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Email deliverability: how to reach the inbox

The best email in the world earns nothing if it lands in spam. Deliverability is what gets you into the inbox. Here are the four things that decide it, and how to keep them healthy.

What it is

Deliverability is whether your email reaches the inbox, lands in spam, or gets blocked. It is not the same as being sent. Inbox providers decide where your mail goes based on a handful of signals, and getting them right is what turns a send into a read.

1. Authentication

SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are standards that prove your emails genuinely come from you and have not been spoofed. Setting them up is the foundation: without authentication, inbox providers treat your mail with suspicion no matter how good it is.

2. Sending reputation

Providers score the reputation of the domain and address you send from. New senders should warm up gradually rather than blasting a big list on day one, so reputation builds instead of tripping spam filters.

3. List hygiene

Emailing invalid addresses or people who never open drags down your reputation. Suppress bounces and unsubscribes automatically, and hold back or sunset contacts who have not engaged in a long time. A smaller, engaged list beats a big, stale one.

4. Engagement

Opens, clicks, and replies tell providers people want your mail; spam complaints and deletes tell them the opposite. This is whysegmentationmatters for deliverability, not just conversion: relevant email to the right people keeps engagement high.

How Fluxo helps

Fluxo handles authentication, warmup, and suppression for you, and unsubscribes and bounces feed a shared suppression list automatically. Itsengagement-health viewshows engaged, unengaged, and never-engaged subscribers, so you can keep your list healthy and stay in the inbox.

Common questions

What is email deliverability?

Deliverability is whether your emails actually reach the inbox rather than spam or being blocked. It depends on authentication, your sending reputation, list hygiene, and how people engage with your email.

What are SPF, DKIM, and DMARC?

They are authentication standards that prove your emails really come from you. Setting them up tells inbox providers your mail is legitimate, which is foundational to landing in the inbox.

Does emailing inactive people hurt deliverability?

Yes. Sending to people who never open drags down engagement signals and reputation. Practicing list hygiene, and holding back or sunsetting unengaged contacts, protects your inbox placement.

Why do modern brands choose Fluxo?

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