# Clean an Email List Before You Send

**Use case:** 

Clean an email list before your next send. Paste the list or pipe in a dataset, and every address gets a safe, risky, invalid or unknown verdict, plus catch-all, disposable and role flags and a 0-100 quality score. Duplicates are removed first. No API key needed. $4.00 per 1,000 results, and every row counts as a result.

## Input

```json
{
  "emails": [
    "support@stripe.com"
  ],
  "mode": "auto",
  "concurrency": 5
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "email": {
    "label": "Email",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "reachable": {
    "label": "Reachable",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "isValid": {
    "label": "Valid",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "score": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "syntax": {
    "label": "Syntax",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "smtp": {
    "label": "SMTP",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "isDisposable": {
    "label": "Disposable",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "isRole": {
    "label": "Role",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "isFree": {
    "label": "Free provider",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "hasGravatar": {
    "label": "Gravatar",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "suggestion": {
    "label": "Suggestion",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "domain": {
    "label": "Domain",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "source": {
    "label": "Source",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "verifiedAt": {
    "label": "Verified at",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "ok": {
    "label": "OK",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Bulk Email Verifier & Validator: Catch-All Check Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Clean an Email List Before You Send". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/hY8m9A7pzRTpW6Kgq) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Clean an Email List Before You Send" task

The Bulk Email Verifier & Validator: Catch-All Check Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like emails, verification mode, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Clean an Email List Before You Send" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as email, reachable, valid, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Clean an Email List Before You Send" task via API](https://apify.com/verifox/verifox-apify.md).

## FAQ

### How do I clean an email list?

Paste the addresses into the Emails field, or map an email field from another Actor's dataset, and start the run. Then export the results and keep the rows you want to mail, for example those where reachable is safe.

### Which addresses should I remove from a list?

Start with rows where reachable is invalid. Then decide on disposable addresses (isDisposable), role addresses such as info@ (isRole) and risky rows, which are often on catch-all domains.

### Are duplicates removed?

Yes. Duplicates are removed before verification, so each unique address is checked once.

### Does cleaning a list send email to anyone?

No. The checks stop before any message is sent, so nobody receives anything.

### What does it cost to clean a list?

$4.00 per 1,000 results on Free and Starter plans, $3.50 on Scale and $3.00 on Business, plus $0.00005 per run. Every row counts as a result, including addresses that could not be checked.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Bulk Email Verifier & Validator: Catch-All Check](https://apify.com/verifox/verifox-apify.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/verifox/verifox-apify.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/verifox/verifox-apify.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).