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Email & Deliverability

Bounces, soft bounces and complaints

What these delivery statuses mean and how they affect your email.

When an email cannot be delivered, it is recorded as a bounce.

Hard bounce

The address does not exist or cannot receive email permanently. We stop sending to it.

Soft bounce

The address exists but had a temporary problem, such as a full mailbox. We may retry later.

Complaint

The recipient marked the email as spam. This hurts deliverability.

Suppression

After repeated failures or complaints, an address is suppressed and we stop sending to it.

What you should do

Keep your email address active and within its mailbox quota. Do not mark legitimate EpicHostly email as spam. If you see a suppression you did not expect, contact support.

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