Before launching an email sequence in Hunter, it’s important to review your Email Sequence's settings to ensure everything is configured correctly.
The Email Sequence Settings and Review sections help you double-check key details, such as your email content and attributes, your sender information, tracking options, sending window, and deliverability settings,so your outreach runs smoothly and performs as expected.
Review your emails before sending
Use the Review step to check each email and apply last-minute edits or personalization.
Preview every message before it’s sent.
Manually edit specific emails.
Adjust tone, personalization, or follow-up text per lead.
Each modified message is marked with an Edited tag.
💡 Once an individual email is edited in the Review tab, future changes in the Content section won’t overwrite your edits.
Configure your email sequence settings
In the Settings step, you can adjust all key preferences before sending.
Choose your sender accounts.
Enable or disable open and link tracking.
Set custom sending days and hours.
Schedule a start date.
Manage your unsubscribe sentence and reply detection.
Set sender accounts
Select which email account(s) will send messages for your email sequence.
Choose one or several senders (multiple senders available on paid plans).
Add new senders by clicking + Add account.
Enable Email Account Rotation by adding multiple senders and distributing the sending volume evenly.
Toggle Add BCC to copy another address on each outgoing message.
You can also edit sender details (limit, name, alias) using the pen icon next to each account.
Track opens and link clicks
Tracking engagement helps you understand how recipients interact with your email sequence.
Open tracking: Counts how many times your emails are opened (available to all users).
Link tracking: Tracks clicks on links within your message (available on Starter plans and higher).
You can toggle both options on or off in the Settings step.
Metrics appear in your Sequences Engagement dashboard once sending begins.
👉 Learn more: Tracking open rates in Sequences
Set a custom sending window
Control exactly when your emails are sent by defining the days and time window they can go out, or schedule the entire sequence to start at a future date.
To keep in mind:
If all emails can’t be sent within your window, Hunter automatically resumes on the next scheduled day.
Follow-ups respect the same schedule.
Any change to the sending window or unsubscribe sentence inside the Settings tab applies only to that email sequence.
Schedule an email sequence start date
You can set your email sequence to begin on a specific future date:
Check "Start the email sequence on a specific day".
Choose a date from the calendar.
Hunter automatically accounts for time zone and seasonal changes.
The email sequence will show a Planned status until it starts, and the next send date will appear in your Settings overview.
Set an average delay between emails
Hunter sends emails with a default delay of 30 seconds between messages to simulate natural sending and protect your reputation.
💡The maximum delay that can be set is 10 minutes (600 seconds)
You can adjust this in the Sequences Settings → Sending Window in the general settings (note: this is not the sending window section of your email sequence)
Increasing the delay applies the change across all email sequences.
Manage the unsubscribe sentence
Hunter automatically includes an unsubscribe sentence in every email sequence for compliance and deliverability.
You can customize or deactivate it in the Settings tab of your email sequence:
To deactivate: Uncheck Insert an unsubscribe link in the emails.
To re-enable: Check the same box again.
To edit: Type your preferred text in the unsubscribe field.
👉 To update the default unsubscribe sentence for all email sequences, go to your Unsubscriptions settings.
💡Global unsubscribe settings won’t override email sequences' specific text once it's customised.
💡 Remember to hit "Save settings" if you want to change the unsubscribe sentences' wording for your email sequence.
About Unsubscriptions
The Unsubscriptions list in your Hunter account contains all recipients who:
Clicked an unsubscribe link.
Replied with a request to unsubscribe.
Were manually added to the list.
Once a lead is unsubscribed, Hunter automatically blocks all future messages to that contact — even if re-added to a new email sequence.
💡 A lead can unsubscribe simply by replying to your email with a request, even if no unsubscribe link is included. Hunter automatically detects these cases.
👉 To learn more about subscriptions, see: Manage unsubscriptions in Hunter
Launch your email sequence
Once everything looks good:
Navigate to the Settings step
Click Launch at the top of your screen to open up a confirmation
Review the summary modal showing:
Sender accounts
Number of recipients
Daily limit and duration
Start date and follow-up schedule
Confirm Launch to set your email sequence active.
🎉 Hunter will handle the delivery automatically — you can monitor engagement, replies, and metrics in real time.
ℹ️ To ensure the best deliverability, emails are not sent from Hunter servers but your connected email account's servers.
Best practices before launching your email sequence
💡 For the best deliverability and engagement:
Use plain text emails when possible without too much formatting.
Keep your first message concise and personalized.
Avoid attachments in the initial email.
Double-check your sending limits and sending window.
What’s next
Once your email sequence is live, you can monitor results in the Sequences' Statistic tab — track opens, clicks, and replies to optimize future outreach.
