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ETourism
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Hard bounce on valid contact

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Hi, someone has got in touch with us to say she's not receiving our emails. I've checked and her email address is correct/valid but it's previously hard bounced. 

 

We're on the free plan, so I can't choose to unbounce. If I delete her as a contact and ask her to re-sign up, will her address be unbounced?

 

Thanks

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TomM2
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Thought Leader | Platinum Partner
Thought Leader | Platinum Partner

Hard bounce on valid contact

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Hey @ETourism have you 100% verified that the email is correct? There's no spelling mistakes or additional characters in it? It's quite rare to get a false report for a hard bounce, but maybe @CommunityTeam  can help you unbounce them if you have proof it's valid! 

Tom Mahon
Technical Consultant | Solutions Engineer | Community Champion
Baskey Digitial

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ArisudanTiwari
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Guide | Gold Partner
Guide | Gold Partner

Hard bounce on valid contact

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Hello @ETourism ,

When an email hard bounces in HubSpot, even on the Free plan, it’s added to a global suppression list. This helps protect email deliverability not just for your account, but for all HubSpot users. So unfortunately, just deleting and re-adding the contact won’t reset the bounce status.

One thing you can try is asking the person to fill out a new form. If the original bounce happened because of something temporary (like a mail server glitch), sometimes a new form submission can trigger HubSpot to re-check the address. It’s not guaranteed, but worth trying!

On the Free plan, you won’t be able to request manual unbounces, but if you upgrade the HubSpot plan or work with a HubSpot support team, they can help manually clear valid addresses.

Hope this helps!

If my reply answered your question, please mark it as a solution to make it easier for others to find.


Cheers!

Arisudan Tiwari
HubSpot Advisor



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ArisudanTiwari
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Guide | Gold Partner
Guide | Gold Partner

Hard bounce on valid contact

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Hello @ETourism ,

When an email hard bounces in HubSpot, even on the Free plan, it’s added to a global suppression list. This helps protect email deliverability not just for your account, but for all HubSpot users. So unfortunately, just deleting and re-adding the contact won’t reset the bounce status.

One thing you can try is asking the person to fill out a new form. If the original bounce happened because of something temporary (like a mail server glitch), sometimes a new form submission can trigger HubSpot to re-check the address. It’s not guaranteed, but worth trying!

On the Free plan, you won’t be able to request manual unbounces, but if you upgrade the HubSpot plan or work with a HubSpot support team, they can help manually clear valid addresses.

Hope this helps!

If my reply answered your question, please mark it as a solution to make it easier for others to find.


Cheers!

Arisudan Tiwari
HubSpot Advisor



Grazitti

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TomM2
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Thought Leader | Platinum Partner
Thought Leader | Platinum Partner

Hard bounce on valid contact

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Hey @ETourism have you 100% verified that the email is correct? There's no spelling mistakes or additional characters in it? It's quite rare to get a false report for a hard bounce, but maybe @CommunityTeam  can help you unbounce them if you have proof it's valid! 

Tom Mahon
Technical Consultant | Solutions Engineer | Community Champion
Baskey Digitial

Book a consultation

Did my post help answer your query? Help the community (and me) by marking it as a solution.


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ETourism
Member

Hard bounce on valid contact

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Yep, it's definitely correct - she's emailing me on exactly the same email address as the one we have saved in her contact info on HubSpot. 

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DianaGomez
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hard bounce on valid contact

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Hi @ETourism and thanks for the ping @TomM2!

 

@ETourism Could you please send me the contact's email address via direct message? This will allow me to review it internally.

 

Thanks!
Diana

ETourism
Member

Hard bounce on valid contact

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Amazing, thank you! The address is {email redacted} 🙂 

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DianaGomez
Community Manager
Community Manager

Hard bounce on valid contact

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Hi @ETourism

 

This is all set 🙂

 

Hope you have a great day!

Diana