Can I promote my email marketing tool here?
No. The rules ban shilling for email service providers and bulk email tools, and spam for those services can get you permanently banned.
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r/email rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/email: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 16,359
- Verified
- September 29, 2026
- Category
- Digital marketing practitioners
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- No crossposting.: No naked or low-effort crossposting, either between subreddits or from your (or anyone else's) blog.
- No requests for technical support.: This is not a technical support forum. If you are looking for help with the use of your personal inbox, this is not the correct subreddit for your question.
- No requests for assistance for recovering access to an individual e-mail account.: We cannot help you do that. You must contact the provider of the account to recover access to it, if you are indeed an authorized user of the account.
- No questions about email etiquette.: This subreddit is dedicated to discussions around large volume email, email technology, and email deliverability. It is not for discussions regarding email etiquette, or for questions by end users of an email inbox.
- No "best alternative to Gmail" posts.: Discussions around the relative benefits of the various inbox providers or hosts are off-topic. This is not a forum for individual users of e-mail services.
- No soliciting assistance from the community to abuse e-mail.: It's a violation of community rules to attempt to enlist other members in efforts to abuse e-mail or to help other members to abuse e-mail. Sending cold email/spam is an abuse of e-mail.
- No shilling for email service providers or for bulk e-mail tools.: Spam for these services will not be tolerated and may result in a permanent ban.
- This is not a job board.: Internships, contract or full-time positions are wonderful and useful things, but we've seen too many scams masquerading as "job opportunities," and they are no longer allowed. If you are job seeker, you are far more likely to get a qualified response directly from a legitimate employer than you are from anyone here.
Works well
- A writeup of a deliverability problem you solved, like fixing a reputation issue or improving inbox placement, told as your own experience.
- A discussion post about sending infrastructure choices for large volume email, asking practitioners how they handle a specific technical tradeoff.
- An honest breakdown of a list management or martech workflow you run, with no product link attached.
- A question about a specific deliverability or email technology topic that invites experienced operators to share how they handle it.
Avoid
- Shilling for your email service provider or bulk email tool, which the rules say can earn a permanent ban.
- Posting about cold email tools or strategies, which the description and the abuse rule both rule out.
- Crossposting your blog content here, even with added commentary, because low-effort crossposting is banned.
- Asking for technical support with a personal inbox, which is explicitly off topic.
- Asking how to recover access to an email account, which the community cannot help with.
- Posting questions about email etiquette, which the rules exclude entirely here.
What r/email Is For
This community is for people who work with email at scale. The description points to email marketing, martech, deliverability, and management best practices, and the rules add large volume email and email technology to that list. The people here care about things like getting mail delivered, keeping sender reputation healthy, and running email programs that work. The description is very clear about two things that do not belong. Questions about using a personal email account are not welcome, and neither are cold email marketing tools or strategies. So think email operations professional, not someone trying to blast a cold list.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
The rule that decides most marketing outcomes here is “No shilling for email service providers or for bulk e-mail tools.”, because spam for those services can get you a permanent ban. “No soliciting assistance from the community to abuse e-mail.” matters just as much, since it says sending cold email and spam is an abuse of email. “No crossposting.” blocks naked or low-effort crossposts from blogs or other subreddits. “No requests for technical support.” and “No questions about email etiquette.” remove anything aimed at individual inbox users. “No 'best alternative to Gmail' posts.”, written with curly quotes around the rule name, keeps inbox provider comparisons off topic. “This is not a job board.” removes hiring and job seeking posts.
What To Post
A good post here is a genuine discussion about email at scale. Share a real lesson about deliverability, sending infrastructure, list management, or martech, written in your own words and posted directly to this community rather than crossposted from your blog. If you built something in this space, you can talk about the technical problem you solved and what you learned, as long as the post is not a pitch for your service or tool. Ask specific questions about large volume sending, deliverability practices, or email technology that practitioners can answer from experience. Keep the focus on the craft of email operations, and leave any product link out unless the community clearly allows it, because the shilling rule carries a permanent ban.
What To Avoid
Do not promote or shill for email service providers or bulk email tools, because the rules say spam for these services will not be tolerated and may result in a permanent ban. Do not post about cold email tools or strategies, because the description excludes them and the rules call sending cold email an abuse of email. Do not crosspost from your blog or another subreddit, especially low-effort crossposts. Do not ask for technical support with a personal inbox, do not ask for help recovering access to an email account, and do not ask about email etiquette. Do not post comparisons of inbox providers or hosts, and do not post job ads or job seeking posts, because this is not a job board.
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Common questions about r/email
Is cold email on topic here?
No. The description says this is not the subreddit for cold email marketing tools and strategies, and the rules treat cold email as abuse of email.
Can I write about deliverability lessons from running my own product?
Yes, if you share real experience with deliverability, sending infrastructure, or list management and you are not pitching a product in the post.
Can I crosspost my article from another subreddit or my blog?
No. Rule 1 bans naked or low-effort crossposting from your blog or other subreddits.
Can I ask a question about my personal Gmail account?
No. The description and the rules say personal inbox questions and etiquette questions do not belong here.
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