Warmup

Warmup settings reference

Every per-mailbox warmup setting: what it does, its default, and when to change it.

Each connected mailbox has its own warmup settings, set during onboarding and editable anytime from the mailbox's settings page. Changes take effect on the next scheduling cycle.

SettingDefaultWhat it controls
Sender nameDerived from addressFrom name on warmup mail
Daily target volume20–40/daySends per day after the ramp completes
Reply rate target35%Share of your warmup mail that gets replies
Working hours8:00–18:00Window in which sends are scheduled
Working daysMon–FriDays on which warmup sends at all
TimezoneYour timezoneWhich clock the working hours follow
Industry tagsNoneTopics warmup conversations lean toward
Warmup toggleOn after setupPause and resume warmup

Sender name

The From name shown on warmup mail. If you left it blank at setup, one is derived from your email address. Set it to the real name recipients of your actual campaigns will see — warmup mail that matches your real sending identity builds reputation for that identity.

Daily target volume

The number of warmup emails per day your mailbox works up to. Warmup never starts here — volume follows the ramp schedule (5/day at first, target by day 30). Plan caps apply: Free 20/day, Starter 100/day, Pro 200/day (see pricing).

Guidance: match your target to your real sending plans. A mailbox that will send 50 cold emails a day is well served by a 40-ish warmup target; pushing a brand-new domain to 200 buys little and looks less natural.

Reply rate target

The percentage of your warmup sends that receive replies from the network. Default 35%, which mimics healthy human correspondence. Higher reply rates mean stronger engagement signals; unrealistically high rates (near 100%) don't match how real inboxes behave. The default is right for almost everyone — nudge it up moderately if you're recovering a damaged reputation.

Working hours

The daily window in which sends are scheduled, default 8:00–18:00. The scheduler spreads sends across the window with natural jitter — nothing fires outside it. Set this to when a human at this mailbox would plausibly be emailing. Narrower windows concentrate the same volume into fewer hours.

Working days

Which days warmup sends, default Monday–Friday. Non-working days are skipped entirely. You can enable all 7 days — reasonable for a mailbox that genuinely sends on weekends, but a B2B mailbox that goes quiet on weekends looks perfectly normal.

Timezone

Which clock your working hours follow. Set it to the timezone of the person the mailbox represents, not where your servers are. If your sends seem to happen at odd hours, check this setting first.

Industry tags

Optional tags that steer the topics of AI-generated warmup conversations. Tag a mailbox "SaaS" and "recruiting" and its threads read like someone working in those fields. Set tags that match what the mailbox actually does — consistent, plausible content keeps warmup traffic indistinguishable from your real mail.

Pause and resume

The warmup toggle pauses all scheduled sends for the mailbox without disconnecting it or deleting anything. Resume picks scheduling back up.

Pause rather than remove when you need a break — a paused mailbox keeps its credentials and configuration and restarts cleanly. Reputation decays with prolonged silence, though, so avoid pausing for weeks at a time.

Remove mailbox

Removing a mailbox is permanent: you type the address to confirm, and stored credentials are deleted. Warmup stops immediately. To warm that mailbox again later, you reconnect it from scratch via the quickstart.

Remove deletes credentials and cannot be undone. If there's any chance you'll warm this mailbox again, pause it instead.