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8.4.1.4318

Released on: October 10, 2024

Added

  • New Result Code - ES37 : Indicates that an email address has been exposed in a data breach.

Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed edge cases where Role Address would not be flagged alongside other result codes.

Security

  • None

8.4.1.4311

Released on: August 26, 2024

Added

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Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed issue causing some Express requests to take longer than expected.

Security

  • None

8.4.1.4307

Released on: August 19, 2024

Added

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Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed rare issue with with dependency causing service errors.

Security

  • None

8.4.1.4305

Released on: May 21, 2024

Added

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Changed

  • Response headers updated.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

  • Response headers updated.

8.4.1.4300

Released on: March 12, 2024

Added

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Changed

  • Backend changes and updates.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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7.4.1.4285

Released on: February 1, 2024

Added

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Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed an issue that produced mailbox-level result codes when mailbox validation was disabled.

Security

  • None

7.4.1.4281

Released on: January 9, 2024

Added

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Changed

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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7.4.1.4275

Released on: September 11, 2023

Added

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Changed

  • DateChecked will now return blank results in some cases where an email has not yet been validated.
  • Minor backend changes.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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7.3.1.4262

Released on: July 20, 2023

Added

  • New Result Code - ES36 : Indicates that an email address is likely a spamtrap mailbox. Mailing to this mailbox could result in the sender being blacklisted.

Changed

  • Minor backend changes.

Deprecated

  • None

Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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7.2.1.4253

Released on: April 2023

Added

  • New Option - AllowQuotes :
  • ON: Default. Allow double-quoted mailbox names. This allows special characters and whitespace within a valid quoted string.
  • OFF: Do not allow double-quoted mailbox names. Illegal special characters and whitespace will be stripped.
  • New Result Code - ES31 : Indicates that an email address has suspicious characters or characters which are not in the ASCII character set.

Changed

  • Improved email syntax validation according to industry standards.
  • When CorrectSyntax is OFF, we will no longer remove or modify any characters, including whitespace.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.2.1.4231

Released on: February 2023

Added

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Changed

  • Subscription level changes

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Minor bug fixes
  • Security patch

Security

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4.2.1.4228

Released on: December 2022

Added

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Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Minor bug fixes

Security

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4.2.1.4215

Released on: November 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Stability improvements

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Bug fixes

Security

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4.2.1.4209

Released on: October 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Stability improvements

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Bug fixes

Security

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4.2.1.4205

Released on: October 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Stability improvements

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Bug fixes

Security

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4.2.1.4202

Released on: September 2022

Added

  • New Fields
    • DomainAuthenticationStatus : Returns security protocols used on the receiving mail server
    • DomainTypeIndicator : Predicts if email belongs to a personal or business/organization email by analyzing the domain.
    • BreachCount (Available late 2022 or early 2023): Returns the known number of breaches that this email account has been involved in.

Changed

  • Improvements
    • Speeds : We made significant investments in our email validation cloud infrastructure, focusing on stability, reliability and speed improvements.
    • MX Level Validation : We have made improvements at the MX server level to identify issues at the domain level more accurately, resulting in quicker validations for invalid mail servers. We leverage additional logic to determine if the provider is having a temporary outage at the domain level.
    • Domain Correction : We made significant improvements and reworked our domain correction algorithm with the goal of reducing false corrections. We plan to expand domain corrections to include more popular domains on a periodic basis.
    • DeliveryConfidenceScore Accuracy : We’ve implemented new, dynamic logic to improve the accuracy of the delivery confidence scores.

Deprecated

  • None

Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed Issue with inconsistent role address detection

Security

  • None

4.2.1.4199

Released on: September 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Stability improvements

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

  • Bug fixes

Security

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4.2.1.4158

Released on: August 2022

Added

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Changed

  • Improvements on speed and stability

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.29

Released on: May 2021

Added

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Changed

  • Improved handling of rare types real-time check results

  • Improved handling of rare types of email results found in the cache

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.26

Released on: February 2021

Added

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Changed

  • Optimized domain-only verification
  • Enhanced DeliverabilityConfidenceScore (first of multiple upcoming improvements)
    • Now leveraging more historical data to increase accuracy of DCS

Deprecated

  • None

Removed

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Fixed

  • Fixed rare bug where result code ES24 appeared erroneously

Security

  • None

4.0.0.22

Released on: January 2021

Added

  • New response field: EmailAgeEstimated
    • Shows the estimated minimum age of an email

Changed

  • Improved handling emails from problematic domains

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.19

Released on: October 2020

Added

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Changed

  • Improved handling of some rare results

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.18

Released on: October 2020

Added

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Changed

  • Improvements and fixes to enhance service for users affected by GDPR and other privacy regulations

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.17

Released on: September 2020

Added

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Changed

  • Changed result codes related to domain-only verification to maintain compatibility

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.15

Released on: September 2020

Added

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Changed

  • Small changes to response format for domain-only verification

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.13

Released on: August 2020

Added

  • domain-only mode: ability to verify domains alone

Changed

  • Increased overall data uplift for domain country information

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.10

Released on: May 2020

Added

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Changed

  • Changed logic to decrease frequency of ES03 result code

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.8

Released on: March 2020

Added

  • MX Server field added.

Changed

  • Improvements to Accept All emails for specific domains.

Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.5

Released on: April 2019

Added

  • Privacy Flag field added. If the top level domain is based within Europe, The Privacy Flag Response field will contain a Y. Otherwise, the Privacy Flag Response field will contain an N

  • Result Code ES30 added. TLD that may be sensitive to GDPR. This will indicate that sending to these emails may result in a fine or penalties. Proceed with caution when sending to these emails.

Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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4.0.0.3

Released on: March 2019

Added

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Changed

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Deprecated

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Removed

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Fixed

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Security

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Past Announcements

Discontinued versions - December 06, 2022

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