# Email Verifier - Syntax, MX, Disposable & Role Check (`ninhothedev/email-verifier`) Actor

$1/1K 🔥 Fast email verifier! Syntax, MX, disposable, role & free-provider detection — no SMTP needed. JSON, CSV, Excel or API in seconds. Paste emails & validate thousands for list cleaning & lead qualification ⚡

- **URL**: https://apify.com/ninhothedev/email-verifier.md
- **Developed by:** [ninhothedev](https://apify.com/ninhothedev) (community)
- **Categories:** Lead generation, Automation, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $1.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## 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

```json
{
  "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:

```json
{
  "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 | ❌ |

***

### Related Actors

- [Website Contact Extractor](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/website-contact-extractor) - pull emails & phones from any site.
- [DNS Records Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/dns-records-scraper) - full DNS record dumps for any domain.
- [RDAP Domain Scraper](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/rdap-domain-scraper) - registration & ownership data.
- [SEO On-Page Auditor](https://apify.com/ninhothedev/seo-onpage-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.

# Actor input Schema

## `emails` (type: `array`):

List of email addresses to verify. Each is checked for syntax, MX/DNS records, and disposable / role / free-provider status. Duplicates (case-insensitive) are removed automatically.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of unique emails to verify in one run. Extra emails beyond this limit are ignored. Range 1-5000.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "emails": [
    "john@gmail.com",
    "test@mailinator.com"
  ],
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "emails": [
        "john@gmail.com",
        "test@mailinator.com",
        "info@apify.com",
        "not-an-email"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("ninhothedev/email-verifier").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "emails": [
        "john@gmail.com",
        "test@mailinator.com",
        "info@apify.com",
        "not-an-email",
    ] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("ninhothedev/email-verifier").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "emails": [
    "john@gmail.com",
    "test@mailinator.com",
    "info@apify.com",
    "not-an-email"
  ]
}' |
apify call ninhothedev/email-verifier --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=ninhothedev/email-verifier",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/C5rbqw10fGhI5PwzZ/builds/axq5e0otDST47zZnG/openapi.json