Spam complaint rate
Also called Spam rate.
Spam complaint rate is the share of your emails that people mark as spam.
Gmail shows it in a free tool called Postmaster Tools. Gmail's guidelines ask all senders to keep it below 0.3%, and suggest staying below 0.1%. That is 1 complaint in 1,000 emails.
Most complaints come from people who did not expect your email. Send only to people who fit your ideal customer profile, write personal messages, and make it easy to opt out. For cold email, use a separate domain to protect your main email deliverability, and warm it upsoon before you send at volume.
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- How to warm up an email domain for cold emailComing soon
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Sources
- Email sender guidelines, Gmail Help, checked 24 September 2026
Last checked 24 September 2026.