B
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0.3%
0.3% -- email bounce rate for outreach emails (2026)
A bounce rate exceeding 0.3% can cause emails to suddenly start going to spam.
- Represented as a threshold above which emails may start landing in spam folders
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0.3%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
TrulyInbox
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Tier B
https://www.trulyinbox.com/blog/emails-going-to-spam/ ↗
Source Article
Why Are Your Emails Going to Spam + How You Can Fix It (2026)
Your offer is strong, and you know you are reaching the right audience.
Still, no replies!
I have been in this situation enough times to know what that usually means.
Your emails are either slipping into spam or not getting delivered at all!
When I first started running outreach, I kept tweaking sub…
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TrulyInbox
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Bounce rate going above 0.3% can cause emails to go to spam.
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Industrymarketing
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outreach emails: 0.3% email bounce rate. Source: TrulyInbox (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/emails-to-spam-fix-2026-bounce-rate
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/emails-to-spam-fix-2026-bounce-rate" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>0.3%</strong> -- email bounce rate for outreach emails<br><small>Source: TrulyInbox (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/emails-to-spam-fix-2026-bounce-rate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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