Email Validation Guide
Check if an email address is deliverable using our Email Validation service.
Available Information
The following information is available when you send an address to our Email Validation Service.
Can this address receive emails?
The most important attribute we return is called the result. This indicates whether you can expect an email address to be valid. The result can be Deliverable
, Undeliverable
or Unknown
.
- Deliverable. Emails are received by the intended recipient.
- Undeliverable. If you receive an "undeliverable" notification for an email you sent, it could be because the recipient's email server is temporarily unavailable or experiencing high volume, or because the server could not be found. If the server is temporarily down for maintenance or some other reason, you will need to wait to resend the email. However, if the email continues to bounce back, it is possible that the server is no longer in operation.
- Unknown. No data is availbale for this mail address.
Deliverable Email Addresses
Indicates email deliverability.
deliverable
can be true
or false
.
Catchall Addresses
Indicates the domain appears to accept all emails addressed to that domain.
catchall
can be true
or false
.
Free Email Supplier
Indicates the address uses a free email service like gmail.com or outlook.com.
free
can be true
or false
.
Role
Indicates the address is a role address. For example: admin@example.com, support@ideal-postcodes.co.uk, etc.
role
can be true
or false
.
Disposable
Checks if the email address uses a disposable domain like temp-mail.org or guerillamail.com.
disposable
can be true
or false
.
API Integration
Supply the email address as query
along with your api_key
to our Emails API as below:
https://api.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/v1/emails?api_key=YOUR_KEY&query=support@ideal-postcodes.co.uk
Full information can be found in our API Documentation.