Glossary

IP warm-up

Raising the volume sent from a new IP address in steps so receivers learn to trust it.

ValidReach Team · Updated 2026-10-26

In practice

Start with your most engaged recipients and increase over weeks, watching bounces and deferrals. A new IP with sudden high volume looks like a spammer. IP warm-up is one part of the wider warm-up described under email warm-up.

Verification and sending

Verify the list first; a few hard bounces on a new IP are weighed heavily.