Email Intelligence Actor

The Email Intelligence Actor is a powerful API built for developers, security teams, agencies, and growth teams. In a single call, it deeply validates an email address, checks its deliverability via SMTP, flags disposable or role-based addresses, and extracts comprehensive intelligence about the email's domain—including deep DNS records and an actionable email security score (SPF, DMARC, MX).

Features

• Reachability & Deliverability: Real-time SMTP validation (without sending an email) to confirm if the inbox accepts mail.
• Email Validation: Verify syntax, detect disposable addresses, identify role-based accounts (e.g., admin@), and check B2C vs B2B.
• Data Enrichment: Check for Gravatar profiles and HaveIBeenPwned breach presence.
• DNS Records: Full resolution of A, AAAA, MX, NS, and CNAME records, plus DNS/Mail provider detection.
• Security Assessment: Deep analysis of SPF and DMARC policies, giving you a clear email security score out of 100.

Input Configuration

The Actor requires a single input parameter:

Field	Type	Required	Description
email	String	Yes	The email address to look up.

Example Input

{
  "email": "o.altman@openai.com"
}

Output Structure

The Actor pushes the parsed data into an Apify Dataset. The structure merges deep domain insights with rich email deliverability data:

{
  "input": "o.altman@openai.com",
  "is_reachable": "safe",
  "misc": {
    "is_disposable": false,
    "is_role_account": false,
    "is_b2c": false,
    "gravatar_url": null,
    "haveibeenpwned": null
  },
  "mx": {
    "accepts_mail": true,
    "records": [
      "aspmx.l.google.com.",
      "alt3.aspmx.l.google.com.",
      "alt4.aspmx.l.google.com.",
      "alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.",
      "alt2.aspmx.l.google.com."
    ]
  },
  "smtp": {
    "can_connect_smtp": true,
    "has_full_inbox": false,
    "is_catch_all": false,
    "is_deliverable": true,
    "is_disabled": false
  },
  "syntax": {
    "address": "o.altman@openai.com",
    "domain": "openai.com",
    "is_valid_syntax": true,
    "username": "o.altman",
    "normalized_email": "o.altman@openai.com",
    "suggestion": null
  },
  "debug": {
    "backend_name": "backend-dev",
    "start_time": "2026-04-25T15:02:33.508576876Z",
    "end_time": "2026-04-25T15:02:33.839780356Z",
    "duration": {
      "secs": 0,
      "nanos": 331203480
    },
    "smtp": {
      "verif_method": {
        "type": "Smtp",
        "host": "aspmx.l.google.com.",
        "verif_method": {
          "from_email": "hello@localhost",
          "hello_name": "localhost",
          "proxy": null,
          "smtp_port": 25,
          "smtp_timeout": null,
          "retries": 1
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "domain": "openai.com",
  "dns": {
    "a": [
      "104.18.37.111",
      "172.64.150.145"
    ],
    "aaaa": [],
    "cname": [],
    "ns": [
      "ns-1026.awsdns-00.org",
      "ns-33.awsdns-04.com",
      "ns-1981.awsdns-55.co.uk",
      "ns-967.awsdns-56.net"
    ],
    "dnsProvider": "AWS Route 53",
    "mx": [
      {
        "priority": 1,
        "exchange": "aspmx.l.google.com",
        "ttl": 300
      },
      {
        "priority": 5,
        "exchange": "alt2.aspmx.l.google.com",
        "ttl": 300
      },
      {
        "priority": 5,
        "exchange": "alt1.aspmx.l.google.com",
        "ttl": 300
      },
      {
        "priority": 10,
        "exchange": "alt4.aspmx.l.google.com",
        "ttl": 300
      },
      {
        "priority": 10,
        "exchange": "alt3.aspmx.l.google.com",
        "ttl": 300
      }
    ],
    "mailProvider": "Google Workspace",
    "ttl": 42
  },
  "emailSecurity": {
    "score": 85,
    "scoreLabel": "Excellent",
    "scoreBreakdown": {
      "spf": {
        "score": 30,
        "reason": "SPF present — policy: fail"
      },
      "dmarc": {
        "score": 25,
        "reason": "DMARC present — policy: quarantine"
      },
      "mx": {
        "score": 20,
        "reason": "5 MX record(s) found"
      },
      "verificationTokens": {
        "score": 10,
        "reason": "2 platform verification token(s) found"
      }
    },
    "spf": {
      "present": true,
      "record": "v=spf1 include:_spf.integromat.cloud include:stspg-customer.com include:_spf.google.com include:aspmx.pardot.com -all",
      "policy": "fail",
      "hasMx": false,
      "hasRedirect": false,
      "redirectTarget": null,
      "includes": [
        "_spf.integromat.cloud",
        "stspg-customer.com",
        "_spf.google.com",
        "aspmx.pardot.com"
      ],
      "passesSenderCheck": true
    },
    "dmarc": {
      "present": true,
      "record": "v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=none; pct=100; rua=mailto:dmarc-make@openai.com!15m",
      "policy": "quarantine",
      "subdomainPolicy": "none",
      "percentage": 100,
      "reportingEmail": "dmarc-make@openai.com!15m",
      "forensicEmail": null,
      "dkimAlignment": "r",
      "spfAlignment": "r",
      "enforcementLevel": "moderate"
    },
    "verificationTokens": {
      "google": [
        "v5v39FtLdXxZRd5VOULejxmmSRSYwnuwllxxdM41-zo",
        "2UnraifDsIIswHB0UVbt0-_fld6jLE7mS4W4_XMFY1c",
        "xOnkUdCycV3ttFkzFjgXM9FYCJf_pM8XZcC71Hdz_vI",
        "mrHLXehcBHX_lv3znfGTT8XUy7yHbp3q6Z0WZ0lu-m8",
        "2qZcMmEJ8TrrIU07fyRbSdeMBj0pUsZikTFFjSf12hQ",
        "3XxItB46bjzKVLBUceu4d3DVhia9icdm_R1ILiJjzYY",
        "vGe_cRhLNZYfoZys_83KHEIVltA6-npXg9CeWiyCnJ0"
      ],
      "microsoft": "ms64865594"
    },
    "otherTxtRecords": [
      "figma-domain-verification=893383b40c996b12bfe88161317a2aaed4f81c3c50fbcaa518f915d4dddfd11a-1745939420",
      "atlassian-domain-verification=XaIE3u7JO4rWbkFPSG5qCuXIwQpsxjXMaMwwZzgwjZKbaamGqRO0Pqvd2FOgQnmu",
      "onetrust-domain-verification=e5fc34d5dd1340c4b2f4ac3ab8db593f",
      "openai-domain-verification=dv-yf0oWp190odi5lL9b5eQaBuH",
      "ca3-d0ec12e073974aa6bbd69241a2d926d1",
      "zoom-domain-verification=671c2b9a-11e2-11ee-be56-0242ac120002",
      "knowbe4-site-verification=724241b7758233b3cf12b30bc4ba6a7b",
      "pardot1009662=43d46613c7c36c52b03412fc89d37accde3f4ce54a7099b184d287fd5c417670",
      "anthropic-domain-verification-4gyyed=x1rwf29ACMz8Gkr7xb1KR4LRy",
      "ZOOM_verify_a28634ce96634bd69938272d541f11b1",
      "miro-verification=011c32e322c73e3b9038f4703a87469f7686caa8",
      "docusign=d2cf149d-c2e7-45f8-890b-36d903eb9242",
      "docker-verification=fcbd2f39-f64f-43bb-b241-8756190c620d",
      "docker-verification=52a77199-1b8a-4fea-9d90-7261f90e26df",
      "v=MCPv1; k=ed25519; p=NL0DU5zbxrQ0RprSY+rHrkzzXehRXp+S7JYWGbyTh+E=",
      "cursor-domain-verification-72nb5r=MKcJKgJfsPbxJnB14Q9YLASYj",
      "airtable-verification=e87436974272fbd34e20b490f0d6244e",
      "status-page-domain-verification=k00kl93mhf5x",
      "mongodb-site-verification=4bwzphppP2ygTtUX4fqePzsabCoRDoRG",
      "1password-site-verification=FHD2HDBXCJBJ3GYP5AJMEMIB3A",
      "stripe-verification=d3f9975d5a42366a871ff5daf92873a593fae98e787ba87626de04b62d65b20c",
      "zoom-domain-verification=5b00631c-b683-11ee-a506-0242ac120002",
      "hubspot-developer-verification=NWM5ZTY5MDUtNDA3Ny00YTUzLTg5NjYtYTY1MmE3NjMxOTVk",
      "ZOOM_verify_u6MwkNdolND011fn6V6nFL",
      "cursor-domain-verification-2cwwwx=4EpLxAP3JQHI3xoD2qtiJDEAq"
    ],
    "totalTxtRecords": 34
  }
}

Use Cases

• List Cleaning & Deliverability: Prevent bounces by validating email addresses before sending campaigns.
• Lead Scoring: Instantly enrich email leads with domain infrastructure intelligence.
• Fraud Prevention: Flag disposable or high-risk email addresses during signup.
• Security Audits: Check your own or clients' SPF and DMARC configurations automatically.

Integrate via API

Trigger a run and get results back synchronously:

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/obicodes~email-intel/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "[EMAIL_ADDRESS]"}'

Results are stored in Apify's dataset and downloadable as JSON or CSV from the dataset tab.

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Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

• $0.01 per domain result