If you’re sending cold emails and sick of seeing them bounce or hit spam folders, you’re not alone. Building a list is easy; getting your emails actually delivered is another story. This guide is for anyone using Skrapp to find email addresses and wants fewer headaches—and higher response rates.
Let’s get practical about verifying emails in Skrapp so you can get more of your messages where they belong: the inbox.
Why Email Verification Matters (And What’s at Stake)
Here’s the harsh truth: If you send to a bunch of bad emails, you’ll tank your sender reputation. That means more of your future emails—yes, even to real leads—will go straight to spam.
Bad lists can lead to: - High bounce rates, which hurt your domain reputation - Lower open and reply rates - Getting blocked by your email provider
Skrapp is a solid tool for finding and verifying emails, but it’s not magic. You have to use it right if you want the results you’re after.
Step 1: Start with a Clean List
Before you even touch Skrapp’s verification feature, make sure your data isn’t garbage. If you start with scraped, outdated, or obviously fake info, no tool can save you.
What to do: - Check your list for weird names, duplicate companies, or obvious placeholders (“test@test.com”). - Don’t buy email lists from random sources. You’ll get burned. - Only target folks who actually fit your audience—relevance matters as much as accuracy.
Pro tip: Quality beats quantity every time. Ten good emails are worth more than a hundred that get blocked.
Step 2: Use Skrapp’s Bulk Email Finder—But Don’t Trust Everything Blindly
Skrapp lets you find emails in bulk, which is a huge time-saver. But remember, bulk tools sometimes guess or “pattern match” addresses. That works a lot—until it really doesn’t.
How to use it wisely: - Upload your .CSV or use Skrapp’s LinkedIn integrations to build your list. - Pay attention to the “confidence score” Skrapp assigns. Don’t just export everything. - “Verified” means Skrapp could check the mailbox exists. “Guessed” or “Pattern” means they’re making an educated guess based on company formats.
What to ignore: Don’t bother with “catch-all” or “unverifiable” emails unless you’re desperate. These are the ones most likely to bounce.
Step 3: Double-Check with Skrapp’s Email Verifier
Now comes the key part: email verification. Skrapp has a built-in verifier—use it, even if you got your emails from their own database.
How to run verification: 1. Go to Skrapp’s Email Verifier tool. 2. Upload your list (CSV is easiest). 3. Let Skrapp process. It’ll mark emails as “Valid,” “Invalid,” or “Catch-all.”
What these mean: - Valid: The mailbox exists and isn’t a catch-all. - Invalid: The address doesn’t exist, or the domain is dead. - Catch-all: The server accepts all emails—but you don’t know if it’ll actually get delivered.
Best practice: Only send to “Valid” emails. You can maybe risk “catch-all” addresses if your bounce rate is already very low, but don’t make it a habit.
Honest take: No verifier is perfect. Some companies set up weird mail servers to block these checks, so an email might look valid but still bounce. But Skrapp’s system catches most of the obvious duds.
Step 4: Scrub Your List—Don’t Get Greedy
Now’s the time to get ruthless. It’s tempting to hang on to every possible address, but that’s how you end up in trouble.
What to keep: - Only keep “Valid” results. - Drop invalid and “unknown”/“catch-all” unless you have a compelling reason.
What to toss: - Role-based emails (info@, sales@, support@). These get flagged by spam filters and rarely lead to real conversations. - Obvious fakes, domains you don’t recognize, or anything flagged as “temporary.”
Pro tip: If your list is suddenly much smaller, that’s a good thing. You’ll get better results from a small, healthy list than a giant, dirty one.
Step 5: Warm Up Your Sending Domain (If You Haven’t Already)
Even with a perfect list, blasting out hundreds of emails from a cold domain is asking for spam problems.
Warm-up checklist: - Start slow: Send a handful of emails per day, then ramp up over a few weeks. - Mix real conversations (manual replies) with your outreach. - Use SPF, DKIM, and DMARC records on your sending domain. If that sounds complicated, Google it or use a free DNS checker—this stuff really matters.
Ignore: Anyone who tells you domain warm-up isn’t needed anymore isn’t sending enough email to know better.
Step 6: Monitor Your Results—and Don’t Set and Forget
Email verification isn’t a one-time thing. People leave jobs, domains die, stuff changes.
How to stay on top: - Check bounce rates after every campaign. More than 2%? Something’s wrong. - Regularly re-verify old lists before a new send. - Track which sources produce the most bounces—stop using them.
Pro tip: If Skrapp is suddenly validating way fewer emails than before, they might be hitting rate limits or companies are getting better at blocking verifiers. Always sanity-check your results.
What Works, What Doesn’t, and Common Pitfalls
What Works
- Using Skrapp’s built-in verifier, not just their bulk finder
- Scrubbing aggressively: better to under-send than get blacklisted
- Warming up your sending domain before big campaigns
What Doesn’t
- Sending to “catch-all” or “guessed” emails en masse
- Holding on to role-based or obvious spam-trap addresses
- Trusting any tool to be 100% accurate—always double-check
What to Ignore
- Shiny new “AI List-Builders” promising zero bounces (they’re just using the same data sources)
- Anyone claiming you can skip verification if you’re “just starting out”
- Tips that focus on list size instead of health
Keep It Simple—And Iterate
Don’t overcomplicate things. Verifying emails with Skrapp is mostly about common sense: start with good data, use their tools to weed out the bad stuff, and don’t get greedy. Check your results, adjust, and keep your list fresh.
Deliverability isn’t magic, but it’s not rocket science either. Focus on quality, play it safe, and you’ll see more replies (and fewer headaches) in your inbox.