# Bulk Email Validator: syntax, MX, disposable, role flags (`thoob/email-validator`) Actor Validates a list of email addresses: practical RFC 5322 syntax, live domain mail-capability (MX/A over DNS-over-HTTPS), disposable-domain detection, and role-account flags. Honest scope: it checks the address and the domain, not the mailbox. Billed only per address checked. - **URL**: https://apify.com/thoob/email-validator.md - **Developed by:** [Pono Data](https://apify.com/thoob) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing $0.50 / 1,000 checked email addresses 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 a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. 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. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use 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 Validator Clean a list of email addresses you already have. For each address the actor checks practical RFC 5322 syntax, whether the domain can actually receive mail (MX records, with an A/AAAA fallback per RFC 5321) over DNS-over-HTTPS, whether the domain is a known disposable/temporary-mail provider, and whether the local part is a role mailbox (`info@`, `support@`, ...) rather than a person. This actor validates addresses you supply. It does not find, guess, or harvest addresses. ### Honest scope It verifies the address and its domain, not the individual mailbox. It does not open an SMTP session or probe whether a specific inbox exists, so it will not claim a precise deliverability percentage. What it returns is exact: the syntax verdict and the domain's live mail records. ### Input - **Email addresses**: one per line. - **DNS resolver**: Cloudflare or Google (the other is the fallback). - **Max checked addresses**: cap on billed rows (0 = no cap). ### Output `email`, `normalized`, `localPart`, `domain`, `syntaxValid`, `hasMx`, `mxHost`, `domainResolves`, `disposable`, `roleAccount`, `status`, plus provenance (`sourceUrl` is the DoH MX query, `retrievedAt`, `confidence`, `dataSource`). ### Billing Pay per address actually checked. Addresses that fail the syntax check before any DNS work are written to the free `rejected` dataset and are not billed. ### Sample output A real run checking a mixed list (deliverable, disposable, and bad addresses): | email | syntax | MX | role | disposable | status | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | info@cloudflare.com | True | True | True | False | deliverable_domain | | support@github.com | True | True | True | False | deliverable_domain | | test@mailinator.com | True | True | False | True | disposable | | x@guerrillamail.com | True | True | False | True | disposable | Malformed addresses route to the free reject dataset. Each checked row carries a `sourceUrl` (the live MX lookup), for example `https://cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query?name=cloudflare.com&type=MX`. ### See also More clean, pay-only-for-results data tools from Pono Data: - [Verified B2B Email Finder](https://apify.com/thoob/verified-lead-pipeline) - business emails proven deliverable - [Bulk DNS Lookup](https://apify.com/thoob/dns-bulk-lookup) - DNS records plus SPF, DMARC, and CAA - [Domain WHOIS via RDAP](https://apify.com/thoob/rdap-domain-lookup) - registration data, structured from RDAP Full catalog: https://apify.com/thoob # Actor input Schema ## `emails` (type: `array`): The addresses to validate, one per line. These are addresses you already have (your list, your signups); this actor checks them, it does not find or harvest new ones. ## `resolver` (type: `string`): DNS-over-HTTPS resolver used for the MX/A check. The other is the automatic fallback. ## `maxEmails` (type: `integer`): Cap on addresses checked and billed. 0 means no cap. The platform spend cap is honored regardless. ## Actor input object example ```json { "emails": [ "jane@google.com", "info@cloudflare.com", "test@mailinator.com", "bad@@nope" ], "resolver": "cloudflare", "maxEmails": 0 } ```` # Actor output Schema ## `results` (type: `string`): One row per address checked. # 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 '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = { "emails": [ "jane@google.com", "info@cloudflare.com", "test@mailinator.com", "bad@@nope" ] }; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("thoob/email-validator").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 '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = { "emails": [ "jane@google.com", "info@cloudflare.com", "test@mailinator.com", "bad@@nope", ] } # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("thoob/email-validator").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": [ "jane@google.com", "info@cloudflare.com", "test@mailinator.com", "bad@@nope" ] }' | apify call thoob/email-validator --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=thoob/email-validator", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "Bulk Email Validator: syntax, MX, disposable, role flags", "description": "Validates a list of email addresses: practical RFC 5322 syntax, live domain mail-capability (MX/A over DNS-over-HTTPS), disposable-domain detection, and role-account flags. Honest scope: it checks the address and the domain, not the mailbox. Billed only per address checked.", "version": "0.0", "x-build-id": "c1f68Slq6E1hyvDQK" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/thoob~email-validator/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-thoob-email-validator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/thoob~email-validator/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-thoob-email-validator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/thoob~email-validator/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-thoob-email-validator", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "required": [ "emails" ], "properties": { "emails": { "title": "Email addresses", "minItems": 1, "type": "array", "description": "The addresses to validate, one per line. These are addresses you already have (your list, your signups); this actor checks them, it does not find or harvest new ones.", "items": { "type": "string" } }, "resolver": { "title": "DNS resolver", "enum": [ "cloudflare", "google" ], "type": "string", "description": "DNS-over-HTTPS resolver used for the MX/A check. The other is the automatic fallback.", "default": "cloudflare" }, "maxEmails": { "title": "Max checked addresses", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 500000, "type": "integer", "description": "Cap on addresses checked and billed. 0 means no cap. The platform spend cap is honored regardless.", "default": 0 } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```