{"id":2277,"date":"2020-11-11T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-11T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mailboxvalidator.com\/resources3\/articles\/understanding-the-mailboxvalidator-result-fields\/"},"modified":"2020-11-11T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-11T00:00:00","password":"","slug":"understanding-the-mailboxvalidator-result-fields","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.mailboxvalidator.com\/resources\/articles\/understanding-the-mailboxvalidator-result-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the MailboxValidator result fields"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Understanding<\/a><\/p>\n

Intro<\/h2>\n

We have previously touched on the MailboxValidator result fields and what they mean in the page below.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.mailboxvalidator.com\/resources\/articles\/how-does-mailboxvalidator-work\/<\/a><\/p>\n

In this article, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll explain in more details the meaning of the results fields and also how we determine if an email is valid or invalid. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s get started.<\/p>\n

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Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s recap the fields inside the result<\/h2>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153domain<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This is the domain of the email address.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_free<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates if the email address is from a free email provider like Gmail or Hotmail.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_syntax<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the email address is syntactically correct.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_domain<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the email address has a valid MX record in its DNS entries.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_smtp<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the mail servers specified in the MX records are responding to connections.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_verified<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the mail server confirms that the email address actually exists.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_server_down<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the mail server is currently down or unresponsive.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_greylisted<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the mail server employs greylisting where an email has to be sent a second time at a later time.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_disposable<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the email address is a temporary one from a disposable email provider.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_suppressed<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the email address is in our blacklist.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_role<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the email address is a role-based email address like admin@example.net, webmaster@example.net or support@example.net.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_high_risk<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the email address contains high risk keywords.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153is_catchall<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether the email address is a catch-all address.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153mailboxvalidator_score<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : Email address reputation score. Score > 0.70 means good; score > 0.40 means fair; score \u00e2\u2030\u00a4 0.40 means poor.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153time_taken<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : The time taken to get the results in seconds.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153status<\/span>\u00e2\u20ac\u009d : This indicates whether our system thinks the email address is valid based on all the previous fields.<\/p>\n

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Informative fields<\/h2>\n

Some fields are there to inform you but will not affect the final status result. It is up to the user if they wish to send emails to any email addresses that fit these criteria. As far as MailboxValidator is concerned, these are mostly valid emails. Below are the field names:<\/p>\n