How to check if "Email exists (simple)"

Do you know a new tool called “Check Email exists (simple)” has been published in our catalog?

What can I do with this tool?

If you use this tool you can discover if the email recipient exists, returning email status. Tool returns next responses:

invalid-email : Email has an invalid format. Don’t send in campaigns.
invalid-domain : Email domain cannot receive emails. Don’t send in campaigns.
timeout : The email server has returned no response about email. The server may be down, but the email could exist. Don’t send in campaigns.
catchall : Email server does not return a reliable response about the existence of the recipient. Don’t send in campaigns.
spamtrap : These are emails whose senders were marked as spam in a shipment. It is recommended not to use them in campaigns.
softbounce : This is an email that exists but has an account blocked or does not have enough space to receive more emails. Don’t send in campaigns.
disposable : The email belongs to a temporary domain. Emails from these domains will bounce after some time. Don’t send in campaigns.
unknown, unknown-error : An error has occurred on the destination server when requesting more information about the email. Don’t send in campaigns.
undeliverable : Email does not exist on the server. Don’t send in campaigns.
deliverable : The email exists on the server. Send in campaigns.

If you want to know all email properties, use check-email-exists-extended.

Usual bounce ratio after cleaning is lower than 3%, but it depends on your email domain list.

If you use the tool you will verify your data. If you want to know more about data verification, check our post How to treat your data (II): Validation.

Who can use this tool?

The tool “Email exists (simple)” is designed for:

ECommerce merchants
Developers
Data Scientists
Growth Hackers

What values do I need?

To use the tool “Email exists (simple)”, you need to have the following field/s in your file, database, form or application:

email (required). Sample: miquel@uproc.io|hello@uproc.io

What fields can I get?

If you use the tool “Check Email exists (simple)” you will obtain next output fields:

result: true or false

Testing on the web catalog

If you browse our catalog, choose “I work on It area”:

You can find tool several ways from the catalog:

Writing “Email exists (simple)” or any of tool params (email) in search input, pushing enter and clicking on the tool

Clicking on communication > Verify > “Check Email exists (simple)” on “Category” view.

You can go to the tool page to test online for free.

After that, complete mandatory params on free test section and click on “test it”.

Using the tool from web wizard

Web wizard allows processing any file (download sample template), database or cloud application using existing data tools.

You can download a sample file to process it with our web wizard.

Choose your preferred data source and go ahead.

You can get extended details about wizard at “title”.

Now, you can see a data preview of your source.

Choose field (email) or category (communication), action (verify), tool “Check Email exists (simple)” and assign columns to parameters.

Choose field, acttion, tool and assign parameters

Add tool to view the estimated cost and process it

Boosting data from Google Sheets

Before processing any data, check the next steps to get add-on working in your sheet:

One logged account is required. Multiple accounts cause permission errors in this add-on. Logout from all of them and use only one account with Google.
Install uProc for Sheets add-on from Google Apps marketplace with one connected account.
You have to be the owner of the sheet. If you are not the owner, you need Editor permissions to process data from the sheet.

Open panel “Add-ons” > “uProc for Sheets” and choose “I work on It area”.

Select field (email), select tool “Check Email exists (simple)” and assign columns to parameters.

Choose field, tool and assign parameters

Ensure that your sheet has next headers: email

Check “My sheet has headers” and “Process data”.

If your sheet has more than 200 rows, please use wizard instead.

Check our video tutorial about how to use this tool from Google Sheets:

Automating tool with Zapier

Zapier automates your business flow with any application you currently use in your workday.
Please, access to uProc integration to create zaps at Zapier.

To boost your flow, add a new uProc zap (you need to add your uProc account to Zapier)

Choose the group (communication), tool “Check Email exists (simple)” and assign values to “email” using data from other zaps or fixed values.

Choose group, tool and config parameters

Add more zaps to send data wherever you want.

Creating workflows with Integromat

Integromat is able to create business flows with any supported integration that you currently use in your workday.
Please, access to uProc integration to create Scenarios at Integromat.

When you want to create the scenario, write uProc to locate the integration and add it to the scenario. Click on Continue to go to the scenario.

Choose “uProc” in the available list and click on module “Select a Tool” to add it to the scenario (you need to configure your uProc account).

Choose the group (communication), tool “Check Email exists (simple)” and assign values to “email” using data from other tasks or fixed values.

You can add more modules to create complex Scenarios and send data wherever you want.

Creating workflows with n8n

n8n.io allows you to create complex business flows without limits or costs.

Follow the n8n installation instructions from quick guide to install n8n on your computer or server.

Look for “uProc” in the list of available integrations on the right. Click on uProc, and add the node to the scenario.

Configure your credentials, specifying the email, and the real API key on the node.
Choose the group (communication), the “Check Email exists (simple)” tool and assign the values to “email” using data from other tasks or fixed values.

Link uProc with the Start node. Now you can click on “Execute Workflow” to run the node.

You can add more uProc or other service nodes to complicate your scenario.

Automating workflows with AppyPie

AppyPie automates your business flow with any application you currently use in your workday.
Please, access to uProc integration to create workflows at AppyPie.

First, click on “+ Create a connect” to create a new workflow and add the first step with another service (Google Sheets, Mailchimp, …).

Create another step and search for uProc integration (you will need to add your uProc account to AppyPie)

Authenticate with uProc adding your email and API Key (real)

Choose the action “Select Tool” and the group (communication), tool “Check Email exists (simple)” and assign values to “email” using data from other zaps or fixed values.