1
Authenticate the sending domain
Configure SPF and DKIM with your mailbox provider, then set up DMARC with alignment and monitoring appropriate to your domain. Verify actual message headers. Follow your provider’s setup instructions rather than copying another domain’s DNS records.
2
Keep the mailbox count manageable
Use at most five outreach mailboxes per sending domain as an Emailx recommendation. Assign a real sender identity to each one. Check that every mailbox can receive replies and that its connection is healthy in the app.
3
Ramp up for at least two weeks
Begin with low volumes and increase gradually only while account and delivery signals remain healthy. Two weeks is a minimum preparation period, not automatic permission to send at the final ceiling on day fifteen. New or damaged reputation can require longer.
4
Use a conservative daily budget
After ramp-up, plan at most 30 outreach emails per mailbox per day, including follow-ups. Leave room for normal email and any warmup activity within the provider’s total allowance. Keep the lower of the app setting, provider allowance and your account’s healthy operating volume.
5
Monitor and adjust
Review bounces, complaints, provider warnings and replies. Pause increases when delivery deteriorates; fix the list, authentication or account issue first. Honor opt-outs and retain suppression in downstream systems.

