Get your emails out of spam, and keep them out.

Usually one of four things changed: your volume spiked, your list quality dropped (bounces and spam complaints), an authentication record broke, or your engagement fell low enough that filters re-classified you. Run a free auth check and blacklist scan first, then look at what changed in the week before placements dropped.

Plan for three to six weeks depending on how deep the damage goes. Reputation is sticky in both directions: filters re-classify senders slowly. Consistent clean engagement signals (opens, replies, rescues) move the needle week over week, and the MailStrike dashboard shows the recovery curve as it happens.

Yes, and it is one of the strongest corrective signals available. When a recipient finds a message in spam, marks it as not spam, moves it to the inbox, and engages with it, the provider records a direct correction. MailStrike's personas do this automatically for every warming email that lands in spam.

Pause or sharply reduce cold outreach, yes. Every campaign sent from a flagged domain generates more of the low-engagement evidence that got you flagged. Let warming traffic rebuild the engagement record first, then restart outreach at low volume once your score recovers.

Sometimes, but it is rarely free of consequences. A new domain starts at zero reputation and needs a full 21-day warmup anyway, and abandoning a domain you have invested in (signatures, replies, brand trust) has real costs. Repair the domain if the damage is recent and moderate. Start fresh if it is blacklisted across multiple lists or months deep in poor placement.