EMAIL WARMUP

Warm every domain. Land in the inbox.

Automated warmup ramps new sending domains safely before campaigns launch — with reply simulation, blacklist monitoring, and inbox placement testing built in, so a new domain earns trust before it ever carries a real campaign.

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Warmup rampRamping
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Day 1 volume5/30 sent
Placement
Inbox 76%Spam 15%Other 9%
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Manual steps to start warming a new inbox
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Custom warmup templates per inbox
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Days of placement history tracked per inbox
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Automated, safe ramp-up

Turn on warmup and ForgeSend handles the rest — sending realistic warmup traffic that ramps up gradually, complete with simulated replies and open activity that mimic real inbox behaviour. Every warmup send is tracked so you always know exactly where a domain lands.

SendSimulated replyTracked
Every warmup cycle, automatically
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Presets or full manual control

Ramping builds volume day by day toward a steady target, Maintenance holds at a lower daily volume once a domain is established, and Custom sets your own number outright. Every option stays synced with the inbox's own daily sending cap, so warmup never quietly eats into capacity you need for campaigns. Switching out of Ramping and back in restarts the climb from day one rather than resuming where it left off — plain pausing and resuming, or reconnecting an inbox, never has that effect.

Ramping30/day
Maintenance20/day
CustomYou choose
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See exactly where you land

A live health score covers DNS configuration, domain age, spam rate, and warmup duration for every domain you're warming. A placement trend graph shows inbox, spam, and other folder placement over time, so you can see progress instead of guessing at it.

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DNS
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Domain age
A
Spam rate
B
Duration
Inbox · Spam · Other placement
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Templates, and control at scale

Set up to five custom warmup email templates per inbox so warmup traffic doesn't look identical across every domain. When you're managing a whole pool of inboxes, bulk pause and resume lets you control warmup across every warming inbox in a workspace at once.

Template AEnabled
Template BEnabled
Template CEnabled
Bulk resumeBulk pause
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Control exactly when warmup sends

Sending schedules are named and saved at the workspace level, not just a per-inbox toggle — build one once from six day-and-hour presets (Weekdays or With Weekends, running 8am–6pm, 7am–7pm, or 6am–10pm, in your own IANA timezone) and reuse it across every inbox that should send on the same hours, renaming or repointing it any time from Settings.

Sales team hoursUsed by 6 inboxes
Weekdays
8am–6pm
Weekdays
7am–7pm
Weekdays
6am–10pm
With Weekends
8am–6pm
TimezoneAmerica/Chicago
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Blacklist monitoring, built into warmup

Turn on blacklist monitoring for any inbox you're warming — it's opt-in per inbox, so you decide which domains are worth watching. Once enabled, status refreshes automatically on a recurring schedule, with a manual refresh available any time you want a check right now. It's the same kind of check as the standalone Blacklist Checker tool, just running continuously once you've switched it on.

[email protected]Set up monitoring
Opt-in per inbox · auto-refreshed once enabled
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See exactly where a warmup email landed

A dedicated placement test shows exactly where warmup emails are landing — inbox, spam, promotions, or blocked — not just whether they sent. Each test also scores the email itself for content and spam risk, with a letter grade and specific recommendations for improving placement. Tests draw from a monthly credit allocation shown right in the dashboard, so you can see what you have left before running another one. For the wider set of signals this ties into, see the deliverability metrics guide.

Content & spam-risk scoreA
Test credits7 of 10 remaining
78%
Inbox
12%
Spam
7%
Promotions
3%
Blocked

Frequently asked questions

How does automated warmup work?
ForgeSend sends realistic warmup traffic on your behalf, complete with simulated replies and opens, so a domain builds a genuine sending history before it ever carries a real campaign.
Can I control how fast volume ramps up?
Yes. Choose the Ramping preset to build volume steadily, Maintenance once a domain is established, or set a fully custom daily volume — always capped by the inbox's own daily sending limit. One thing worth knowing: switching out of Ramping and back in restarts the climb from day one rather than resuming from where it left off, so it's worth staying in Ramping until you're genuinely ready to move on.
What does the health score measure?
DNS configuration, domain age, spam rate, and warmup duration — the same signals that determine whether your emails land in the inbox or the spam folder.
Can I manage warmup across many inboxes at once?
Yes. Bulk pause and resume lets you control warmup across every warming inbox in a workspace in one action, instead of one inbox at a time.
Can I control what hours warmup emails send?
Yes, and schedules are named and reusable rather than a per-inbox setting. Build a schedule once from six day-and-hour presets — Weekdays or With Weekends, spanning 8am–6pm, 7am–7pm, or 6am–10pm, in your own timezone — and point any inbox at it, so warmup traffic only runs during hours that look like real inbox activity.
Does warmup check for blacklisting?
Yes. Turn on blacklist monitoring for any inbox you're warming directly from the warmup dashboard — it's opt-in per inbox — and status refreshes automatically on a recurring schedule from then on, with a manual refresh available any time.
Can I see where warmup emails actually land?
Yes. A dedicated placement test shows exactly where warmup emails land — inbox, spam, promotions, or blocked — along with a content and spam-risk score, a letter grade, and specific recommendations for improving placement. Each workspace gets a monthly allocation of test credits, tracked in the dashboard.

Related features

Per-Inbox Health Scoring
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Inbox Rotation
Round-robin sending across all connected inboxes to protect domain reputation.
Pre-Send Guardrails
Block campaign launch until DNS, warmup, and list checks pass.

Warm it up before you scale it up.

Turn on automated warmup and let a new domain earn its reputation before a single campaign depends on it.

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