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AbstractAPI Email Validation

Real-time email validation with MX, SMTP, disposable and catch-all checks, no card

AbstractAPI's Email Validation API checks an address for syntax, MX records, and SMTP deliverability, and flags disposable, role-based, free, and catch-all addresses, returning a deliverability verdict and quality score. The free tier gives 100 requests per month with no credit card required.

Free tier

Free: 100 requests/month, no credit card (free tier is for non-commercial / testing use)

Rate limits

Free tier throttled to ~1 request/second; quota is 100 lookups/month

Auth

API key

Base URL

https://emailvalidation.abstractapi.com/v1

What you'd build with it

  • Validate emails at signup to block typos, disposable, and undeliverable addresses
  • Score lead-list quality before sending campaigns
  • Gate an AI agent's outbound email on a deliverability check
  • Detect disposable/temporary addresses to reduce fraud

Key endpoints

  • GET/?api_key={key}&email={email}Validate one email address (api_key + email query params)
Members

Members get the runnable recipe

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Tags

emailvalidationverificationenrichmentfraud