Connect Your Inboxes to Instantly and Start Warmup
Sign up to Instantly
Sign up to Instantly. The Growth plan is enough for the setup in this guide. It includes unlimited inboxes and warmup, and up to 5,000 emails per month. Upgrade to Hypergrowth when you need to send more than that.
Add your inboxes
- Google Workspace
- Zoho Mail
Instantly connects to Google Workspace with Google sign-in (OAuth), so you don't need to share passwords. You must first allow Instantly in your Google Admin console. You only need to do this once.
Allow Instantly in Google Workspace:
- In Instantly, go to Email Accounts > Add New > Google / Gmail / Google Workspace
- Choose the OAuth option. Instantly shows a Client ID. Copy it.
- In the Google Admin console, log in as your administrator and go to Security > Access and data control > API controls > Manage third-party app access
- Select Configure new app, paste the Client ID and select Search
- Select Instantly from the results, choose who it applies to (all users), then set access to Trusted and select Finish
Add each inbox:
- In Instantly, go to Email Accounts > Add New > Google / Gmail / Google Workspace
- Choose OAuth and select Login
- Sign in as the inbox you want to add (for example [email protected]) and allow access
- The inbox now appears on the Email Accounts page
Repeat for each inbox. Instantly's help center has the latest Google Workspace steps if the screens look different.
Find your server details:
In Zoho Mail, go to Settings > Mail accounts > IMAP to see the IMAP and SMTP server names for your region (for example imap.zoho.com and smtp.zoho.com, or imap.zoho.eu and smtp.zoho.eu in Europe). Keep this page open.
Add each inbox:
- In Instantly, go to Email Accounts > Add New
- Select Any Provider (IMAP / SMTP)
- Enter the first name, last name and email address, then select Next
- Enter the inbox password and IMAP host (port 993), then select Next
- Enter the SMTP host (port 465 or 587), then select Submit
- The inbox now appears on the Email Accounts page
Repeat for each inbox.
Turn on warmup
On the Email Accounts page, select the flame icon next to each inbox. It changes from grey to a color when warmup is on.

Select an inbox to see its warmup progress. This example has been warming up for 4 days:

Leave the default warmup settings. Instantly increases the number of warmup emails slowly each day. Aim for a warmup health score close to 100% before you start sending campaigns.