Google bulk sender requirements 2026: who becomes a bulk sender at 5,000 a day, the 9 rules Gmail enforces, and which ones bind a B2B cold email program.
The gmail 0.3 percent spam rate is 3 reports per 1,000 inboxed emails, personal Gmail only. What it measures, who it covers, and why cold email trips it fast.
How many domains and inboxes for cold email: 1 inbox per 25 sends a day and 3 per domain. Published advice runs from 3 a day to 100, and why it differs.
How long to warm up an email domain: 3 to 4 weeks per inbox. Published schedules run 14 days to 8 weeks. The ramp, the platform limits, the readiness tests.
What DMARC policy for cold email? p=none on sending domains, p=reject on your brand domain. Gmail and Yahoo accept p=none, and RFC 9989 deleted the pct tag.
SPF DKIM DMARC setup for cold email: the exact records, the 10-lookup SPF limit, 2048-bit keys, and the DMARC policy to publish first. 40 minutes per domain.
Why are my cold emails going to spam? Usually authentication, not copy. The 11 real causes, ranked by what blocks you first, with the exact fix for each one.