Email Scoring

Email Scoring That Tells You What
To Do — Not Just What's Valid

Most tools return valid/invalid. VerifyFlow gives you SAFE, PROTECTED, RISKY, or DEAD — a clear action for every address on your list.

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The 4-bucket system

Every address resolves to one of four buckets — each with a clear next step.

SAFE

Send freely

PROTECTED

Sendable with care

RISKY

Avoid

DEAD

Remove immediately

Why buckets beat a number

A score of 67 tells you nothing. PROTECTED tells you exactly what to do.

A numeric score
67/100

Is that good? Send it or not? You're left to guess — and guessing burns your domain reputation.

A bucket
PROTECTED

An instruction, not a riddle. Every bucket maps to a decision you can act on immediately — no interpretation required.

What signals go into scoring

No single check is enough. We combine real network signals into one verdict.

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Real SMTP Probe

A live conversation with the mail server — not just a syntax or regex check.

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MX Record Health

Confirms the domain is configured to receive mail, and how reliably.

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Catch-All Detection

Flags domains that accept everything — the addresses most likely to silently bounce.

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DNS Blacklist Check

Cross-references the sending domain against major spam blocklists.

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AI Plausibility Scoring

Weighs whether the mailbox pattern looks real or machine-generated.

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Domain Age & Reputation

Older, established domains behave differently from freshly registered ones.

The catch-all problem

Catch-all servers return 250 OK to everything. Most tools mark the entire domain as unknown. VerifyFlow resolves catch-all addresses to a concrete bucket — not a shrug.

smtp · catch-all-domain.com
# a catch-all accepts every recipient you throw at it
> MAIL FROM:<probe@verifyflow.io>
250 OK
> RCPT TO:<definitely-not-real-9f3a2@catch-all-domain.com>
250 Accepted   ← accepts a fake address
> RCPT TO:<ceo@catch-all-domain.com>
250 Accepted   ← identical answer — the probe alone proves nothing

Other tools stop at that ambiguous 250 and give up. VerifyFlow weighs the probe alongside its other signals to place each address in a real bucket — so a catch-all domain becomes an actionable list, not a dead end.

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Score your list SAFE, PROTECTED, RISKY, or DEAD and know exactly what to send — and what to cut.

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