to social media and other platforms using this email account and join a few mailing lists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t rush emailing people you don\u2019t know. Write to friends or business partners and ask them to reply to your messages. Respond to their replies. Just make sure your emails don\u2019t look similar and have no spammy words.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11992\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628679825.png\" alt=\"Warm-up your email account\" width=\"800\" height=\"769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628679825.png 850w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628679825-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/1628679825-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manual email warm-up is a rather time-consuming process. So if you want to automate it, choose the email warm-up tool that will do everything for you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For instance, with\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/email-warm-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Snov.io Email Warm-up<\/span><\/strong><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, you can grow email deliverability right after the first campaign. The tool allows you to choose your purpose of warm-up, set the number of emails that will be automatically sent and replied to, mimicking the real conversation, and ensure your emails won\u2019t land in spam. You\u2019ll be able to monitor the warm-up progress status and email deliverability growth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26641\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp.png\" alt=\"Snov.io Email Warm-up\" width=\"746\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp.png 1227w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/wp-768x385.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On top of that, you can warm up emails for certain providers separately. Say, if you see that Microsoft providers regularly send your emails to spam, you can set up your email warm-up to focus solely on this provider.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32312\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Choose.jpg\" alt=\"How to choose the providers for the targeted warm-up\" width=\"746\" height=\"1044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Choose.jpg 483w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Choose-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And if you&#8217;d like your warm-up emails to <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interact exclusively with business or company domains, now it&#8217;s also possible with Snov.io&#8217;s <b>Premium Warm-up pool.\u00a0<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Stay away from purchased email lists<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you think buying an email list will bring you many recipients, I need to disappoint you. The quality of these email addresses won\u2019t be good. And that\u2019s a sure way to spam complaints and poor email deliverability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn more about why <\/span><b>purchasing email lists is a bad, bad, bad idea <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/email-marketing-lists\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3. Send emails only to people who opted in<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To make sure your subscribers are open to your emails,<\/span><b> they should give consent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to receiving your content. Without it, high chances are you\u2019ll get many unread messages, or worse, they\u2019ll mark your emails as spam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>4. Match your sending provider with the recipient&#8217;s provider<\/h3>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve got several accounts for sending bulk emails <em>(that&#8217;s the best idea ever)<\/em>, set up an automatic <a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/how-to-improve-deliverability-based-on-provider\/\">Provider Matching<\/a> feature from Snov.io. It will ensure emails from your Gmail account reach the recipient&#8217;s Gmail inbox, while Outlook emails go directly to the user&#8217;s Outlook inbox.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-32320\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Provider-matching.jpg\" alt=\"How to adjust the sender's and the recipient's providers automatically?\" width=\"746\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Provider-matching.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Provider-matching-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Provider-matching-1024x486.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Provider-matching-768x364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Provider-matching-1536x729.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5. Give explicit options to unsubscribe<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People come, people go. Believe it or not, letting them unsubscribe from your emails is much better than crying over poor email deliverability later. You need a quality list, remember? So, <\/span><b>give your recipients an explicit option to unsubscribe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is more, according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/business-guidance\/resources\/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CAN-SPAM Act<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which you should comply with), there must be an unsubscribe link in every email.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11936\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background145.png\" alt=\"Give explicit options to unsubscribe\" width=\"800\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background145.png 805w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background145-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background145-768x342.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6. Segment your email lists<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Segmentation is one of the best practices to be followed as it may increase your open rate by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/email-marketing-statistics\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">39%<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As soon as you\u2019ve built an email list, <\/span><b>categorize it according to the types of prospects. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will help you send them only those emails relevant to their needs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7. Personalize your emails<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If segmentation is the queen of email outreach, personalization is by right the king. People love to be addressed personally. And this is <\/span>not just about calling them by name<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Personalization is about <\/span>demonstrating you care about your subscribers<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are ready to <\/span><b>give them what they want<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8. Re-engage inactive subscribers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of your subscribers don\u2019t react to your emails? Don\u2019t give up, first try to fight a bit more. You may craft <\/span><b>re-engagement emails<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with an exclusive offer to draw their attention to your company. Just think of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/how-to-increase-email-open-rate\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">power words<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to catch their eye.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9. Clean your email lists<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I also suggest doing a spring cleaning to your email list from time to time and <\/span><b>removing recipients who are not replying to your emails<\/b> and follow-ups<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. And don\u2019t forget about <\/span><b>email validation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: do it regularly to avoid keeping invalid email addresses that may bring you undesired bounces.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10. Elaborate on email content<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When it comes to email deliverability, much depends on the content of your emails.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">69%<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of emails are marked as spam based solely on the subject line. So, <\/span>ensure your headline isn\u2019t written in all CAPS <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span> doesn\u2019t have any spammy words <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for the email body, try to maintain a <\/span>60:40 text-to-image ratio, don\u2019t add too many links, and avoid spam trigger language<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">11. Optimize your emails to mobile<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.4<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> billion smartphone users at the moment, the number of mobile users is going to increase every year. Don\u2019t ignore mobile optimization!<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11937\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11937\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11937\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background146.png\" alt=\"Number of smartphone subscriptions worldwide\" width=\"800\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background146.png 601w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background146-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Background146-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11937\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Source: Statista<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12. Set up your email authentication<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save yourself from any third-party malicious actions on behalf of your email account. Remember to <\/span><b>set up email authentication within SPF, DKIM, and DMARC standards<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to prove you are a real and legitimate sender.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">13. Set up a custom tracking domain<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are using email automation tools, you are sending emails with its custom domain. Google will raise a brow seeing you have your custom domain but keep on sending emails from another one.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grouping their users across the same domains is a common practice for email automation tools. But if there is a spammer in your group, their fraudulent behavior may damage your deliverability, as your actions will also be associated with spam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Set up your custom tracking domain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make links in your emails refer to your personal domain instead of the generic one email automation tools use by default.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a Snov.io user, setting up a custom tracking domain won\u2019t be difficult at all: just <\/span><b>follow <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/knowledgebase\/how-to-set-up-your-custom-tracking-domain\/\"><b>this brief guide<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">14. Give preference to dedicated IP\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you send not so many emails, you don\u2019t need to warrant a dedicated IP address. But for a big sender, <\/span><b>using a shared IP may be too risky to the email deliverability.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wrapping up<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding ways to improve email deliverability is something every email sender has ever puzzled over. There are so many factors that influence the inbox placement of your emails: you should care about security, user engagement, email content, and maintain your high sender reputation whatever happens.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We tried to provide you with an extended guide on what email deliverability consists of and forearmed you with the techniques you may start practicing today to improve it. But there is something I\u2019d like to add: since you most likely will or have already felt the need to automate your processes, much depends on the tool you\u2019ll choose.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Snov.io<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a service you can trust. It takes control over spammers, lets you set up your custom tracking domain, provides possibilities for segmentation and personalization, and helps you audit your deliverability.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not our friend yet? Welcome to your free trial!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-banner secondary\">\n<p class=\"content-banner__title\">Make your emails always reach the inbox<\/p>\n<p class=\"content-banner__description\">Use Snov.io cold email tool with in-built email deliverability check<\/p>\n<div class=\"content-banner__link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app.snov.io\/register?lang=en&amp;signup_source=blog&amp;signup_page=snov.io%2Fblog%2Fguide-to-email-deliverability&amp;cta_type=banner&amp;_gl=1*11csyqt*_gcl_au*MTA3MDgzODIyNC4xNzQwMzk0NTg1*FPAU*MTA3MDgzODIyNC4xNzQwMzk0NTg1*_ga*NTk5NTQyMjk4LjE3NDAzOTQ1ODU.*_ga_TKFKTRN012*MTc0MDQxNTA1NS4yLjEuMTc0MDQxNTA2NS4wLjAuMA..*_fplc*NjdRMHlCblhpQSUyQjFjYmR3RiUyQndEWUJkTmF6RGpFTjdTdGhkQW8zRThwTXNpdXp3MUNZQ1RWdXhab3ZKMmklMkJ5QjlpSVk0Z3Rna0thMTJoeUtHRGdROCUyQkFDTEtiTk1idHBJeWVtZlZqSUlhOEpja0RteHBHTHBIRzZLRmZSc2clM0QlM0Q.*_ga_BNRTCNFP5Y*MTc0MDM5NDU4NS4xLjEuMTc0MDQxNTA2Ni4wLjAuMTE4MjU2MzE1Nw..\">Test and trust it<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"content-banner__img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/snov.io\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/snoviobanner.png\" alt=\"Trust the trusted \" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"glossary\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glossary of terms<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#blacklisting\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blacklisting organization<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#bounce\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bounce\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#content1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Content reputation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#dedicated\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicated IP address<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#dkim\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DKIM<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#dmarc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DMARC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#domain\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domain reputation<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#authentication\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email authentication<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#deliverability\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email deliverability\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#audit\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email deliverability audit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>I<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#ip\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IP reputation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#isp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>P<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#pristine\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pristine spam trap\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%;\">\n<h3><b>R<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#recycled\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recycled spam trap<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>S<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"#sender\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sender reputation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#score\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sender score<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#shared\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shared IP<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#soft\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soft bounce\/hard bounce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#spam\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spam<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#trap\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spam trap<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#spf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPF<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email deliverability is something you should always take care of. 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