Email validation upon insert

Last published at: 2024-01-22 10:23:46 UTC
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Record Validation can validate your email addresses upon entering or editing a record. If you want to configure an additional email field to validate, please read our Setup Guide.

Validate email addresses

To validate your email address, simply enter a value in the email field that is configured with Record Validation. Record Validation will analyze your input and will verify if it's valid. 

Email Status Codes

After validating an email address, Record Validation returns a status code, description, and advice. 

Status Code Description Advice 
304

Email is correct, but recognized as a disposable address.

Disposable emails are temporary accounts used to avoid using a real personal account during a sign-up process. Common providers of disposable emails include Mailinator, Guerilla Mail, AirMail, and 10 Minute Mail. These emails are fake or temporary emails. We advise not to send any emails to this address. 

Amber
310

Email is correct, but recognized as a spam-trap.

A spam-trap is a honeypot used to collect spam. Spam-traps are usually e-mail addresses that are created not for communication, but rather to lure spam. We advise not to send any emails to this address. 

Amber
311

Email is correct, but email server has a catch-all policy.

This is also known as an “catch-all”. This is a domain-wide setting where all emails on this domain will be reported as a catch-all. There is no definitive way to determine whether this email is valid or invalid. 

If you have a dedicated email server with your own IPs, catch all emails may be safe for sending dependent on the overall health of your list.

If you use a third party email provider that requires a bounce rate below 4%, these emails are not safe for sending.

Amber
312

Email is correct and confirmed as a real user.

A valid email address has been verified as a real email that is currently accepting mail. These emails exist and have been verified for safe sending.

Green
313

Email is correct, but can’t be associated with a particular person.

Role-based email addresses (like admin@, help@, sales@, leads@) are email addresses that are not associated with a particular person, but rather with a company, department, position or group of recipients. They are not generally intended for personal use, as they typically include a distribution list of recipients.

Green
314

Email is correct, recognized as a real user with a free email domain.

A valid free email address has been verified as a real email that is currently accepting mail. These emails exist and have been verified for safe sending.

Green
350

Email is incorrect.

This address is incorrect due to a syntax error. It is not an email address. 

Red
352

Email is correct, but verified as invalid (bounce).

An invalid email address has been verified as a bad recipient address that does not exist or is not accepting mail. Invalid emails will result in a bounce.

Green
353

Email is correct, but mail servers can’t be reached at this time.

We are unable to definitively determine this email’s status. This email appears to be OK, however the domain and/or server is not responding to our requests. This may be due to an issue with their internal network or expired domain names. Unknown addresses are checked up to 3 times before this result code is given.

If you have a dedicated email server with your own IPs, unknown emails are normally safe for sending.

If you use a third party email provider that requires a bounce rate below 4%, these emails are not safe for sending.

Amber
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How does Record Validation validate your Email Address?

Record Validation will analyze your input based on:

  • Real User verification (SMTP-based check to verify if an address is registered at domain provider)
  •  Syntax Check (check if the email address is RFC822 / RFC2822 compliant)
  • DNS Check (check if the email domain resolves correctly and has working MX mail exchanger records)
  • Freemail Check (determine if the email address is a freemail address, i.e. from a service providing free email)
  • Disposable Address check (checks to see if an email address is from a disposable email provider)
  • Catch-all domain (determines if the domain has a catch-all policy in place)
  •  Role Check (Return if an email address can't be associated with a particular person, but to a certain role only)