How do I see email sending history and errors?

Modified on Thu, 4 Dec at 11:32 AM

How do I see email sending history and errors?

If an email is on the bounce list, Hubhus will automatically stop trying to send future emails to that address.

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Hubhus provides multiple places to review how emails were sent, delivered, blocked, or bounced.
This article explains all available tools and how to use them to diagnose delivery issues.


1. Check email history directly on the lead

Every lead has a detailed history panel where you can filter for email activity.

How to open it

  1. Open the lead

  2. Scroll to History

  3. Use the search field at the top

  4. Type “email”, then select:

    • Emails sent

    • Delivered at

What you can see

  • When the email was triggered

  • Which automation or action sent it

  • The recipient

  • The subject line

  • Delivery result (Delivered / Failed)

  • Error text (if any)

  • Whether the email was opened (if email tracking is enabled)

This is the fastest way to confirm whether Hubhus attempted to send the email.


2. Check global email logs for bounce errors

If an email address is invalid or repeatedly rejected by a mail server, Hubhus marks it as bounced.
All bounce information is stored centrally under Account → Email logs.

Where to find bounce logs

  1. Go to Account

  2. Open Email logs

  3. Select Bouncing addresses

What bounce logs show

For each blocked email address you can see:

  • The failing email address

  • The bounce message returned by the mail server

  • When the first rejection happened

  • All leads that attempted to send to that address

  • Which emails failed

  • The exact rejection reason

Common bounce reasons

  • “User does not exist” — email address misspelled

  • “Mailbox unavailable” — inbox disabled

  • “No MX record” — domain cannot receive email

  • “Connection timed out” — receiving server unavailable

  • “Policy rejection” — recipient server rejected message (often due to SPF/DKIM)

If an email is on the bounce list, Hubhus will automatically stop trying to send future emails to that address.


3. Enable notifications when emails fail

You can receive automatic notifications when emails fail to deliver.

How to enable

  1. Go to Account → Email logs

  2. Open the Notifications tab

  3. Create or edit a notification rule

You can configure:

  • Who receives the notification

  • Notification frequency (e.g. once per hour)

  • Which campaigns to monitor

  • Whether to include all emails or only specific ones

This is useful for admins who want to monitor email delivery across the entire organisation.


4. Typical reasons emails fail (based on real Hubhus behaviour)

A. Invalid email

95% of all failures come from:

  • typos

  • spaces in the address

  • domain mistakes (e.g. gmial.com)

Bounce logs will confirm this.


B. Validation issues

Some campaigns have field validation rules that prevent:

  • automation triggers

  • email send actions

  • form submissions

For example:

  • invalid email format

  • required fields not filled

  • number fields containing text

Check the lead history → filter on Validation error.


C. Spam protection rules

Hubhus may block sending if:

  • max emails per lead is reached

  • max emails per address (24-hour limit) is exceeded

  • blacklist/whitelist rules apply

  • the lead has unsubscribed

These blocks appear in the lead’s History as “Blocked by spam protection”.


D. Domain verification problems

If your sending domain lacks proper DNS configuration, some recipients reject emails.
Check:

  • SPF

  • DKIM

  • DMARC

Domain-related errors are visible in the lead’s history or bounce logs.


5. Summary

You now have three ways to see exactly what happened to any email:

Lead-level history

✔ See what was sent
✔ See triggers
✔ See delivery status
✔ See exact error messages

Account-level bounce logs

✔ Permanent failures
✔ Reasons from the receiving server
✔ All failed attempts per address

Failure notifications

✔ Automatic alerts
✔ Campaign-specific monitoring

These tools combined make it possible to diagnose nearly any email delivery issue.

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? Also known as

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