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Bounce Detection

Hard bounces suppress the address at once; soft bounces are counted and suppress after three in seven days; and when a workspace's bounce rate crosses 5% in 24 hours, sending pauses automatically to protect your reputation.

Automatic Bounce Classification

Hard bounce detection
Permanent failures like invalid addresses are immediately flagged and suppressed
Soft bounce counting
Temporary failures are logged with their sub-type; three soft bounces to one address within seven days suppress it
Auto-suppression
Addresses that hard bounce are added to the suppression list — no repeat sending
Auto-pause
A bounce rate above 5% over 24 hours (configurable per workspace) pauses sending until the rate recovers
Bounce Categories
Invalid address (hard)
Mailbox does not exist — permanently suppressed after first failure
Mailbox full (soft)
Logged as soft with the diagnostic code; suppressed after three soft bounces in seven days
Domain not found (hard)
DNS lookup failed — domain does not exist or has no MX records
Temporary failure (soft)
Logged with the provider's sub-type; counts toward the three-in-seven rule
Questions

Common questions, straight answers.

How does PostFrame tell a hard bounce from a soft one?

From the provider's notification: a permanent bounce is classified hard, a transient one soft, and anything else undetermined. The sub-type and diagnostic code are logged with the bounce.

When is a soft-bouncing address suppressed?

After three soft bounces to the same address within seven days. A single full-mailbox bounce does not suppress anyone.

What is the bounce-rate pause?

PostFrame checks your bounce rate over the last 24 hours against a threshold — 5% by default, adjustable per workspace. Above it, sending pauses; the check re-runs and lifts the pause when the rate recovers.

Do bounces fire a webhook?

Yes. email.bounced carries bounce_type, bounce_sub_type, diagnostic_code and the provider name alongside the email's ID, subject and tags.

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