The colours tell you how safe an email is to send to. Green means send, amber or grey means take care, and red means don't send.
Each email also has a score from 0 to 100. The higher the score, the more likely your email is to be delivered. In Domain Search, hold your pointer over the score to see the status.
What each status means
Badge | Status | What it means |
Green | Valid | The mailbox exists and accepts mail. |
Amber | Accept-all | The company's mail server accepts mail for any address, so we can't confirm this mailbox. |
Amber | Risky | We can't confirm that mail will be delivered. |
Amber | Webmail | The address is on a personal mail service, such as Gmail or Outlook. |
Grey | Unknown | The check didn't give an answer, because the mail server blocked it or didn't reply. |
Red | Invalid | The mailbox doesn't exist. |
Red | Disposable | The address is on a throwaway mail service. |
Unknown can also show in amber, when the score is in the middle of the range.
What to do
Green: Send.
Amber or grey: Send with care, or verify again later.
Red: Remove the address from your list.
If you think an address is badly typed, run it through Verify. The Format Validation check shows whether it's written correctly.
💳 Credits: Verifying an email uses 1 verification credit. You aren't charged when the result is Unknown or Disposable.
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