SPF Authentication
Checks whether the SPF record is valid and whether the sending source is authorized for the domain. Learn more about DNS records for email authentication.
Free Inbox Placement Test
Check where your email campaign lands before sending to real customers. EmailConsul's free inbox placement test shows provider-level results across Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, Microsoft, and other mailbox providers, including inbox, spam folder, promotions, or not received. The audit report also works as an email deliverability test for SPF, DKIM, DMARC, blocklists, sender reputation, headers, and content signals.
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Follow the steps below to get started with your free deliverability audit:
Copy emails (or download ) with a listof seed email addresses
Import your contacts in your email marketing tool.
(Please note this seed list can only be used once)
Send an email to this list as you normally would.
Once the emailing has finished, click on the 'See Audit Report'
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What Will the Audit Insights Reveal?
Where Did the Email Land?
See the main result of the audit: inbox, spam, unreceived, and folders like promotions, social, updates, forums etc. The report shows the overall inbox percentage, spam percentage, and unreceived percentage, so you can quickly understand whether your message is reaching visible mailbox folders.
For more context, read why open rates do not prove inbox placement.
Which Mailbox Providers Had Issues?
Review provider-level results across Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo, iCloud, Laposte, GMX, and other mailbox providers. This helps you see whether the issue affects many providers or only specific inboxes.
Which Seed Emails Received the Message?
Open each provider group to review individual seed email results, including email address, sent time, received time, sender, subject line, sending IP, sending domain and SpamAssassin score.
Did Spam Filters Flag the Message?
Review the SpamAssassin result for each tested message. SpamAssassin checks email content, headers, formatting, and message-level signals that may contribute to spam filtering.
Review common spam trigger words and content signals before your next send.
What Needs Attention Before Sending?
Use the report to spot visible problems before sending to your real audience, such as spam placement, missing messages, provider-specific filtering, suspicious content signals, or reputation-related issues.
If reputation is part of the issue, compare domain reputation and IP reputation.
What Does the Email Deliverability Test Check?
The audit report gives you a practical email deliverability test by checking the main authentication, reputation, and content signals that affect whether a message reaches the inbox, lands in spam, or remains unreceived.
DKIM Signature
Checks whether the email has a valid DKIM signature and shows DKIM record details such as version, key type, and public key.
DMARC Policy
Checks the DMARC record, including policy tags such as p, sp, and rua, so you can understand how failed authentication should be handled.
Domain Reputation
Checks domain-level signals, including A records, authentication monitoring, and domain blacklist results. Compare domain reputation and IP reputation.
IP Reputation
Checks sending IP addresses, reverse DNS records, and IP blacklist results that may affect mailbox provider filtering.
SpamAssassin Content Analysis
Checks the message content, headers, formatting, and other message-level signals that may increase spam filtering risk. Review spam trigger words and content signals.
Run an Email Delivery Test Before Launch
Do not wait until open rates drop or customers report missing emails. Test your message before newsletters, product launches, cold outreach, seasonal promotions, or transactional updates. EmailConsul helps you check inbox placement, spam folder placement, provider-level results, authentication, blocklists, sender reputation, headers, links, and content signals before the email campaigns reach your real audience.
FAQ
Why can delivered emails still land in spam?
Email delivery usually means the receiving server accepted the message. Inbox placement shows where the message actually landed after filtering. A delivered email can still land in spam.
When should I run an inbox placement test?
Run a test before major email campaigns, after changing your ESP, domain, IP address, DNS records, template, links, subject line, or sending volume. Learn more about how seedlisting tests work.
Why can results differ between Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook?
Mailbox providers use different reputation signals, engagement data, spam filters, and algorithms. One provider may place the email in the inbox while another sends it to spam.
What should I check if my email lands in spam?
Review sender reputation, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, blocklists, content, links, headers, tracking domains, bounce rate, complaints, and engagement metrics.
Is an email deliverability test the same as an SMTP test?
No. An SMTP test can confirm whether a server accepts a message. A deliverability test goes further by showing whether the email lands in the inbox, spam folder, promotions tab, or fails to arrive. SMTP errors and delivery feedback are explained in our guide to SMTP errors and delivery feedback.
Which authentication records affect deliverability?
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC are the main records. Misconfigured DNS, failed alignment, or missing authentication can reduce trust with mailbox providers.
Can content affect email inbox placement rate?
Yes. Subject lines, spam trigger words, links, images, headers, tracking domains, formatting, and spam score can all influence filtering decisions.
We Know How to Improve Email Delivery
With over 17 years of experience in email deliverability, EmailConsul helps senders monitor inbox placement, sender reputation, authentication, domain health, IP reputation, and email campaign performance. Use the free email delivery test to find deliverability issues faster, then continue monitoring the signals that affect long-term inbox visibility.
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