The Following Email as part of the May 12, 2026 Email Sent:
Subject: When Podcasting Starts Feeling Like Factory Work?
Hi [First Name from email contact list],
I’ve been noticing something about a lot of podcast growth advice lately.
It sounds simple until you actually try to do it.
One episode somehow becomes clips, captions, scheduling posts, checking analytics, testing formats, and trying to stay active everywhere at once.
What gets framed as “repurposing” quietly turns into a full-time media workflow.
And for most indie podcasters, there isn’t a team behind the scenes. It’s just you.
The tools help, of course. But someone still has to choose the clips, shape the message, review the content, and keep the whole machine moving.
At a certain point, the work surrounding the episode becomes larger than the episode itself. And that’s usually when podcasting stops feeling creative. I’m starting to think the episode itself matters more than the system built around it.
David Beckemeyer
📊 Deliverability Analysis Results
Deliverability Score 95% Spam Risk 6.25%
yahoo.com 9.1% share Inbox: primary Deliverability 89.8% Issues: Good authentication, clean content
icloud.com 5.8% share Inbox: primary Deliverability 89.8% Issues: High quality content and sender reputation
zoho.com 1.9% share Inbox: primary Deliverability 89.8% Issues: High quality content and sender reputation
mail.ru 1.2% share Inbox: primary Deliverability 89.8% Issues: High quality content and sender reputation
gmail.com 43.2% share Inbox: primary Deliverability 84.8% Issues: High deliverability score, excellent domain reputation
outlook.com 19.7% share Inbox: primary Deliverability 84.8% Issues: Passes Microsoft filtering, trusted sender
protonmail.com 1.3% share Inbox: primary Deliverability 84.8% Issues: High quality content and sender reputation
Based on 2026 email deliverability standards and market share benchmarks, your “deliverability lie” varies significantly across these domains. In cold outreach, “High” risk means the provider is exceptionally strict or the share is unusual for B2B, while “Low” risk represents stable, standard targets.
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- yahoo.com (9.1%): High. As discussed, this is a very high share for a B2B list. Yahoo (along with AOL) enforces a strict 0.3% spam complaint threshold. Crossing this can lead to an immediate domain block.
- mail.ru (1.2%): High. This domain is classified as Medium-to-High Risk because of an elevated history of abusive accounts. Sending cold emails here frequently triggers security filters or “malicious” flags.
- protonmail.com (1.3%): High. Because Proton is an encrypted, privacy-first service, its users are statistically more likely to mark unsolicited emails as spam. This segment can quickly damage your sender reputation if not highly personalized. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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- icloud.com (5.8%): Medium. Apple’s “Mail Privacy Protection” makes it impossible to track accurate open rates. A 5.8% share is moderate, but you’ll be “flying blind” on engagement metrics for this group.
- aol.com (2.1%): Medium. While the share is low, AOL is owned by Yahoo and follows the same strict enforcement rules.
- zoho.com (1.9%): Medium. Zoho is a budget-friendly B2B provider. While it’s generally safe, it has its own proprietary filters that can be sensitive to “template-style” outreach. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
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- gmail.com (43.2%): Low. This is a healthy, dominant share. Google Workspace is the industry standard, and as long as you stay under their complaint limits, it offers the most predictable deliverability.
- outlook.com (19.7%): Low. This is a normal B2B/Enterprise share. Outlook provides excellent inbox placement for corporate recipients, especially if you are also sending from a Microsoft-hosted inbox. [1, 2, 3, 4]
| Domain [1] | Share | Risk Level | Primary Concern |
|---|---|---|---|
| gmail.com | 43.2% | Low | Standard B2B target; keep complaints < 0.1%. |
| outlook.com | 19.7% | Low | Standard Enterprise target; very stable. |
| yahoo.com | 9.1% | High | High share; extremely sensitive to spam reports. |
| icloud.com | 5.8% | Medium | Hidden engagement data; “blind” sending. |
| aol.com | 2.1% | Medium | Strict Yahoo-style filtering rules apply. |
| zoho.com | 1.9% | Medium | Niche B2B; standard filters. |
| protonmail.com | 1.3% | High | Privacy-conscious users; high spam-mark risk. |
| mail.ru | 1.2% | High | Security filters; high risk of being flagged “malicious”. |
