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Block Cold Emails Automatically

Stop AI-Generated Sales Emails Before They Clutter Your Inbox

Cold emails look legitimate but are actually automated spam. Email Ferret automatically detects and blocks AI-generated sales emails that bypass traditional spam filters. Never miss important emails with VIP allowlist protection.

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Key Takeaway
Cold emails now account for over 36% of all email traffic, with AI-generated outreach growing 4x since 2023. Email Ferret blocks cold emails by analyzing behavioral signals that traditional spam filters ignore—including domain age, automation tool headers, sales intent language, and sender-recipient relationship history. It integrates directly with Gmail, costs $5/month, and includes a VIP allowlist to protect important senders.

How Does Email Ferret Block Cold Emails?

AI Detection

Advanced heuristic analysis detects cold outreach patterns across 15+ behavioral signals including sales intent, automation tool fingerprints (Outreach, Salesloft, HubSpot), and domain trust scores.

Automatic Blocking

Flagged emails are automatically labeled in Gmail or routed to a dedicated folder. Users report saving an average of 30+ minutes per week by eliminating manual cold email sorting.

VIP Protection

Allowlist ensures important emails from VIP senders always reach your inbox, even if they might otherwise be flagged.

Never Miss Important Emails

Email Ferret includes a VIP allowlist feature to ensure important emails always reach your inbox. Add senders, domains, or email addresses to your allowlist to prevent false positives.

Allowlist Protection

Add important senders, domains, or email addresses to your allowlist. Emails from allowlisted senders always reach your inbox, regardless of content.

Transparent Scoring

See exactly why emails are flagged with transparent score breakdowns. Review flagged emails and adjust your settings based on your preferences.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Blocking Cold Emails

Learn how to automatically block cold emails without missing important messages

Email Ferret uses advanced heuristic analysis to detect cold emails: domain validation, sales intent detection, automation tool fingerprinting, and thread engagement analysis. When an email is flagged as cold outreach, Email Ferret can automatically label it in Gmail or route it to a folder, keeping your inbox clean.

No, Email Ferret includes a VIP allowlist feature. Add important senders, domains, or email addresses to your allowlist to ensure their emails always reach your inbox, even if they might otherwise be flagged. You can also review flagged emails before they're routed.

Email Ferret detects multiple patterns: (1) Suspicious or newly created domains, (2) Sales intent language and B2B outreach patterns, (3) Automation tool headers (Outreach, Salesloft, HubSpot), (4) BDR/SDR phrases like "quick question" and "reaching out", (5) First-contact emails with no prior thread engagement.

Yes, Email Ferret provides full control: (1) Adjustable spam threshold (default is 3) to control sensitivity, (2) Choose to label or route flagged emails, (3) Allowlist to prevent false positives, (4) Blocklist to always block specific senders or domains, (5) Transparent score breakdowns to understand why emails are flagged.

Yes, Email Ferret works directly with Gmail. When cold emails are detected, Email Ferret adds labels to them in Gmail. You can review flagged emails or have them automatically routed to a folder, keeping your main inbox clean.

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Don't let AI-generated sales emails clutter your inbox. Email Ferret automatically detects and blocks cold outreach that traditional filters miss. Try it free—no credit card required.

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