Email Verifier

Yes. Checking an email's format, its domain's DNS mail routing, and its disposable, role and typo risks is completely free and needs no sign-up. The only paid step is the optional live mailbox check, which confirms the exact address exists in real time and costs one credit (new accounts start with free credits).

It runs in layers. First it checks the address is well-formed. Then it inspects the domain's DNS mail routing: MX records, explicit refusal through null MX, or a possible A/AAAA fallback. DNS alone does not establish that a server is listening or that a mailbox exists. Failed DNS lookups are reported as unavailable so you can retry. To confirm the one specific mailbox exists, a live check queries the mail provider in real time, which is the paid step.

No. Verification is a lookup, never a send. The free checks query DNS for the domain's mail servers; the live check probes the provider without delivering a message. Nothing lands in the person's inbox, and nothing counts as a bounce.

DNS mail routing describes published records, not server availability. An MX record advertises a mail server; an A/AAAA fallback may only be a website. A live mailbox check queries the provider about the exact address and reports its confidence, with limits for catch-all and protected mailboxes.

A disposable address comes from a temporary-mailbox service (like Mailinator or 10MinuteMail) that anyone can use for a few minutes and abandon. They deliver, so a live check calls them valid, but they are a strong red flag on signups and outreach because there is no real person behind them. The free checker flags known disposable domains for you.

A role address is a shared, functional mailbox tied to a function rather than a person: info@, sales@, support@, admin@. It is deliverable, but it usually reaches a team inbox, not the individual you are trying to contact, and role addresses have higher complaint rates in cold outreach. The checker flags them so you can decide.

A catch-all (or accept-all) domain accepts mail to every possible address, so no verifier, free or paid, can prove a specific mailbox exists there: the domain says yes to everything. The free check will show the published mail route, and the live check returns its confidence honestly rather than a false certainty. Treat a catch-all result as 'send with care', not 'confirmed'.

Malformed addresses and an explicit null MX are clear failures. Temporary DNS failures are inconclusive, and published mail routing alone does not prove a server or mailbox works. Confirming a specific mailbox is highly accurate for most providers but can never be 100% (catch-all domains and privacy-protected providers are honest exceptions). The right way to read any verifier is as strong risk reduction, not a guarantee, which is why a good result reports its confidence rather than a blanket 'valid'.

A verifier checks an address you already have. A finder discovers an address you don't: you know the person and company, and it returns their verified professional email. Use the verifier to clean a list before you send; use PeopleSearch.im's finder when you have a name but no address.