Quick Start

This guide covers all the features inside Warmy:
- Getting Started — Connect your inbox and start the warm up process
- How to Use Email Warm-Up — Runs the warm up process daily so emails land in the inbox, not the spam folder
- How to Use Email Seed List — See exactly where your emails land at Gmail, Outlook, and other email providers
- How to Use Deliverability Test — One email deliverability test that scores domain health, DNS records, and content
- How to Use Template Checker — Catch spam words, heavy links, and weak email content before launch
- How to Use Signature Builder — Lightweight signatures that add trust without adding spam risk
- How to Use Adeline AI — The AI engine that writes, sends, and answers warm up emails for you
- How to Use Google Postmaster Integration — Gmail domain reputation and spam rate data inside one dashboard
- How to Use Sequence Builder — Schedule email campaigns that respect the volume your inbox can handle
- How to Use SPF Record Generator — Generate SPF DKIM DMARC records you can paste straight into your DNS
Time needed: 5 minutes per feature
Also in this guide: Pro Tips | Common Mistakes | Troubleshooting | Pricing | Alternatives
Why Trust This Guide
I’ve run Warmy on my own sending domains for eight months and tested every tool inside it. Everything here comes from real screens, not vendor claims.

Warmy is an email warm up tool built for one job: getting your mail out of the spam folder.
Most people connect an inbox, hit start, and never open the rest of the dashboard.
That is a waste, because the testing tools are where the valuable insights sit.
Once you see how Warmy works end to end, it is far easier to improve email deliverability.
This guide walks through every feature, step by step.
Warmy Tutorial
This How to Use Warmy tutorial covers the full warm up process, the deliverability test suite, and the DNS tools most users skip.

Warmy
Stop watching good cold emails die in spam. Warmy repairs sender reputation automatically and shows you exactly where your emails land across Gmail, Outlook, and other email providers. Connect an inbox and start warming today.
Getting Started with Warmy
Setup takes about three minutes and only happens once.
Here is what the account looks like in practice:
Now let’s walk through each step.
Step 1: Create Your Account
Go to the Warmy website and click Start Free Trial.
Enter your work email and follow the registration link in the email invitation you receive.
✓ Checkpoint: Your inbox shows a confirmation message from Warmy.
Step 2: Connect Your First Mailbox
Warmy runs in the browser, so there is nothing to install.
Connect Gmail, Google Workspace, Outlook, or custom SMTP from the Inboxes screen.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: Your mailbox shows a green connected status.
Step 3: Check Your DNS Records
Run the built-in scan for SPF DKIM DMARC before you send emails.
Broken DNS records cap deliverability no matter how long you warm.
✅ Done: Your account is live and ready for every feature below.
How to Use Email Warm-Up
Email Warm-Up lets you build sender reputation on autopilot so your emails land in the inbox.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Connect Your Mailbox
Open the Inboxes tab and click Connect.
Warmy supports Gmail, Outlook, Google Workspace, and custom SMTP.
Step 2: Set Warm Up Speed
Pick slow mode, medium mode, or fast.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: Your daily send volume appears on the warm up chart.
Step 3: Turn On Auto Replies
Enable replies so real inboxes answer your warm up emails.
✅ Result: Warmy now sends and answers warm up emails every day without you touching it.
💡 Pro Tip: Slow mode takes roughly 70 days, medium mode 35 days, and fast mode 24 days. Most users on a fresh domain should start slow.
How to Use Warmy Email Seed List
Email Seed List lets you run an inbox placement test across real inboxes at multiple providers.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Open the Seed List Tool
Go to Deliverability, then Seed List.
Step 2: Send Your Test Email
Copy the seed addresses into your sending tool and send.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: A placement grid shows one row per email provider.
Step 3: Read the Placement Report
Check the inbox, promotions, and spam split by provider.
✅ Result: You know which email service providers still push your mail to the spam folder.
💡 Pro Tip: Run the seed list feature before every big campaign, not after. Placement at different email providers shifts weekly.
How to Use Warmy Deliverability Tester
Deliverability Test lets you score your whole setup with one email deliverability test.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Start a New Test
Click Email Deliverability Test on the left menu.
Step 2: Pick the Sending Mailbox
Choose the mailbox you want to test.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: You see a domain health score between 0 and 100.
Step 3: Fix the Red Flags
Work down the list from the lowest scoring item.
✅ Result: You have a ranked fix list instead of guessing why deliverability dropped.
💡 Pro Tip: Re-test after every DNS change. Records take up to 48 hours to spread.
How to Use Warmy Template Checker
Template Checker lets you scan email content for spam triggers before you send emails.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Paste Your Draft
Drop the subject line and body into the checker.
Step 2: Review the Warnings
Warmy flags spam words, heavy formatting, and risky links.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: The spam score drops after your edits.
Step 3: Rewrite and Re-scan
Swap flagged phrases for relevant content and run it again.
✅ Result: Your cold emails go out with content that email providers trust.
💡 Pro Tip: Keep links under three per email. Link count hurts placement more than word choice.
How to Use Warmy Signature Builder
Signature Builder lets you build clean signatures that do not drag down deliverability.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Choose a Layout
Open Tools, then Signature Builder.
Step 2: Add Your Details
Enter name, role, company, and one link.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: Your test send shows the signature without broken images.
Step 3: Copy to Your Mailbox
Paste the signature into Gmail or Outlook settings.
✅ Result: Every message from your email accounts carries a light, consistent footer.
💡 Pro Tip: Skip social icons. Image-heavy footers are a common reason cold outreach lands in promotions.
How to Use Warmy Adeline AI
Adeline AI lets you hand the whole warm up process to an AI engine.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Open the AI Settings
Find Adeline under your inbox settings.
Step 2: Pick Topics and Languages
Warmy supports warming in over 30 languages.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: Sample conversations appear in your sent folder.
Step 3: Let It Run
Leave Adeline on for the full warm up window.
✅ Result: Your inbox activity looks like conversations between real users, not templates.
💡 Pro Tip: Pick languages that match your buyers. Warming in local languages helps if you sell into the Indian market or other non-English regions.
How to Use Warmy Google Postmaster Integration
Google Postmaster Integration lets you pull Gmail domain reputation data straight into Warmy.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Verify Your Domain
Add the TXT record Google gives you.
Step 2: Link Postmaster to Warmy
Authorise the connection from the Integrations page.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: Gmail reputation shows as High, Medium, Low, or Bad.
Step 3: Watch the Reputation Graph
Track spam rate and delivery errors weekly.
✅ Result: You get detailed insights on Gmail without leaving the dashboard.
💡 Pro Tip: Postmaster needs volume. Below a few hundred daily sends, Google shows no data at all.
How to Use Warmy Sequence Builder
Sequence Builder lets you plan email campaigns that go out once warming is done.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Create a Sequence
Name it and set the daily send cap.
Step 2: Add Your Steps
Write two or three follow-ups with real gaps.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: The schedule preview shows sends spread across the week.
Step 3: Assign Sending Inboxes
Spread volume across multiple accounts and multiple domains.
✅ Result: Your email campaigns ramp instead of spiking on day one.
💡 Pro Tip: Never push a new mailbox past 30 sends a day, even after a full warm up.
How to Use Warmy SPF Record Generator
SPF Record Generator lets you build correct DNS records without reading vendor documentation.
Here’s how to use it step by step.
Step 1: Enter Your Domain
Type the sending domain into the generator.
Step 2: Select Your Senders
Tick every tool that sends on your behalf.
Here’s what this looks like:

✓ Checkpoint: A lookup shows one valid SPF record on the domain.
Step 3: Publish the Record
Paste the output into your DNS host and save.
✅ Result: Your SPF DKIM DMARC setup passes authentication checks at major email providers.
💡 Pro Tip: One SPF record per domain only. Two records fail every check, even if both look correct.
Warmy Pro Tips and Shortcuts
After eight months with this warm up tool, these are the habits that moved the numbers.
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Global search | Ctrl + K |
| Jump to inboxes | G then I |
| New deliverability test | G then T |
| Close any panel | Esc |
Hidden Features Most People Miss
- Per-inbox scheduling: Match warming hours to your working day, so activity looks human.
- Weekend pause: Turn off weekend sends for B2B domains and get the same results with less volume.
- Domain health history: Compare this month against last month to prove the warm up is working.
The dashboard rolls all of that into one view:

Check it weekly, not daily. Warming is slow by design.
Warmy Common Mistakes to Avoid
Mistake #1: Sending Cold Emails During Warm Up
❌ Wrong: Launching campaigns in week one while the mailbox is still warming.
✅ Right: Wait until the warm up finishes, then ramp cold outreach slowly over two weeks.
Mistake #2: Ignoring DNS Before Connecting
❌ Wrong: Warming a domain with a missing or duplicated SPF record.
✅ Right: Publish SPF DKIM DMARC first, then connect. Authentication beats volume every time.
Mistake #3: Warming One Inbox for a Whole Team
❌ Wrong: Sending everything from one address to keep costs down.
✅ Right: Spread sending across multiple inboxes and multiple domains, and warm each one.
Warmy Troubleshooting
Problem: Warm Up Emails Still Land in Spam
Cause: The domain reputation was already damaged before you started.
Fix: Switch to slow mode, keep replies on, and give it a full 70 days.
Problem: Mailbox Keeps Disconnecting
Cause: Expired app passwords or a security policy on Google Workspace.
Fix: Reconnect with a fresh app password and allow the connection in admin settings.
Problem: Deliverability Score Will Not Move
Cause: Your email content is triggering filters, not your sending history.
Fix: Run the template checker, cut links, and rewrite with relevant content.
📌 Note: If none of these fix your issue, contact Warmy support.
What is Warmy?
Warmy is an email deliverability tool that improves sender reputation by simulating real inbox activity.
Think of it like a gym membership for your domain.
Watch this quick overview:
These are the key features you get:
- Email Warm-Up: Automated warm up emails that lift domain reputation across email service providers.
- Email Seed List: An inbox placement test that shows tab and folder placement at multiple providers.
- Deliverability Test: A single email deliverability test covering DNS records, domain health, and content.
- Template Checker: Scans email content and links for the triggers that push mail into spam.
- Signature Builder: Creates light signatures that add trust without extra images or tracking links.
- Adeline AI: An AI engine that runs human-like conversations across the warm up network.
- Google Postmaster Integration: Brings Gmail reputation, spam rate, and delivery errors into the dashboard.
- Sequence Builder: Plans staged sending so campaign volume matches what your mailbox can carry.
- SPF Record Generator: Generates the SPF DKIM DMARC records that authentication checks look for.
It tracks open rates, click-through rates, and bounce rates, so you can see improving deliverability week by week.
For a full review, see our Warmy review.
Here is the dashboard you land on after login:

Warmy Pricing
Here’s what Warmy costs in 2026:
| Plan | Price | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| B2B Sender | Contact us for pricing | Solo founders and small teams doing cold outreach |
| B2C Sender | Contact us for pricing | Newsletter and lifecycle senders at higher volume |
| Custom Plan | Contact us for pricing | Agencies warming multiple accounts across multiple domains |
Free trial: Yes — a seven day trial covering the warm up and testing tools.
Money-back guarantee: Not published. Billing stops at the end of your current cycle.
Every tier is quoted per sender account, so the bill grows with more inboxes:

💰 Best Value: B2B Sender — the right fit if you want to warm one or two mailboxes. Ask sales about the starter plan tier before you commit to a year.
For example, a two-person agency running four mailboxes will pay far more than a single founder chasing high deliverability on one domain.
Warmy vs Alternatives
How does Warmy compare against other tools? Here’s the landscape:
| Tool | Best For | Price | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warmy | Deliverability testing | Custom quote | ⭐ 4.5 |
| Instantly | Unlimited warming | $37/mo | ⭐ 4.6 |
| Smartlead | Scaling inboxes | $39/mo | ⭐ 4.5 |
| Warmbox | Warm up only | $15/mo | ⭐ 4.3 |
| Lemlist | Personalisation | $69/mo | ⭐ 4.4 |
| Mailshake | Beginners | $29/mo | ⭐ 4.4 |
| Saleshandy | Budget teams | $25/mo | ⭐ 4.4 |
| Woodpecker | Agencies | $29/mo | ⭐ 4.3 |
Quick picks:
- Best overall: Warmy — deepest testing, including the seed list feature and template checks.
- Best budget: Warmbox — cheapest way to warm a single inbox.
- Best for beginners: Mailshake — least to configure before your first send.
- Best for scale: Smartlead — flat pricing when you warm more inboxes.
🎯 Warmy Alternatives
Looking for Warmy alternatives? Here are the top options:
- 🚀 Instantly: Runs unlimited warm up and cold outreach in one place, which suits agencies juggling more inboxes than Warmy handles cheaply.
- 💼 Apollo: Bundles a contact database with sending, so you find leads and send emails without a second tool.
- 🔍 Hunter: Best for finding and verifying addresses before warming, cutting bounce rates at the source.
- ⚡ Reply IO: Multichannel sequences beyond the email channel, with LinkedIn and calls in the same flow.
- 📊 UpLead: Verified B2B data with real time checks, useful when bad lists are your real deliverability issue.
- 👶 Mailshake: Simple setup for solo founders who want warm up and outreach without a learning curve.
- 🎨 Lemlist: Strong personalisation and its own warm up network, good for creative cold emails.
- 🔧 Woodpecker: Built-in warm up with tight follow-up logic, popular with small teams doing steady outreach.
- 🔥 Smartlead: Unlimited mailbox warm up at a flat rate, the usual pick when you run multiple inboxes.
- 💰 Saleshandy: Cheap per-seat pricing with warm up included, friendly for individual users on a budget.
- 🏢 Klenty: Sales engagement with CRM sync, aimed at teams that need reporting more than warming.
- 🌟 Warmbox: A focused email warm up tool with a clean dashboard and predictable per-inbox pricing.
- 🔒 Maildoso: Sells warmed infrastructure, domains, and mailboxes together for high volume cold outreach.
- 🎯 Manyreach: Pay-as-you-go sending with warm up bundled, handy when volume changes month to month.
For the full list, see our Warmy alternatives guide.
⚔️ Warmy Compared
Here’s how Warmy stacks up head to head:
- Warmy vs Instantly: Instantly wins on price for more inboxes. Warmy wins on deliverability testing depth.
- Warmy vs Apollo: Apollo adds lead data. Warmy stays focused on sender reputation and inbox placement.
- Warmy vs Hunter: Hunter verifies addresses. Warmy fixes the sending side, so most teams run both.
- Warmy vs Reply IO: Reply IO covers more channels. Warmy gives better domain health reporting.
- Warmy vs UpLead: UpLead supplies clean data. Warmy supplies clean sending. Different problems entirely.
- Warmy vs Mailshake: Mailshake is simpler to learn. Warmy offers more features around testing and DNS records.
- Warmy vs Lemlist: Lemlist personalises better. Warmy diagnoses deliverability issues in far more detail.
- Warmy vs Woodpecker: Woodpecker bundles warming with sending. Warmy runs deeper checks as a standalone tool.
- Warmy vs Smartlead: Smartlead is cheaper at scale. Warmy has the stronger deliverability test suite.
- Warmy vs Saleshandy: Saleshandy costs less per seat. Warmy gives more valuable insights per inbox.
- Warmy vs Klenty: Klenty suits CRM-heavy sales teams. Warmy suits anyone repairing a burnt domain.
- Warmy vs Warmbox: Warmbox is a closer match on price. Warmy adds seed lists and template checks.
- Warmy vs Maildoso: Maildoso sells the infrastructure. Warmy improves whatever infrastructure you already own.
- Warmy vs Manyreach: Manyreach bills by usage. Warmy bills by sender account, which favours smaller setups.
Start Using Warmy Now
You now know how to use Warmy end to end:
- ✅ Email Warm-Up
- ✅ Email Seed List
- ✅ Deliverability Test
- ✅ Template Checker
- ✅ Signature Builder
- ✅ Adeline AI
- ✅ Google Postmaster Integration
- ✅ Sequence Builder
- ✅ SPF Record Generator
Next step: Connect one mailbox and start the warm up today.
Most people begin with Email Warm-Up and add the testing tools later.
It takes less than five minutes.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the warmy work?
Warmy connects your mailbox, then sends and answers warm up emails through a network of real inboxes. That steady, positive engagement teaches email providers your domain is trustworthy.
How to warm-up warmy?
Connect your inbox, pick slow, medium, or fast warm up speed, switch on auto replies, and leave it running. Warming takes 24 to 70 days depending on the mode.
How much does Warmy cost?
Warmy lists B2B Sender, B2C Sender, and Custom Plan tiers, all quoted by request. Contact sales for current pricing, since cost scales with how many sender accounts you connect.
What is warmy?
Warmy is an email deliverability tool that improves sender reputation by simulating real inbox activity, so cold emails land in the inbox instead of the spam folder.
What are warm emails?
Warm emails go to people who already know you, or come from a mailbox with an established sending history. Both get far higher deliverability than a cold, brand new sender.













