Email Verifier - Bulk Email Validation (Syntax, MX, Disposable & Role Check)

Clean and qualify your email lists in bulk. Email Verifier validates every address for correct syntax, checks live MX / DNS records to confirm the domain can actually receive mail, and flags disposable, role-based, and free-provider addresses - so you keep sending to real, reachable people.

No SMTP handshakes, no proxies, no login. The Actor uses DNS-over-HTTPS, so it runs reliably on datacenter IPs and never gets blocked. Fast, deterministic, and privacy-friendly.

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What it does

For every email you submit, you get back a structured record:

Field	Meaning
email	The address that was checked
valid_syntax	Passes robust RFC-style syntax validation
domain	Extracted domain part
has_mx	Domain has MX (or fallback A) records - can receive mail
mx_records	Mail-exchange hosts, sorted by preference
is_disposable	Temporary / throwaway domain (mailinator, guerrillamail, etc.)
is_role	Role address (info@, support@, sales@, admin@ ...)
is_free_provider	Free mailbox (gmail, outlook, yahoo, gmx ...)
status	valid, risky, or invalid (see below)
scraped_at	UTC timestamp of the check

Status logic

• invalid - bad syntax, or the domain has no MX/A record
• risky - disposable domain or role-based address
• valid - everything checks out

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Input

{
  "emails": [
    "john@gmail.com",
    "test@mailinator.com",
    "info@apify.com",
    "not-an-email"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}

Property	Type	Default	Description
emails	array	-	Email addresses to verify. Duplicates removed automatically.
maxItems	integer	100	Max unique emails per run (1-5000).

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Output

One dataset item per email:

{
  "email": "john@gmail.com",
  "valid_syntax": true,
  "domain": "gmail.com",
  "has_mx": true,
  "mx_records": ["gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com", "alt1.gmail-smtp-in.l.google.com"],
  "is_disposable": false,
  "is_role": false,
  "is_free_provider": true,
  "status": "valid",
  "scraped_at": "2026-07-03T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or HTML, or pull results through the Apify API.

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Use cases

• List cleaning - remove typos, dead domains, and junk before you import.
• Lead qualification - drop disposable and role addresses from prospect lists.
• Deliverability protection - lower bounce rates and protect sender reputation.
• CRM hygiene - keep contact records accurate and mailable over time.

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Pricing

Roughly $1 per 1,000 emails verified (plus Apify platform usage). Because it uses DNS-over-HTTPS instead of SMTP probing, runs are fast and cheap, with no proxy costs.

Cost example: verifying 5,000 emails costs about $5 and finishes in minutes.

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Why this Actor (comparison)

	This Actor	SMTP-based verifiers	Manual checking
Works on datacenter IPs	✅	❌ (often blocked)	-
Needs proxies	❌	✅	-
Disposable / role / free flags	✅	Sometimes	❌
Deterministic & fast	✅	❌ (timeouts)	❌
Bulk friendly	✅	Slow	❌

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• DNS Records Scraper - full DNS record dumps for any domain.
• RDAP Domain Scraper - registration & ownership data.
• SEO On-Page Auditor - technical on-page SEO checks.

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Support

Questions, feature requests, or a bug? Reach out through the Apify Console issues tab on the Actor page - we respond fast.

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Keywords: email verifier, email validation, bulk email checker, MX record lookup, disposable email detection, role email detection, email list cleaning, deliverability, lead qualification, CRM hygiene.