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Email Validation Service

Email validation and verification that reduces bounce rates

Overview

Improve accuracy and ensure the validity of every email address in your database. Our software instantly matches addresses against known dead domains, malicious addresses and common typing errors.

Our six-step cleaning & validation process

  1. 01

    Keyword scrub

    We remove addresses containing words like spam, junk and abuse.

  2. 02

    Bounce file compare

    We compare against 19.5 million known bounces — including challenge-response and removal requests — and remove matches.

  3. 03

    Complainers file

    We remove matches from our complainers file, plus SpamCop members (we hold about 75% of the SpamCop database).

  4. 04

    Domain screening

    We remove spam-seed, bot, blacklisted and bogus domains using a list of 156,000+ domains we own and maintain.

  5. 05

    Mailbox validation

    Our proprietary verification system checks every address to confirm it can accept email.

  6. 06

    98% accuracy guarantee

    Despite the unknowns in list cleaning, we guarantee 98% accuracy.

Who it’s for

  • Email marketersProtect sender reputation and inbox placement before every major send.
  • Companies with old databasesRevive lists that have not been mailed for months or years.
  • Lead-gen & event teamsClean form fills and badge scans before they enter the CRM.
  • ESP migrationsStart on a new email platform with a clean, low-bounce list.

What you receive

  • Status per address (valid, invalid, risky, unknown)
  • Reason codes for removals
  • Clean mail-ready file
  • Summary report of list health

Files are exchanged securely, processed in-house and never resold or reused.

Frequently asked questions

How fast is validation?

Most files are processed within 24–48 hours depending on size. Urgent turnaround is available on request.

What is a “risky” address?

Catch-all domains, role accounts (such as info@ or sales@) and addresses with a poor history. We flag them separately so you can decide whether to mail them.

Do you send emails to my contacts during validation?

No. Validation checks domains, mail servers and our suppression files without sending any message to your contacts.

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