Your score moves while the email doesn't
SpamAssassin rules change, blocklists add and drop entries, and your domain keeps ageing. The score you cleared last quarter is not the score you have today, even if nobody touched the template.
Automatic spam testing on the days and times you choose.
Capture your email once and Unspam re-sends it from your own sending identity on a cadence you pick, then scores it out of 100 and emails you the result. It is recurring spam testing that catches a score drop the week it happens, not after the campaign underperforms.
Why one spam test isn't enough.
Every edit is an untested change
A new subject line, a swapped link, one more image. Each edit can move content quality without anyone re-running the test, and the drop only surfaces in the campaign numbers.
A single score hides the slide
One run tells you where you stand for one send. It cannot show authentication quietly degrading over three weeks, which is how most spam problems actually start.
The re-test depends on you remembering
A manual check only helps when someone runs it. Between campaigns nobody does, and the send you skip is the one that goes out carrying a rule you never saw fire.
What every completed run reports.
A score out of 100, run after run.
Each completed run scores your email from 0 to 100 and bands it Strong, Good, Medium risk, or High risk, then splits that score into three pillars: authentication, sender reputation, and content quality. A critical authentication failure drops the run to High risk on its own, so a broken signature cannot hide behind good content.
Blocklist and reputation, checked every run.
The sender reputation pillar re-checks your domain and sending IP against blocklists on every completed run, alongside domain age and domain suffix. A fresh listing shows up as a score drop you can date, instead of arriving as a support ticket weeks later.
What makes Unspam's automatic spam testing different.
Most spam checkers score one paste and forget it. Unspam pins one email and re-scores it like a regression test.
Capture once, re-scored every run
Forward the email a single time. Unspam stores that exact message and re-sends it on every scheduled run, so there is no snippet to paste and no test to remember.
From your real sending identity
Each run goes out through a sending account you connect over SMTP, so the score reflects your own domain, your own authentication, and your own reputation rather than an anonymous relay.
The days and times you actually send
Run daily, weekly, monthly, or only on the specific weekdays that match your calendar. The schedule is set per test, with a start date and time you choose.
Results arrive by email
Choose an email on every run so the result reaches you without opening the dashboard. Alerts go to your account email with a link to the full report.
Three pillars, not one number
Authentication, sender reputation, and content quality each carry their own percentage and points earned, so you can see which part of the setup moved instead of guessing from a single total.
A score trend, not a snapshot
Every completed run is plotted on a dated chart across 7, 30, or 90 days, or a range you set. Click any point to open that run's full report.
A report you can share
Each run has a public link anyone can open without an account, so a teammate, a client, or your boss sees the proof without a login.
A threshold you set, not every run
Switch alerts from every run to a spam score percentage you choose, so monitoring stays quiet while the setup is healthy and only reaches you when a send drifts past the line.
How automatic spam testing works.
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Send us the email once
Start a test and Unspam gives you a private inbox address. Forward the exact email you want watched, and we capture it to re-use on every run.
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Connect a sending account
Pick the mailbox Unspam should send the recurring test from, connected once over SMTP. Your real sending identity is what gets scored, so the result matches what your recipients receive.
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Set the days and the time
Choose daily, weekly, monthly, or specific days of the week, then set the date and time the first run goes out. Name each test after the flow it covers.
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Get the results by email
Unspam re-sends and re-scores on schedule, building a dated score history. The result lands in your inbox after each run. Pause, resume, or trigger an extra run at any time.
When teams put spam testing on a schedule.
A one-off check answers where your email stands right now. A recurring one answers the question that actually costs money: is the score holding, and which pillar moved?
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Replace the test nobody remembers
Set a weekly run on your main template so the score is verified automatically, instead of depending on someone testing before a send goes out.
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Watch transactional mail like infrastructure
Schedule a run on each critical message: reset, receipt, confirmation. These templates change rarely, which is exactly why nobody thinks to re-test them after an authentication change.
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Catch a blocklist entry early
The sender reputation pillar re-checks your domain and IP on every run, so a new listing shows up as a dated score drop rather than at the next campaign.
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Confirm a fix actually held
After repairing SPF, DKIM, or DMARC, keep the test running so you can watch the authentication pillar recover and stay recovered, not just pass once.
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Keep every sending domain covered
Run one automatic spam test per domain in the same workspace. Each test is named, so you know which domain moved without opening them one by one.
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Build a record you can show
Every completed run is logged with its date, score, and pillar breakdown, so you have a real trend to hand a client instead of a one-off screenshot.
What we measure across real sending domains.
Figures from Unspam's live deliverability benchmark, the same checks your scheduled run is graded against.
Full check pass
82% pass
No DMARC policy
42% auth gap
HTML best practice
30% content
Set the schedule once. Unspam runs the spam test for you.
Connect a sending account for every domain you send from, at no extra cost, then pick a cadence (daily, weekly, monthly, or specific days of the week) and the time each run goes out. On every run Unspam re-sends your exact email, scores it, and emails you the result, with no snippet to paste and no test to remember. It is regression testing for your email.
Automatic spam testing FAQ.
How scheduled spam testing works, and how it differs from a single spam check.
What is an automatic spam test?
It is a spam test that runs on a schedule instead of on demand. You capture an email once, pick the days and the time, and Unspam re-sends and re-scores it on every run, recording the score over time. Think of it as a recurring email spam test that watches for a score drop so you do not have to remember to check.
How is it different from a one-off spam check?
A one-off spam check scores a single message once. An automatic spam test turns that same check into a recurring job: capture the email once, set a cadence, and Unspam re-sends and re-scores it on schedule, building a score history instead of a single snapshot.
How does Unspam send the test automatically?
You connect a sending account over SMTP, the mailbox the recurring test should send from, and capture the email you want watched by forwarding it to a private address we give you. On each scheduled run, Unspam sends that email from your account and scores what arrives. Because every run is a real send from your own sending identity, the result reflects what your recipients actually get.
What does the score actually measure?
Each completed run scores your email from 0 to 100 across three pillars. Authentication covers SPF, DKIM, DMARC, reverse DNS, List-Unsubscribe, and BIMI. Sender reputation covers domain and IP blocklists, domain age, and domain suffix. Content quality covers HTML best practice, subject line, accessibility, broken links, spam wording, shortened URLs, and the SpamAssassin result. Each pillar reports its own percentage and the points it earned.
How often should I run a spam test?
Most teams run a weekly test on their main template, plus a run after any change to content, authentication, or sending setup, the moments a score tends to move. Because each test carries its own cadence, you can match the schedule to how often that message actually sends.
When do I hear about a run?
Each test carries its own trigger. Choose an email on every run, or set a threshold so routine runs stay quiet. Alerts go to your account email with a link to the full report.
Can I see the raw headers?
Yes, on completed runs and on plans that include technical details. Each run shows the sending address, sender IP, and sender host, the full list of headers, and downloads for the raw message and its headers, so you can confirm exactly what left your infrastructure.
Is this the same as an inbox placement test?
No. They answer different questions, and both can run on a schedule. An automatic spam test scores one message for authentication, reputation, and content. Automatic inbox placement seeds your email to real mailboxes and reports where it landed at each provider. A good score does not guarantee inbox placement, but placement problems are often explained by the score.
Does it work with my ESP?
There is nothing to integrate. You connect a sending account over SMTP and set the schedule inside your Unspam account. Unspam does not plug into your ESP's API and does not need access to your campaigns.
Can I share the results?
Yes. Every run has a public link anyone can open without an account, so a teammate, a client, or your boss can read the score and its breakdown without a login.
Is this the same as Deliverability Monitoring?
They are two views of one idea. Deliverability Monitoring is the outcome: recurring checks with alerts when something slips. An automatic spam test is one of the two mechanisms that produce it, alongside automatic inbox placement.
Is Unspam an email warmup or sending tool?
No. Unspam does not warm up domains, does not send your campaigns, and is not an ESP. It scores your email on a schedule so you know when to act. The fixes (authentication, list hygiene, content) happen in your own sending stack. For a manual baseline, an email health check reviews authentication and reputation in one pass.
Stop remembering to run the spam test. Put it on a schedule.
Capture your email once, pick the days and the time, and let Unspam score it and email you the result. Start free, no credit card.