The validation status of the e-mail can be found in the response's body under Certainty:
Certainty | VerboseOutput (shown only if the 'Verbose' parameter is set to 'True') | Description |
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verified | verified | Mailbox exists, is reachable, and not known to be illegitimate or disposable. |
undeliverable | mailboxDisabled | The user mailbox has been disabled. |
mailboxDoesNotExist | The user mailbox does not exist at this domain. | |
mailboxFull | The user mailbox is full. | |
syntaxFailure | The syntax of the email address is incorrect. | |
unreachable | unreachable | The domain is not responding to validation requests or does not have any active mail servers. |
illegitimate | illegitimate | Seed, spamtrap, black hole, technical role account or inactive domain. |
roleAccount | Role accounts such as support@, sales@, info@. | |
typoDomain | The domain was close to a common domain and although it exists, it is highly unlikely to be correct. | |
localPartSpamTrap | Known local portions of the email that may indicate spam traps. | |
Profanity | The email address contains profanity. Contact your account manager to activate this response. | |
disposable | disposable | Domain is administered by a disposable email provider (e.g. Mailinator). |
unknown | unknown | We were unable to conclusively verify or invalidate this address. |
timeout | The request timed out due to the host domain not responding in time. | |
acceptAll | The domain is accept-all, so the username cannot be validated. | |
relayDenied | Result was validated at the incorrect mail exchanger. |