{"id":1259,"date":"2026-10-29T14:59:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/?p=1259"},"modified":"2026-10-29T14:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T09:59:02","slug":"bulkresponse-2026-whats-new","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/general\/bulkresponse-2026-whats-new\/","title":{"rendered":"BulkResponse in 2026: more ways into the inbox"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">What\u2019s new \u00b7 2026 recap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-subtitle has-text-color\" style=\"color:#283D50;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.682), 20px);\">Real mailboxes, SMTP rotation, list cleaning inside your account, and follow-ups that leave the same way your first email did. Here\u2019s what we built this year, and why it matters if you haven\u2019t logged in for a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group br-callout br-offer has-border-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7441ce17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:12px;border-left-color:#1695D4;border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:6px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#004289;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#BFE0F3;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:8px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.08em;text-transform:uppercase\">\ud83c\udf89 New Year offer for returning customers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sent with us before? Come back for 30% off any plan with code <strong>FRIDAY30<\/strong>, until 1 January 2027. <a href=\"#offer\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><strong>See the offer \u2193<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you used to send with us and drifted off, no hard feelings. Volumes drop. A cheaper tool looks good for a quarter. Then Gmail and Yahoo tighten their bulk sender rules and suddenly nothing lands where it used to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spent 2026 on that last part. Not a rebrand and not a chatbot. Plumbing. More ways for a campaign to leave your account, cleaner lists before you hit send, and follow-ups that go out through the same mailboxes and servers as the first email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is every change, one per section, with the real numbers. Skim the box first if you\u2019re short on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group br-callout br-glance has-border-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7441ce17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:12px;border-left-color:#1695D4;border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:6px;color:#283D50;background-color:#EEF6FC;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:8px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.08em;text-transform:uppercase\">\u26a1 2026 at a glance<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>April:<\/strong> List cleaning inside your account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>May:<\/strong> Drag-and-drop designer with AI variation, plus post-click tracking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>July:<\/strong> Mailboxes, multiple SMTP connections, managed servers, bounce mailboxes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>August:<\/strong> Any mailbox you own, and attachments on campaigns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Autumn:<\/strong> Lead Finder for B2B contacts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>End of October:<\/strong> Follow-ups get the same sending choices, thread replies and sending windows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">Why we built all this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">One road to the inbox is a weak place to put a campaign<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most bulk tools push every email you send down one shared path. When that path has a rough week (an IP gets listed, a provider throttles the range, another sender on the same servers burns its reputation) your campaign has a rough week too. You usually can\u2019t see it happening, and you definitely can\u2019t route around it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a line in our new in-app tour that sums up the whole year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-text-color\" style=\"border-top-color:#1695D4;border-top-width:3px;border-bottom-color:#1695D4;border-bottom-width:3px;color:#004289\"><blockquote><p>Don\u2019t put a campaign on a single road to the inbox.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything below either adds another road, keeps the roads clean, or makes better use of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New in July, extended in August<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">Send through real mailboxes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now send campaigns through actual inboxes, not only through our servers. There are three ways to bring one in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Connect Google.<\/strong> You sign in with Google and we never see or store the password. Free Gmail tops out around 100 emails a day. Google Workspace allows about 1,000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Connect Outlook the same way, when it\u2019s switched on for your account.<\/strong> Up to about 1,000 a day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Buy mailboxes from us.<\/strong> $3 per mailbox per month, up to 2,000 emails a day each, set up on pre-warmed domains and usually ready within 24 hours. You can order up to 100 at once.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Connect any other mailbox you already own over SMTP.<\/strong> Those are capped at 3,000 a day.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-mailboxes.jpg\" alt=\"BulkResponse Account Settings, Mailboxes tab: list of connected and purchased mailboxes with source (Custom or Google), health, hourly and daily speed, and status\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mailboxes tab: every connected or purchased mailbox with its source, health and daily speed. (Addresses blurred.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-mailboxes-2.jpg\" alt=\"Add mailbox panel in BulkResponse, Google \/ Outlook tab: OAuth connection, From name, account type (Free Gmail max 100\/day) and per-hour or per-day speed controls\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Connecting a Google or Outlook mailbox: OAuth sign-in, account type and speed limits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px\"><thead><tr><th>Mailbox type<\/th><th>Roughly per day<\/th><th>How you add it<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Free Gmail<\/td><td>100<\/td><td>Sign in with Google<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Google Workspace<\/td><td>1,000<\/td><td>Sign in with Google<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Outlook<\/td><td>1,000<\/td><td>Sign in with Microsoft (when enabled)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bought from BulkResponse<\/td><td>2,000<\/td><td>$3\/month each, up to 100 per order<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Any other mailbox<\/td><td>3,000 (cap)<\/td><td>SMTP login, tested before saving<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-buy-mailboxes.jpg\" alt=\"Add mailbox panel, Buy BulkResponse tab: $3.00 per mailbox per month, pre-warmed domains, up to 2,000 a day, up to 100 per order, with quantity and monthly bill\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Buying mailboxes: $3 per mailbox per month, up to 100 per order.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The detail that matters most for deliverability: when a campaign has several mailboxes selected, the From address follows whichever mailbox sends each message. So the name in the inbox and the account that actually sent it always match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group br-callout br-tip has-border-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7441ce17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:12px;border-left-color:#004289;border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:6px;color:#283D50;background-color:#F4F8FB;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:8px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.08em;text-transform:uppercase\">\ud83d\udca1 Quick math<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ten Workspace inboxes give you around 10,000 sends a day. Ten mailboxes bought from us give you around 20,000, for $30 a month on top of your plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group br-callout br-nudge has-border-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7441ce17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-color:#BFE0F3;border-style:dashed;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px;color:#283D50;background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p>\ud83c\udf81 Want to try mailbox rotation on your own list? Our New Year offer takes 30% off your first plan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/bulk-email-marketing-service-pricing\"><strong>Grab the code \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New in July<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">Rotate across several SMTP servers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A single campaign can now rotate across as many SMTP connections as you give it. Each one keeps its own From address and its own speed limit, per minute, per hour and per day. If a connection keeps failing, the send pauses and you can see exactly which server caused it, instead of finding out from a bounce report two days later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can get those connections two ways:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Add your own.<\/strong> Host, login, encryption, and a test send before you save, so a typo doesn\u2019t break a live campaign.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Buy managed servers in the app.<\/strong> Our team sets each one up after checkout and it appears as another connection your campaigns can rotate through.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-smtp-connections.jpg\" alt=\"Add SMTP panel in BulkResponse with title, host, port, username, password, encryption, From name and email, speed limit, bounce processing and a Test SMTP button\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Adding your own SMTP server: test it before you can save it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns br-stats is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:12px;background-color:#EEF6FC;padding-top:20px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:16px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-montserrat-font-family has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;font-size:clamp(22.041px, 1.378rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.586), 36px);font-weight:700\">$20<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#283D50;font-size:14px\">per server, per month<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:12px;background-color:#EEF6FC;padding-top:20px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:16px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-montserrat-font-family has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;font-size:clamp(22.041px, 1.378rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.586), 36px);font-weight:700\">5,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#283D50;font-size:14px\">emails a day per server<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:12px;background-color:#EEF6FC;padding-top:20px;padding-right:16px;padding-bottom:20px;padding-left:16px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-montserrat-font-family has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;font-size:clamp(22.041px, 1.378rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 1.586), 36px);font-weight:700\">100,000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#283D50;font-size:14px\">a day with 20 servers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-managed-servers.jpg\" alt=\"Managed SMTP order screen in BulkResponse: slider set to 25,000 emails a day recommends 5 managed servers at $20 each, $100.00 a month\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ordering managed servers: pick a daily volume and the app works out how many servers you need.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Need more than that, or your own dedicated IPs? That\u2019s still a conversation with our team, priced to your daily volume. Tell us your number and we\u2019ll quote it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New in July<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">One account, three ways out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Put the last two sections together and every campaign now has a choice of exit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px\"><thead><tr><th>Path<\/th><th>What it means<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>BulkResponse sending<\/td><td>Our own infrastructure. Nothing to set up, same as always.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>SMTP<\/td><td>One or more servers: yours, ours, or a mix, rotated on the send.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mailboxes<\/td><td>Connected or bought inboxes, rotated on the send.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-delivery-path.jpg\" alt=\"Delivery &amp; SMTP tab in BulkResponse: default delivery method set to SMTP with a default server, and a list of SMTP injectors with port, speed and bounce settings\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Set the account\u2019s default delivery method, then manage the SMTP servers campaigns rotate through. (Hostnames blurred.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Your account has a default path and any campaign can override it. A single send uses one path, then rotates inside it. Simple to reason about, and easy to change when one route starts misbehaving.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New in April<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">Clean your list without leaving your account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>More roads only help if the list you\u2019re sending to is clean. Old lists rot quietly. People change jobs, companies fold, inboxes get abandoned. Mail enough of those and mailbox providers start trusting you less on every road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So list cleaning now lives inside the account. No exporting a CSV, uploading it to some other site and importing it back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One credit cleans one address.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The list is locked while it\u2019s being cleaned, so nobody on your team can mail it halfway through.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unused cleaning credits stay on your account. They\u2019re separate from your monthly sending credits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px\"><thead><tr><th>Cleaning pack<\/th><th>Price (one time)<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>50,000 addresses<\/td><td>$24.50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>100,000 addresses<\/td><td>$49.50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>300,000 addresses<\/td><td>$99.50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1,000,000 addresses<\/td><td>$199.50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2,000,000 addresses<\/td><td>$349.50<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-list-cleaning.jpg\" alt=\"BulkResponse List Cleaning Service wizard, step 1 of 4 (Why Clean, Analysis, Confirm, Submit), opened from a list's Clean button\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The in-account list cleaning wizard, started from the Clean button on any list.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group br-callout br-tip has-border-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7441ce17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:12px;border-left-color:#004289;border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:6px;color:#283D50;background-color:#F4F8FB;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:8px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.08em;text-transform:uppercase\">\ud83d\udccb Planning tip<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you start a clean, the wizard assumes around 15% of an older list is invalid or risky. Treat that as a rough planning figure, not a promise. Some lists come back much better, some worse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group br-callout br-nudge has-border-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7441ce17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-color:#BFE0F3;border-style:dashed;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px;color:#283D50;background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p>\ud83c\udf81 Got an old list sitting around? Clean it, then mail it, with the New Year offer for returning customers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/bulk-email-marketing-service-pricing\"><strong>See what\u2019s included \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New in July<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">Bounce mailboxes that tell temporary from permanent<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can connect up to 10 mailboxes whose only job is to collect bounces, and point each campaign at the one that should catch its returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The useful bit is how bounces get sorted. Hard bounces are marked on the contact so they don\u2019t get mailed again. Soft bounces and delay notices are counted separately, so a mailbox that was full on a Tuesday isn\u2019t treated like an address that no longer exists. Your list stays honest, and so do your stats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-bounce-mailboxes.jpg\" alt=\"Bounce settings tab in BulkResponse showing one POP bounce mailbox with label, port 995, health and active status\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bounce mailboxes (POP) that collect and sort a campaign\u2019s returns. (Address and host blurred.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New in May<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">A visual designer, and AI that varies your message<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>New campaigns now open in a drag-and-drop designer: text, images, buttons, columns, and the rest. If you have older campaigns you\u2019re happy with, they can stay on the previous editor. There\u2019s also a new set of B2B outreach templates to start from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-designer-ai.jpg\" alt=\"BulkResponse Email Designer: drag-and-drop blocks (text, image, button, divider, spacer, social, columns), canvas and page attributes panel\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The drag-and-drop email designer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-designer-ai-2.jpg\" alt=\"AI Spintax Generator dialog in a BulkResponse campaign asking for the number of variations (1 to 5)\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The AI variation generator: choose how many versions (1\u20135) to create.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there\u2019s the AI part, and we\u2019ll be precise about what it does. It writes alternative versions of your subject line and body. You pick the ones you like, and each recipient can get a different version. It doesn\u2019t write your campaign for you, and there\u2019s no chatbot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why bother? Fifty thousand identical emails look like what they are. Five approved variations of the same message don\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New in May<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">See what people did after they clicked<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Add an optional snippet to your website and BulkResponse records visits that came from a campaign link. Your campaign stats can then show the country, the page they landed on and what they did next. Traffic that didn\u2019t come from a campaign is ignored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-post-click.jpg\" alt=\"Landing Page Pixel tab in BulkResponse with instructions and the tracking snippet to paste into the head of your landing pages\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Landing Page Pixel: paste one snippet on your site to see what campaign visitors do next. (Snippet blurred.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It isn\u2019t trying to replace your analytics tool. It answers one question your analytics tool usually can\u2019t: what did the people from this campaign actually do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New in August<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">Attachments on campaigns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A campaign can now carry up to three PDFs or images, 10 MB in total, and you choose on each send whether they go out. Handy for price sheets, one-page case studies and event flyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-attachments.jpg\" alt=\"Miscellaneous Options in a BulkResponse campaign showing Add attachment(s): optional PDF or images, max 10 MB total, with an on\/off toggle\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attachments are switched on per campaign: PDFs or images, 10 MB total.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">New this autumn<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">Lead Finder: start the list inside your account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Need a list before you need a campaign? Lead Finder lets you search B2B contacts without leaving BulkResponse. Filter by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px\"><thead><tr><th>Filter<\/th><th>Examples<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Location<\/td><td>Country, state, city, ZIP<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Company<\/td><td>Industry, company name, company size, revenue<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Person<\/td><td>Job title<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Must have<\/td><td>A phone number, a website, or funding<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-lead-finder.jpg\" alt=\"BulkResponse Lead Finder: unverified ($1.00 per 1,000) or verified ($5.00 per 1,000) leads, filters for location, industry, job title, company, revenue, team size, and has phone, website or funding\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lead Finder: pick unverified or verified leads, filter, then buy credits.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two prices: unverified contacts, and verified ones where the mailbox accepted the address when it was checked. You see both prices per 1,000 in the app before you buy, and you\u2019re never charged twice for a contact you already bought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After that you can download the file, or drop it straight onto a mailing list, clean it, and mail it, all in the same account. Lead Finder is part of web accounts. SMTP relay logins don\u2019t include it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group br-callout br-nudge has-border-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7441ce17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-color:#BFE0F3;border-style:dashed;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px;color:#283D50;background-color:#FFFFFF;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p>\ud83c\udf81 The New Year offer applies to every Web App plan, so Lead Finder and the new follow-ups come with it. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/bulk-email-marketing-service-pricing\"><strong>Claim it before 1 January 2027 \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">Just shipped, end of October<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">Follow-ups now leave the same way your first email did<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the newest piece, and it ties the whole year together. Autoresponders (your second and third emails) can now use the same delivery choices as a campaign: BulkResponse sending, one or more SMTP servers, or one or more mailboxes, plus a bounce mailbox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two extras came with it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Thread continuity.<\/strong> Switch it on and the follow-up goes out as a reply in the same thread, so the recipient sees the conversation, not a stranger\u2019s second email. Leave it off and the follow-up uses its own subject.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A sending window.<\/strong> Pick the days, the hours and a timezone. Anything that comes due outside the window waits until it opens. If you know the recipient\u2019s timezone, you can use theirs instead.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-custom-border br-screenshot\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/br2026-followups.jpg\" alt=\"Autoresponder Delivery &amp; Sending settings in BulkResponse: delivery channel SMTP, SMTP server selection, bounce mailbox, thread continuity and send-within-a-time-window options\" class=\"has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#DCE6F2;border-width:1px;border-radius:12px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Follow-ups get their own delivery channel, bounce mailbox, thread continuity and sending window. (Servers blurred.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-left-color:#1695D4;border-left-width:4px\">\n<p>First email from a real mailbox. Second email from the same mailbox, in the same thread, at 10am their time. That\u2019s what a person would do.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"br-eyebrow has-text-color\" style=\"color:#1695D4;margin-bottom:0;font-size:13px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.14em;text-transform:uppercase\">Still true<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#004289\">What hasn\u2019t changed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>We\u2019ve been doing this since 2008. Same company, still based in Hawthorne, California.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Single opt-in is still allowed, and cold B2B outreach is still a normal use of the platform, inside our sending policies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>We still help with DNS. Your SPF record is one line, <code>v=spf1 include:spf.bulkresponse.com -all<\/code>, and our team works through DKIM with you when you add a domain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There\u2019s still no free test account. You start on a paid plan and can ask to cancel if it isn\u2019t a fit. We\u2019d rather be upfront about that than hide it in the small print.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"offer\" class=\"wp-block-group br-callout br-offer has-border-color has-text-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7441ce17 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"border-radius:12px;border-left-color:#1695D4;border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:6px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#004289;margin-top:32px;margin-bottom:32px;padding-top:24px;padding-right:28px;padding-bottom:24px;padding-left:28px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#BFE0F3;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:8px;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:0.08em;text-transform:uppercase\">\ud83c\udf81 Welcome back offer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#ffffff\">New Year offer: come back and try the new BulkResponse<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>From Black Friday through the New Year, past customers get 30% off any plan. Use code <strong>FRIDAY30<\/strong> at checkout before 1 January 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still have your old login? <a href=\"https:\/\/app.bulkresponse.com\/web\/index.php\/site\/login\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><strong>Sign in<\/strong><\/a> and pick a plan. Lost it? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/contact\" style=\"color:#ffffff\"><strong>Get in touch<\/strong><\/a> and we\u2019ll sort it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bulkresponse.com\/bulk-email-marketing-service-pricing\" style=\"border-radius:8px;color:#ffffff;background-color:#1695D4\">See plans and claim the offer \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide is-style-wide--1\" style=\"background-color:#DCE6F2;color:#DCE6F2\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Questions about any of this, or want us to look at your setup before you send again? Call <a href=\"tel:+16282623981\">+1 (628) 262 3981<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:sales@bulkresponse.com\">sales@bulkresponse.com<\/a>. 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