{
  "email": "hello@usebouncer.com",
  "status": "deliverable",
  "reason": "accepted_email",
  "domain": {
    "name": "usebouncer.com",
    "acceptAll": "no",
    "disposable": "no",
    "free": "no"
  },
  "account": {
    "role": "yes",
    "disabled": "no",
    "fullMailbox": "no"
  },
  "dns": {
    "type": "MX",
    "record": "aspmx.l.google.com."
  },
  "provider": "google.com",
  "score": 100,
  "toxic": "unknown",
  "toxicity": 0
}

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Statuses

Every email address that you verify, will come back with a result that is either ‘deliverable’, ‘undeliverable’, ‘risky’ or ‘unknown’. Below is a short explanation of what each means:

  • deliverable - The recipient’s email provider has confirmed that the email address exists, it is safe to send.
  • risky - The email address may result in a bounce or low engagement. Risky addresses: Accept All, Full Mailbox or Disposable.
  • undeliverable - The address is either syntactically incorrect or does not exist.
  • unknown - We were unable to receive a response from the email provider.

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Reasons

Additionally to the status of your results, Bouncer will provide you with a reason for the results:

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risky

  • low_deliverability - Email address appears to be deliverable, but deliverability cannot be guaranteed (in most cases it is caused by catch_all / accept_all configuration of recipient’s server or full mailbox).
  • low_quality - Email address has quality issues that may make it a risky or low-value address (in most cases it is caused by the fact that it is a disposable/temporary email).

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undeliverable

  • invalid_email - Specified email doesn’t have a valid email address syntax.
  • invalid_domain - Domain for email does not exist or has no valid DNS records.
  • rejected_email - Email address was rejected by the SMTP server, email address does not exist.

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unknown

  • dns_error - We were unable to resolve DNS records or domain is misconfigured.
  • unavailable_smtp - SMTP server was unavailable to process our request.
  • unsupported - Email hosted by an unsupported email service provider.
  • timeout - Verification required more time than was available.
  • unknown - An unexpected error has occurred.

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Domain

Bouncer also provides some information about the domain of the email address:

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name

Domain of the email.

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acceptAll

Is domain configured to accept all emails?

  • yes - Domain of the email address is configured to accept all /catch all the emails.
  • no - Domain of the email address does not accept all emails.
  • unknown - Bouncer was unable to check if the domain of the email address is configured to accept all / catch all the emails.

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disposable

Is domain known disposable / temporary email provider?

  • yes - Email address is hosted by a known disposable / temporary email provider.
  • no - Email address is not hosted by a known disposable / temporary email provider.
  • unknown - Bouncer was unable to check if the email is a deposable / temporary email address.

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free

Is domain known free email provider?

  • yes - Email address is hosted by a known free email provider.
  • no - Email address is not hosted by a known free email provider.
  • unknown - Bouncer was unable to check if the email is a free email address.

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Account

Bouncer also provides some information about the email account itself:

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role

Is the email address a role / functional one (like support, hello, etc.)?

  • yes - Email address is associated with a function.
  • no - Email address is not associated with a function.
  • unknown - Bouncer was unable to check if the email address is a role / functional one.

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disabled

Is the account disabled?

  • yes - Account is disabled.
  • no - Account is not disabled.
  • unknown - Bouncer was unable to check if the account is disabled.

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fullMailbox

Is the mailbox full?

  • yes - Mailbox is full.
  • no - Mailbox is not full.
  • unknown - Bouncer was unable to check if the mailbox is full.

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Provider

Name of infrastructure provider which handles SMTP communication for this domain. It can be either an email service provider or a name of an anti-spam filter provider which protects underlying infrastructure.

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DNS

  • type: MX - domain does have MX records configured
  • type: A - only A records were found
  • record - dns record used for verification

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Did You Mean

If the email address you have provided seems to be undeliverable or of low quality - Bouncer may find a suggestion of a correct one and return it in the didYouMean field.

Please note it was not fully verified, so you might want to run a verification of the suggested email address.

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Score

Score represents chance for successful delivery of email. 100 means 100% chance of delivery, given sending infrastructure has good reputation.

Empty value means that it wouldn’t make sense to evaluate score, for example in the case of timeout.

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Toxic

If toxicity has been checked this flag will have one of the values “yes”, “no”, “unknown”. Meaning of which are as follows:

  • yes - email or its domain has been found in one of our lists which indicate that it was involved in spam, abusing, is owned by a litigator or a complainer, or is a spam trap
  • no - it has not been found on any of our email toxicity lists
  • unknown - it has not been found on any of our lists, although it may be ambiguous
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