bouncer-email-verification

Bouncer Email Verification Server

Overview

Bouncer Email Verification is a robust and efficient email verification server designed for real-time validation of email addresses. This server is ideal for both CEOs and developers looking for a reliable tool to ensure the accuracy and deliverability of their email lists.

Features

• Real-Time Email Verification: Bouncer's server checks the syntax and domain of an email address and connects with underlying SMTP servers to verify its deliverability.
• Fast and Reliable: The server provides results within a chosen timeout, with a default of 10 seconds and a maximum of 30 seconds.
• Detailed Status Reporting: Each email address is classified as 'deliverable', 'undeliverable', 'risky', or 'unknown', providing a comprehensive overview of its status.
• Error Handling: Utilizes standard HTTP error codes to indicate the success or failure of requests.

Statuses Explained

• Deliverable: The email address is confirmed by the recipient's email provider and is safe to send.
• Risky: The email address might result in a bounce or low engagement due to factors like full mailboxes or being a disposable email.
• Undeliverable: The email address is syntactically incorrect or does not exist.
• Unknown: The server couldn't receive a response from the email provider.

Reasons for Status

• Deliverable: accepted_email - The email address was accepted.
• Risky:
  • low_deliverability - Deliverability cannot be guaranteed.
  • low_quality - The address has quality issues, often due to being disposable.
• Undeliverable:
  • invalid_email - Invalid syntax.
  • invalid_domain - The domain does not exist or lacks valid DNS records.
  • rejected_email - Rejected by the SMTP server.
  • no_connect - Unable to connect to the SMTP server.
• Unknown:
  • dns_error - DNS resolution failed or misconfigured.
  • unavailable_smtp - SMTP server unavailable.
  • unknown - An unexpected error occurred.

Tool Usage

Verify Email

• Function Name: verify_email
• Description: Verifies a single email address in a real-time, synchronous manner.
• Parameters:
  • email (String): The email address to verify.
  • timeout (Number, optional): The timeout for verification, with a maximum of 30 seconds and a default of 10 seconds.

The Bouncer Email Verification server provides a powerful tool for maintaining clean and efficient email lists, ensuring high deliverability and engagement rates.