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- getbrightforge.example
- Subject
- Quick question about [company name removed]'s website
- Received
- September 18, 2026
It passed every spam check. It's still spam.
Cold sales email now arrives with perfect authentication, warmed-up mailboxes, and domains built to look like real companies. We collect it, clean it, and show you exactly how it got through.
What the filter checked
Example record. Domains use the reserved .example ending and don't belong to anyone.
Recently published
Browse all recordsHow it gets past your filter
Spam filters check whether a message really came from the domain it claims. None of that tells you whether the domain itself is honest.
1. Buy a lookalike domain
A domain one letter or word off from the real company, so the main domain's reputation stays clean.
2. Warm up the mailbox
Automated tools trade friendly messages for weeks to build a sending history that filters trust.
3. Set up authentication
SPF, DKIM, and DMARC all pass, because they're configured correctly. The checks confirm who sent it, not whether you wanted it.
4. Send small batches
Low volume per mailbox, spread across many mailboxes, keeps every one of them under the radar.
Why you suddenly get more of it
It isn't random. Most spikes follow a public event that put your business into a list somewhere.
You filed a trademark
Filings are public records that list firms scrape the same week they're published.
You formed an LLC
New business registrations get harvested for outreach, often before your website is up.
You bought a domain
Registration data and new-site signals get watched by tools built for exactly this.
You sent a press release
Newswire distribution puts your contact details in more databases than you'd expect.
You published your email address
Scrapers find it within days and sell it on as part of a verified list.
Found your company's domain here?
It usually means a mailbox, a website, or your domain settings were used without your permission. Here's how to find out which, and fix it for free.