Email deliverability. Outbound infrastructure. GTM engineering.

When business email misses the inbox, start with the evidence.

Neotiqa is a UK consultancy for email deliverability, outbound infrastructure and GTM engineering. We investigate delivery problems, implement agreed improvements and build the systems behind outbound sales. We also run managed outreach and help sales teams turn interested replies into useful conversations.

Work directly with the founder. Agree a written scope and price before work starts.

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Evidence table: two messages from the same rep, same day, decoded from full headersIllustrative

Message A Delivered to inbox

Exchange Online→Recipient tenant→Inbox

Authentication-Results
spf=pass dkim=pass dmarc=pass compauth=pass reason=100
X-Forefront-Antispam-Report
CAT:NONE; SFV:NSPM; DIR:INB; IPV:NLI
Sending route
Outlook client, corporate domain, signed by the tenant
Template
Personal reply, no tracking links

Message B Junked

Sequencer→Exchange Online→Recipient tenant→Junk

Authentication-Results
spf=pass dkim=fail (signature did not verify) dmarc=pass compauth=pass reason=100
X-Forefront-Antispam-Report
CAT:SPM; SFV:SPM; DIR:INB; SRV:BULK
Sending route
Sequencer via SMTP, tracking domain on a shared host
Template
Sequence step 2, tracked links, open pixel

What this tells us: authentication is not the whole story. Both messages pass DMARC, yet the sequencer route fails DKIM verification and the recipient filter categorises that message as spam and bulk. Nothing here points at the SPF record. The next step is to investigate the signing path, the tracking domain and the template, then confirm with controlled tests which change actually moves placement.

Environments we assess and build in
  • Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online
  • Google Workspace
  • HubSpot
  • Salesforce
  • Outreach
  • Salesloft
  • Apollo
  • Snov.io
  • Instantly
  • Smartlead
  • Clay
  • n8n and Make
Services

Five services. One joined-up way of working.

Start with the problem you need to solve. We can investigate delivery, build a sending setup, connect your sales tools, run outreach or coach the team handling replies.

The assessment

What a deliverability assessment actually involves.

An assessment is a bounded investigation. We map the domains, mailboxes and sending applications in scope, then check authentication on real messages from the agreed routes. We examine available configuration, traces and received headers, review the relevant sales tools and use controlled tests where they can answer a useful question.

Access is read-only and time-limited, or you provide exports and we work alongside your IT team or MSP. Nobody’s inbox is read. Nothing is changed during the assessment.

You receive an environment map, findings with the evidence behind them, a prioritised plan with owners and dependencies, an executive summary, a technical handover and a findings workshop.

Findings

  • Confirmed issues, with the evidence
  • Plausible causes, with what would confirm them
  • Open questions and what they depend on

Priorities

  • Ordered by impact and dependency
  • Quick corrections separated from structural changes
  • What to leave alone

Owners

  • IT or MSP: DNS, tenant, policies
  • Sales Ops: sequencer, templates, cadence
  • Marketing: shared platforms and lists

Next steps

  • Written specification for each change
  • Validation round after implementation
  • Monitoring, if wanted
How an assessment report is structured: what was found, what to do first, who owns it and what happens next.Illustrative
The joined-up approach

Why fixing only the DNS, or only the copy, rarely settles it.

The sending platform, the route a message takes and the recipient’s controls all affect the result. Authentication can pass while a message is still filtered. A CRM message can also behave differently from a message sent directly. The evidence needs to follow the actual route before anyone chooses a fix.

So we look at the whole path before recommending anything, and we say which problems are confirmed, which are plausible and which are still open. The same discipline runs through the data and workflow side: a clean sending setup fed by duplicate contacts and unsuppressed opt-outs will not stay clean for long.

1. Sending platform
  • Mailbox client
  • Sequencer or CRM
  • Marketing platform
  • Volume, cadence, ramp
2. Authentication
  • SPF, per sending route
  • DKIM signature intact?
  • DMARC alignment and policy
  • Reverse DNS, TLS
3. Recipient filtering
  • Domain and IP reputation
  • Content and link signals
  • Bulk and complaint history
  • Tenant policies, gateways
Inbox Accepted and placed where people read.
Junk Accepted, filed out of sight. Bounce reports say nothing.
Quarantine or rejected Held by policy, or refused with an NDR.
The path a business email takes. Different stages can affect delivery, and each needs different evidence.Illustrative
How we work

Assess, build, manage and improve.

You can commission an assessment without a retainer, or a defined build when the requirements are already clear. Every engagement has a written scope, access requirements, responsibilities and deliverables.

Assess

Establish the evidence first

The current setup, the constraints, the priorities and what would confirm each suspicion. Suits deliverability investigations, infrastructure reviews and workflow discovery.

  • Written scope and access requirements before we start
  • Read-only, with your IT team or MSP alongside
  • Findings, priorities, owners and next steps
Build

Implement what was approved

Remediation, infrastructure or integrations, delivered to a written specification with testing, documentation and handover.

  • A specification for each change
  • Change control and a rollback plan
  • A validation round once it is live
Manage and improve

Keep it working

Monitoring, campaign operation, workflow maintenance and coaching where agreed, with a reporting and review cadence set at the start.

  • DMARC reports, blocklists, bounce data and placement checks
  • Configuration-change review and trends
  • Scoped, not unlimited

Run an agency? We work as the technical partner behind your brand on deliverability, infrastructure and campaign delivery, scoped and quoted per client.

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Who you work with

Work directly with Peter Black, Neotiqa’s founder.

Peter brings sales and training experience across small businesses, mid-market and enterprise, alongside practical work building outbound systems and investigating email delivery. You speak to the person doing the work, from the first scoping conversation through to the handover.

That combination matters when a technical issue is holding back a commercial team. Findings need to make sense to the administrator making the change and the sales leader deciding what to do next.

FAQ

Questions people ask before they get in touch

Do you need access to our systems?

We never need passwords or unrestricted mailbox access. Depending on the scope, we work through read-only reporting access agreed in writing, guided sessions with your administrator, or exports your team provides. Any message samples are supplied through an agreed process by the people affected, and nothing is changed while we investigate.

How long does a deliverability assessment take?

Typically three to five weeks from kick-off to the findings workshop. The range depends on how many domains, sending routes and regions are involved and how quickly evidence arrives. We state the client time needed up front, usually a day of IT time in total, half a day from sales operations and short interviews with the people affected.

Do you work with both Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace?

Yes. Most assessment work is on Microsoft 365 and Exchange Online, including Defender for Office 365 policies, connectors and message trace. We also assess Google Workspace tenants and mixed environments where sales tools sit on top of either.

Can you fix the problems as well as diagnose them?

Yes, as a separately scoped piece of work. Remediation follows a written specification. Your administrators make the production changes under change control, or we make them where you prefer and access allows, and there is a validation round afterwards. Monitoring is optional after that.

Will cold email damage our main domain?

It can, which is why cold outbound belongs on dedicated domains and inboxes with their own authentication and monitoring. Separation reduces the risk to the corporate domain. It does not make outreach risk-free, and it has to stay inside the sending providers’ limits and acceptable-use rules.

Do you work outside the UK?

Yes, where the engagement is scoped for it. Neotiqa is UK-based and works remotely with international teams, including sales teams spread across regions. We do not have overseas offices or a large team, and we say so.

Do you white-label your work for agencies?

Yes. We work as the technical partner behind agency brands on deliverability assessments, outbound infrastructure and campaign delivery. Each client is scoped and quoted separately, under a written agreement with clear confidentiality. See the agencies page.

Do you guarantee inbox placement?

No, and be careful of anyone who does. Placement is decided by receiving systems that nobody outside them controls. What we commit to is the evidence, the specification, the validation and plain reporting on what is confirmed, what is plausible and what is still unknown.

Tell us where things are getting stuck.

A short conversation about your setup, what you have noticed and what you want to change. No obligation, and a clear next step either way.