Marketing · n8n
Keep Your Email List Clean by Auto-Removing Hard Bounces
Protect your sender reputation — automatically capture hard bounces and suppress those addresses so you stop mailing dead inboxes.
difficulty Beginnersetup 25 minresult Your list stays clean and your deliverability high as invalid addresses are suppressed automatically.—
- 1
Receive Bounce Events
Add a
Webhooknode subscribed to your email provider's hard-bounce events. - 2
Confirm It's a Hard Bounce
Add an
IFnode continuing only for permanent failures, not temporary soft bounces. - 3
Suppress the Address
Add a
Mailchimpnode unsubscribing or archiving the bouncing address. - 4
Log for Review
Add a
Google Sheetsnode recording suppressed addresses for your records. - 5
Activate and Test
Activate the workflow and send a test to an invalid address. Confirm the bounce suppresses it.
Frequently asked questions
Why not remove soft bounces too?
Soft bounces are often temporary; suppress only after repeated soft bounces to avoid dropping valid contacts.
Does this improve open rates?
Yes — removing dead addresses lifts your engagement metrics and protects your sender reputation.
About this recipe. Recipes on FlowRecipesHub are written for business owners, not developers, and are tested before publishing — how recipes get made. Some ingredient links are affiliate links that cost you nothing — full disclosure.