Does the P.S. still pull in 2025

Old-school lore says a P.S. lifts response 8-12% in sales letters; in email campaigns I’m getting higher CTR with a P.S. but more spam flags and lower deliverability. Keep it for clicks or cut it for inboxing?

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If it’s hurting deliverability, cut it in cold sends and keep it only for warmed/engaged segments. When you do use it, make it a single plain‑text line under the sig with one branded link (no UTMs/redirects) and A/B it against no P.S. while watching seed inboxing and complaint rate in Postmaster/Seedlist for a week.

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