It’s crucial to be aware of this, especially if you’re engaged in email outreach. Every email service provider sets its own limits on how many emails you can send. These limits might apply daily, hourly, or even per minute. If you’re conducting cold email campaigns without knowing your provider’s sending limits, your email account could end up getting blocked unexpectedly.
What Are Email Sending Limits of Various Email Service Providers?
In this article, you’ll discover details about:
– Gmail’s daily email sending limit
– Yahoo’s maximum emails per send
– Outlook.com’s email sending capacity
– Email sending restrictions of other renowned email providers
– Tips to prevent being marked as spam or blacklisted
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Why is it crucial to be aware of the email sending limits?
If you’re using tools like EmailJInny for your cold email outreach, where emails are sent through your mailbox (SMTP), it’s crucial to monitor the limits set by your email service provider when configuring your campaigns.
While EmailJinny has its limits based on your chosen plan, it’s the restrictions of your provider that demand careful attention. Exceeding these limits—whether it’s the number of emails per day, hour, or even minute—can result in your email account being temporarily blocked, preventing any outgoing emails.
Understanding these limits and adjusting your campaign settings accordingly, such as delivery timing and daily email quotas, ensures smooth delivery without being flagged as spam. Personalization and quality content also play a significant role in avoiding blacklisting.
It’s important to note that these limits apply to all emails sent from your address. Therefore, if you have follow-up emails scheduled or are running multiple campaigns simultaneously, you risk surpassing these thresholds. Coordination and spacing out campaigns are essential to avoid hitting these limits and maintain deliverability.
What are the email sending limits of various email hosts?
Please note: While this blog post is periodically updated, it’s important to understand that email-sending limits may change over time. For the most current information, we recommend following the provided links to access direct resources and ensure you have the latest updates.
Free Gmail email sending limit
Daily limits for Gmail are set at a maximum of 100 messages via SMTP, but if you’re using the browser interface, you can send up to 500 emails per day.
Regarding hourly limits, there isn’t official information available. However, based on our experience, it’s advisable to cap your sending at around 20 messages per hour for free Gmail accounts.
It’s worth noting that exceeding Gmail’s sending limits can result in your account being blocked for anywhere from 1 to 24 hours. To avoid this issue, we typically recommend setting up a separate email address using Workspace Google (formerly G Suite) on a custom domain rather than relying on a free Gmail account. This not only expands your outreach capabilities but also provides greater control over your sending settings.
Using a business domain email address can also enhance your credibility with recipients compared to using a generic Gmail address. However, if you choose to use a free Gmail account for outreach, ensure that the email address appears professional and legitimate to recipients.
While managing the quantity of your outreach is important, maintaining quality is equally crucial. Sending low-quality cold emails with no personalization to unverified addresses can lead to your account being blocked by Gmail, even if you haven’t exceeded your sending limits. Therefore, prioritize quality over quantity to avoid potential issues with your email provider.
Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) email sending limit
Daily sending limits for Google Workspace accounts are set at 2000 messages, with a reduced cap of 500 messages during the trial period.
Officially, there are no hourly sending limits for Google Workspace accounts.
If you surpass these limits, your account may be blocked for up to 24 hours.
However, it’s crucial to emphasize that the quality of your emails plays a significant role in deliverability. Even if you haven’t exceeded your sending limits, poor-quality emails with spam-like characteristics such as spam words, broken links, high HTML-to-text ratios, or lack of personalization can trigger Google’s anti-spam mechanisms and result in your account being blocked.
Considering this, it’s essential to ensure that your emails adhere to best practices to maintain deliverability and avoid potential account blocks.
A vital point to note for Google Workspace users is that upgrading from a trial to a premium account doesn’t automatically grant you the increased sending limits. You’ll need to wait for the limits to be raised, but you can expedite this process by following the instructions provided in the direct resource provided by Google.
Office365 email sending limit
Daily sending limits for Office 365 accounts are set at 10,000 recipients, an ample allowance for most users engaged in email outreach.
While there’s no hourly limit specified, Office 365 imposes a limit of 30 messages per minute.
However, it’s unlikely that serious users of email outreach will approach the daily limit set by Office 365. Sending 10,000 emails in a single day is typically excessive and may appear spammy. It’s important to exercise discretion and avoid overwhelming recipients with excessive emails.
It’s worth noting that Email Jinny, a popular tool for email outreach, imposes its own sending limits to ensure compliance with Office 365’s restrictions. Email Jinny sends messages individually and at randomized intervals, typically spacing them out by 10-20 seconds. This results in a maximum rate of 6 messages per minute, well within Office 365’s limits.
Regardless of the specified sending limits, maintaining good deliverability is paramount. If a large portion of your emails end up in spam folders or are undelivered, it can negatively impact your sender reputation and increase the likelihood of being blocked. Conducting regular deliverability checks can help ensure that your emails are reaching their intended recipients’ inboxes and not being flagged as spam.
Outlook.com email sending limit
On Outlook.com, verified email addresses with a positive reputation can send up to 300 emails per day.
A verified email address on Outlook.com means that it has been authenticated by the user and is recognized as legitimate. The reputation of an email address is determined by various factors, including:
– The age of the email account: Newly created accounts, less than 30 days old, may have lower sending limits initially.
– Activity level: Accounts that are frequently used to send and receive emails tend to have a better reputation.
– Verification status: Verified accounts, which have undergone additional authentication steps, are often viewed more favorably by email service providers.
GoDaddy (Workspace email accounts) email sending limit
Per day: Initially, you can send emails to 250 recipients, but for an additional fee, you can increase this limit to 500.
Per hour: The maximum limit is 300 messages per hour, with a further restriction of 200 messages per minute.
Additional info: Be cautious when sending multiple campaigns with follow-ups, as it’s easy to hit the daily recipient limit. To avoid this, schedule your messages across different days of the week or use multiple email addresses. With Woodpecker, you’re protected from exceeding the minute limit, capped at 6 emails per minute. However, ensure your delivery hours are spread out to avoid reaching GoDaddy’s hourly limit.
BlueHost email sending limit
Per day: Unfortunately, I couldn’t find specific information about BlueHost’s daily sending limit.
Per hour: BlueHost permits a maximum of 150 emails per hour, with a frequency of 70 emails every 30 minutes.
Additional info: BlueHost offers the option to increase the hourly limit if you have a valid reason. Simply reach out to their support team for assistance.
In case of email bounce issues, you’ll receive either a warning or a time-out error. BlueHost will temporarily disable your account until it’s reviewed. Once cleared, your account will be reactivated within 24 hours.
Yahoo! Mail Plus email sending limit
Per day: You can send a maximum of 500 emails per day through Yahoo Mail. Each email can be sent to a maximum of 100 recipients. Each recipient counts as one email towards the daily limit of 500.
Per hour: There’s no official information about the hourly limit, but some sources suggest it might be 100 emails per hour.
conclusion
Irrespective of the email provider you opt for, they all prioritize not just the number of emails leaving your mailbox but also the successful delivery of those messages to your recipients. Therefore, ensuring the deliverability of your emails is paramount.
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