Help Center > Verify Email Addresses > Results of Verification
The results of verification are shown in a grid.
Each property can be assigned one of the following values: pass, fail, unknown, or notused.
Email Verification List can have a certain status, depending on your limits as a user, and the progress of the verification process.
Here is a detailed explanation for each status:
This number from 0 to 100 represents the likelihood the email address is valid, and is expressed as a percentage.
The score for Free and Disposable emails will be 50 by default, because we are not checking SMTP for these types of emails.
The email address(es) you put in the text box, e.g. user@example.com
Checks if the email address is spelled correctly and has the correct symbols in the right order.
If marked as 'pass', then the address is a properly formatted email address, e.g. user@example.com
If marked as 'fail', then the address is not properly formatted, e.g. user@domain@com
This property will be marked as 'pass' if the email address is role-based which means that it has as an Email Local Part words like: admin, office, shop, support, contact, help, info, sales, etc.
E.g. sales@example.com
If an email address was created with one of the Free Email Service Providers, like Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, etc., this property will be marked as 'pass', e.g. john.smith@gmail.com
The score for these email addresses will be 50 by default, because we are not checking SMTP for these types of emails.
Will be marked as 'pass' if the email address has a domain name used for temporary email addresses.
The score for these email addresses will be 50 by default, because we are not checking SMTP for these types of emails.
Identifies the randomness of an email to determine if it is likely to be temporary or disposable.
If an email address is gibberish, meaning 'not real', this property will be noted as 'pass'.
This would be a perfect example of such email address: d-1s030olkz6iy0qzip5leek008a@maildrop.cc
It refers to an email address that is not actively used for legitimate communication but is instead set up or repurposed by email service providers or anti-spam organizations to identify and catch spammers.
A parked domain refers to a registered domain name that is temporarily set aside and does not have its own dedicated website or content.
Instead, it typically displays a placeholder page or may redirect visitors to another website.
Greylisting technology is temporarily preventing the validation attempt.
If you try submitting the emails marked as greylisted again, they will often be successfully validated on a later try.
If marked as 'pass' that means that email address is valid, ie. emails sent to that domain can be delivered.
It refers to the external service or system responsible for managing and validating email addresses, typically represented by the registered domain of the mail server hosting the verification service.
It refers to the configuration of the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server associated with a particular domain.
SMTP is a standard protocol for sending emails, and the SMTP server is responsible for handling outgoing mail.
If marked as 'pass' that means that we are able to connect to the SMTP server (indicated in MX records).
If marked as 'pass' that means that emails will not be delivered to those addresses.
A domain name that represents the full domain hierarchy and is listed in a public suffix list.
The part of an email address before the "@" symbol, often representing the individual or entity.
E.g. 'user' is a Local Part of this email address: user@example.com.
The complete domain address, including all labels and the top-level domain, providing a unique web or email identifier.
E.g. 'example.com' is a FQDN of this email address: user@example.com.
The highest level of a domain that can be registered, often used to identify separate entities.
E.g. 'com' is a PSD of this email address: user@example.com.
The highest level in the domain naming system, such as .com, .org, or .net.
The labels in a Fully Qualified Domain Name that are not part of the Public Suffix Domain.
E.g. 'example' in this email address: user@example.com.
The part of a domain that can be registered, excluding subdomains.
A label within a domain that is eligible for registration, excluding subdomain labels.
A subset of a domain, created by adding a prefix to the main domain.
The individual labels within a subdomain.
The specific label that distinguishes a subdomain from the main domain.