What is Email Deliverability?
Email deliverability is the measure of whether your emails actually reach recipients’ primary inboxes rather than the spam folder or being blocked. It depends on authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC), sender reputation, list quality, content, and sending behavior like inbox warmup and volume ramp.
The main factors that control deliverability
Authentication records prove you are who you say you are. Sender reputation reflects past behavior. Engagement (opens, replies, low complaints) tells mailbox providers your mail is wanted. Warmup and gradual volume increases build that reputation safely.
How to improve deliverability
Set up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC correctly; warm up new inboxes; ramp volume gradually; keep lists clean; and monitor your spam score and reputation. Keres manages all of this for outbound automatically.
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DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail)
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DMARC
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Inbox Warmup
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Spam Score & Sender Reputation
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Email Deliverability — FAQ
Why are my emails going to spam?
The usual causes are missing or misconfigured SPF/DKIM/DMARC, a cold sending domain with no warmup, poor list hygiene, spammy content, or sending too much volume too fast.
What is a good deliverability rate?
For healthy outbound, you want the large majority of mail landing in the primary inbox; inbox-placement testing matters more than raw "delivered" rates, which include spam-folder delivery.
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