Complete User Guide

Master cold outreach.
Land more interviews.

A complete walkthrough of inbox rotation, smart throttling, automated follow-ups, personalization, and everything else Outly offers.

Getting Started

1

Sign in with Google

Click 'Continue with Google' on the login page. Your email address is automatically set up as your first sender.

2

Verify your sender

In the compose view, click '+' next to the sender dropdown. Enter your email and connect your account. Outly verifies everything works and checks your domain health before saving.

3

Set your sending pace

Choose your hourly limit, minimum delay, and optionally set business hours and timezone. Outly takes care of the rest.

4

Add your recipients

Type emails manually or import a CSV file. Extra CSV columns become personalization variables. Use spin syntax for additional variation per recipient.

5

Send or schedule

Write your email with variables and spin syntax, add follow-up steps, attach files, then send now or schedule for later. Track everything from your dashboard.

Multi-Sender Campaigns

Why use multiple senders?

Each email account has daily limits. By spreading your campaign across multiple accounts, you can reach more people daily while staying safely within each account's limits. Outly supports all major email providers and handles the rotation for you.

Even distribution

Each sender stays within its own daily limit while you reach more people.

Automatic failover

If one sender hits its limit, the others keep going.

Auto-resume

If all senders are exhausted, the campaign pauses and automatically resumes when capacity is available.

Deliverability & Warmup

Automatic Warmup

New email accounts are automatically warmed up to build a strong sending reputation. Outly starts slow and gradually increases your volume over time. If anything looks off, it adjusts on its own. You can opt out if your account already has sending history.

Stay out of spam

Outly keeps your emails landing in the primary inbox with natural sending patterns and domain health checks.

Respect provider limits

Outly automatically stays within your email provider's sending limits so your account never gets flagged.

Automatic protection

If something goes wrong, Outly slows down or pauses sending to protect your reputation, then recovers on its own.

Follow-Up Sequences

Automated follow-ups that pause when someone replies

Add up to 5 follow-up emails to any campaign. Each has its own subject, message, and wait period. If a recipient replies, their sequence stops automatically. No awkward extra messages.

Example Sequence

1

Initial outreach

Sent immediately

2

Gentle follow-up

3 days after Step 1

3

Final check-in

5 days after Step 2

Per-recipient controls

Pause, resume, or stop sequences for individual recipients from the campaign detail page.

Personalization & CSV Import

Make every email feel like it was written just for that person. Pull dynamic data from your CSV and use spin syntax for additional variation.

CSV Format

email,name,company,role

recruiter@acme.com,Sarah,Acme Corp,Engineering Manager

hiring@startup.io,Mike,StartupIO,CTO

Email Template

{Hi|Hey|Hello} {{name}},

I saw that {{company}} is hiring for a {{role}} position...

Use the Variable Preview panel in the compose form to see exactly how each recipient's email will look before you send. No surprises.

Email Tracking

See who's engaging with your emails

Outly tracks email opens and link clicks in real time. Bounces and replies are handled automatically. View per-recipient and per-link breakdowns on any campaign's Tracking tab.

Open tracking

Outly detects when a recipient opens your email and records it automatically. Works with all major email clients.

Click tracking

Every link click is recorded so you know exactly which links resonate. Recipients are seamlessly taken to the original destination.

Optional per campaign

Toggle "Track opens" and "Track clicks" in the compose form's sending settings. Both are enabled by default.

Attachments

Attach resumes, portfolios, case studies, or any supporting documents to your campaigns.

Per file

10 MB max

Per campaign

25 MB total

Max files

10 per upload

Formats

PDF, DOC, XLS, CSV, images

Email Templates

Save your best-performing subject lines and email bodies as templates. Load them instantly in the compose form or manage them from the Templates page.

Templates + Variables = Personalization at Scale

Templates can include {{variable}} placeholders. Pick a template, import a CSV, and every recipient gets a unique email.

Best Practices

Troubleshooting

Ready to land your next interview?

Follow this guide, stay within safe limits, and let Outly handle the heavy lifting.