# Changelog of Email Validator & Verifier | $0.6/1K | Cleanup + Finder (`apivault_labs/email-validator`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/apivault\_labs/email-validator/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/apivault\_labs/email-validator.md

## Changelog

### 0.9

- **Docs refresh.** README rewritten to focus on results and output fields.

### 0.8

- **Faster mailbox verification.** Live SMTP checks now run significantly faster
  on cloud platforms.
- **Faster startup.**

### 0.7

- **More reliable at scale.** A single malformed address can no longer affect the
  rest of the run.
- **Accurate billing.** Delivery always respects the run's charge limit.

### 0.6

- **Pricing made explicit.** README states the flat **$1 / 1,000 results**,
  pay-per-result model (no subscription, no API key), with a matching FAQ entry.
- **New actor icon.**
- **Consistent output columns.** Invalid addresses now return
  `freeProvider` / `roleBased` / `disposable` as `false` instead of leaving the
  cells blank, so the results table is uniform.

### 0.5

- **Live SMTP mailbox check now works reliably on cloud platforms**, returning
  `valid` / `not_valid` / `unknown` for the specific mailbox.
- **Faster bulk SMTP verification.**
- **Docs refresh** — documents all output fields (`mailboxExists`, `catchAll`,
  `smtpConnected`), use cases and a FAQ.

### 0.4

- **Broader disposable detection: 50 → 11,500+ domains.** New `freshDisposableList`
  input (on by default); falls back to the built-in set if unavailable.

### 0.3

- **Email Finder.** New `findEmails` input: give a name + domain
  (`John Doe, acme.com`) and the actor generates the common corporate patterns
  (`john.doe@`, `jdoe@`, `john@`…) and — with the SMTP check on — verifies which
  one actually exists, skipping catch-all domains.
- Finder results carry `candidates`, `mostLikely`, `email`, `found`, `verified`
  and `catchAll`, with a dedicated "Email Finder results" dataset view.
- The actor now runs with emails, people-to-find, or both.

### 0.2

- **Live SMTP mailbox verification (opt-in).** New `smtpVerification` input
  confirms whether the specific mailbox exists — the strongest deliverability
  signal.
- **Catch-all detection.** Domains that accept any address are flagged and the
  verdict is downgraded to `risky`.
- New output fields: `mailboxExists`, `catchAll`, `smtpConnected`.

### 0.1

- Initial release.
- RFC-aware syntax validation with provider-aware normalization.
- Live domain deliverability (MX + fallback) with mail-provider detection
  (Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, Zoho and more).
- Classification flags: free webmail, role-based, disposable / throwaway.
- Typo detection with suggested corrections (domain + TLD fixes).
- 0–100 deliverability score with `valid` / `risky` / `invalid` / `unknown`
  status and plain-English reason codes.
- Filters: only valid, only deliverable, drop disposable, drop role-based,
  de-duplicate. CSV-friendly export option.