How to Warm up a new sending domain

Here is how to warm up a new sending domain, step by step.

The steps

Start with small volumes to your most engaged contacts and increase gradually over weeks so mailbox providers build trust in your domain.

Why it matters

Getting this right is part of landing in the inbox instead of spam. See the full deliverability checklist.

How Rainmail helps

Rainmail sends from your own domain on a dedicated, isolated IP with SPF, DKIM, DMARC, reverse-DNS and managed warm-up handled for you, plus an AI that watches your list health and deliverability — and it welcomes the senders Amazon SES, SendGrid and Mailchimp reject, from $8. Run the free 10-second checker or see plans.