Drip Send is a personal email outreach app for Mac. You import a CSV, map and review the contacts, preview each personalised message, and send through your own mailbox or SMTP provider with daily and hourly limits. Follow-ups are sent on a schedule and stop when someone replies. Your lists and campaigns stay on your Mac. It is a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store.
The workflow
- Connect your mailbox. Enter your SMTP details, using an app password where your provider requires one, and send yourself a test.
- Import a CSV. Email, first name, company and any columns you will actually use for personalisation.
- Map and review contacts. Remove anyone who does not belong before anything is queued.
- Write the first email and one or two follow-ups.
- Preview every message with its merged values. This catches the empty first-name field before the recipient does.
- Set limits. Daily and hourly caps and a delay between sends.
- Start the queue. Replies arrive in your normal inbox, and follow-ups stop for anyone who replies.
Who uses it
| Who | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Solo founders | Reaching early customers, podcast hosts, journalists or potential partners |
| Freelancers and consultants | A monthly batch of well-chosen prospects |
| Small agencies | Separate, reviewable outreach for each client |
| Recruiters | Candidate and hiring-manager outreach that is not a blast |
| Researchers and indie makers | Interview requests, beta invitations |
Compared with newsletter tools and CRMs
| Drip Send | Newsletter platform (such as Mailchimp) | Sales CRM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Built for | Small one-to-one outreach | Opt-in broadcasts to an audience | Managing a pipeline and team |
| Sends from | Your own mailbox or SMTP | The platform's servers | Varies |
| Where the list lives | On your Mac | In the platform's cloud | In the CRM's cloud |
| Looks like | A normal email from you | A designed campaign with an unsubscribe footer | Varies |
| Pricing | One-time purchase | Usually monthly, by list size | Usually monthly, per user |
If you send a newsletter to subscribers, use a newsletter platform. If you run a sales team, use a CRM. Drip Send is for the job in between.
Before your first batch
- Is every person on the list there for a reason you could explain to them?
- Have you sent yourself a test and read it on a phone?
- Are SPF, DKIM and DMARC passing for your domain?
- Is the daily limit lower than feels necessary?
- Does each message have a hand-written first line?
- Do you know what you will do when someone says yes?
The free ready-to-send checklist covers these in more detail. Start with ten contacts, read the replies, and only then queue the rest.
Privacy
Contact lists are sensitive. Drip Send runs locally: CSV lists and campaign data stay on your Mac, and mail goes out through your own provider. That reduces how many companies hold your contacts' details. You remain responsible for how you obtained the list and for complying with the law where you and your recipients are.
Getting good results
- Keep lists small and relevant.
- Authenticate your domain and pace sending: see the deliverability guide.
- Three touches, then stop: see the follow-up cadence.
- Review a batch weekly and adjust the first line before adding volume.
Free tools: the pace planner, the follow-up sequence planner, the ready-to-send checklist and a CSV contact-review template.
When not to use it
Drip Send is not for purchased lists, mass newsletters or high-volume automation. If you need opt-in broadcasts, use a newsletter platform. Laws on unsolicited email differ by country; check the rules that apply to you and your recipients, and always honour requests to stop.
It is also Mac only, and it does not provide contact data. You bring your own list.
Price
Drip Send is a one-time purchase on the Mac App Store, $34.99 at the time of writing, with support by email from the developer. It is also part of the Yuzool Mac bundle.
Common questions
Does Drip Send send from my own email address?
Yes. It sends through your own mailbox or SMTP provider.
Does it work with Gmail?
Yes, over SMTP, normally with a Google App Password. Stay well inside Gmail's sending limits.
Where is my contact list stored?
On your Mac.
Will it stop following up if someone replies?
Yes.
Is it a subscription?
No. It is a one-time purchase.
Send a careful batch from your own mailbox: Get Drip Send.