When setting up a connected email account in Hunter, you have two options:
Connect an existing email account: Connect an email account you already have set up via an independent provider.
Create a managed email account with Hunter: Purchase a sending-ready email account within Hunter.
The guide below focuses on how to connect an existing email account.
👉 If you're looking to purchase a new email account instead, more information on setting up a managed email account with Hunter is available here.
Why connect more email accounts?
Connecting multiple sending accounts helps you scale outreach while protecting your email reputation, reducing the risk of email provider blocks, and improving deliverability.
Benefits include:
Sending more emails per day
Avoiding your provider's daily sending limits
Distributing sending volume across accounts
Enabling email account rotation in Sequences
Supported email providers
You can connect the following email accounts to Hunter Email Sequences:
Gmail / Google Workspace — connect directly via sign-in
Outlook / Microsoft 365 Business — connect directly via sign-in
SMTP/IMAP — for all other providers (paid plans only). See Connect using SMTP/IMAP for setup instructions.
How to connect your email account
Go to the email accounts center in Email Sequences.
Click Add email account.
Click the button for your email provider and follow the sign-in instructions.
Once connected, you'll see your account listed and its details.
Tip: Connecting a Microsoft account? Use an incognito window when adding any additional Microsoft accounts due to a Microsoft limitation.
How many email accounts can I connect in Sequences?
The number of accounts is shared across your team (not per user):
Plan | Included | Can add more? | Maximum |
Free | 1 | No | 1 |
Starter | 3 | Yes | 50 |
Growth | 10 | Yes | 50 |
Scale | 20 | Yes | 50 |
Enterprise | 50+ | Yes | Custom |
💡 Email Sequences are not available on Data Platform plans, and extra email account connections cannot be added to this plan.
Connecting more accounts lets you send more emails per day, reduces the risk of provider blocks, and enables Account Rotation if you are on a Starter plan or higher.
FAQs
How to purchase additional email account slots
How to purchase additional email account slots
If you are using an all-in-one subscription plan (Starter, Growth, Scale), you can add additional email account slots to connect more senders without upgrading your plan.
Go to the Subscription section in your Hunter account.
In the Quotas section, click Add next to Email accounts.
Select how many additional accounts you want and click Continue.
Confirm with Update my plan — your card is charged immediately, and the new slots are available right away.
💡 Any additional email account added is not charged immediately.
Instead, the first charge is pro-rated in the following billing cycle, plus the cost for the new billing period with the additional email accounts.
How to remove additional email account slots
How to remove additional email account slots
If your cold outreach plans have changed, you can easly remove extra email account slots you have previously added.
Follow these steps:
Go to your Email Account Center
Remove (disconnect) the email account connections you no longer need
Navigate to your Subscription section
Under Quotas, click Add
Decrease the number of email account connections to match what you want to keep
Click Continue to confirm the update
What happens next?
Your next invoice will reflect only the slots you’ve used up to that point
You won’t be charged for the removed email account slots going forward
Should you add more email accounts or upgrade your plan?
Should you add more email accounts or upgrade your plan?
If you plan to connect many additional existing email accounts, it may be more cost-effective to upgrade to a higher plan instead.
To upgrade:
Go to Subscription.
Click Change my plan.
Select the plan that fits your sending needs.
Confirm the change on the checkout page.
What to expect after connecting an email account
What to expect after connecting an email account
Once connected:
The account becomes available as a sender when creating sequences
Emails are sent directly through your email provider
You can assign the account to specific sequences
If multiple accounts are connected, you can enable account rotation
Do I need an additional email account slot if I purchase a managed email account?
Do I need an additional email account slot if I purchase a managed email account?
No — if you purchase a managed email account or domain through Hunter, the email account slot is already included.
You only need to purchase additional email account slots if you want to connect more existing sender accounts and have already reached your plan’s limit.