Email Verification

Feature

Real-time Verification: Check email validity instantly.

Usecase

Improve Deliverability: Reduce bounce rates and enhance sender reputation.

What is Email Verification?

Email Verification is a crucial process for any business that relies on email communication. It involves checking an email address to ensure that it is valid, active, and able to receive messages. This process helps to:

• Reduce Bounce Rates: By removing invalid email addresses from your list, you can significantly lower your bounce rate.
• Improve Sender Reputation: A lower bounce rate signals to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that you are a responsible sender, which can improve your sender reputation and deliverability.
• Increase ROI: By ensuring your messages are delivered to real people, you can improve the return on investment (ROI) of your email marketing campaigns.
• Prevent Fraud: Email verification can be used as a tool to prevent fraudulent sign-ups and activities.

Our Email Verification API provides a simple and effective way to integrate email verification into your applications.

API Endpoint

The Email Verification API endpoint is:

POST https://zoros.io/api/v1/verify/email

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
email	string	The email address you want to verify.
api_key	string	Your unique API key for authentication.

Example Request

curl -X POST "https://zoros.io/api/v1/verify/email" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -d '{
           "email": "[email protected]",
           "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
         }'

API Response

The API returns a JSON object with the verification results.

Example Response

{
  "data": {
    "status": "valid",
    "result": "deliverable",
    "score": 95,
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "regexp": true,
    "gibberish": false,
    "disposable": false,
    "webhook": false,
    "mx_records": true,
    "smtp_server": true,
    "smtp_check": true,
    "block": false,
    "sources": []
  },
  "meta": {
    "params": {
      "email": "[email protected]"
    }
  }
}

Response Field Descriptions

Field	Type	Description
status	string	The overall status of the verification. Possible values are valid, invalid, and risky.
result	string	The deliverability of the email. Possible values are deliverable, undeliverable, and unknown.
score	integer	A confidence score from 0 to 100 on the email’s validity.
email	string	The email address that was verified.
regexp	boolean	Indicates if the email address format is syntactically correct.
gibberish	boolean	Indicates if the email address appears to be gibberish or randomly generated.
disposable	boolean	Indicates if the email address is from a known disposable email provider.
webhook	boolean	Indicates if the email address is a webhook.
mx_records	boolean	Indicates if the domain has valid MX records for receiving emails.
smtp_server	boolean	Indicates if the SMTP server for the domain is responsive.
smtp_check	boolean	Confirms if the email address can receive mail according to its SMTP server.
block	boolean	Indicates if the email address is on a blocklist.
sources	array	A list of sources where the email address was found.

Verification Statuses

The status field provides a quick overview of the verification result. Here’s what each status means:

• valid: The email address is valid and safe to send to.
• invalid: The email address is not valid and will result in a bounce.
• risky: The email address may be valid, but it has some risk factors associated with it. For example, it may be a catch-all address or a disposable email address.

Use Cases

Onboarding Forms

Prevent users from signing up with fake or temporary email addresses.

Email Marketing

Clean your mailing lists to improve open rates and sender score.

Fraud Prevention

Use email validity as a signal in your risk assessment models.

Lead Enrichment

Ensure the email addresses in your lead database are valid and reachable.