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Email Intelligence Actor

The Email Intelligence Actor is a powerful API built for developers, security teams, agencies, and growth teams. In a single call, it deeply validates an email address, checks its deliverability via SMTP, flags disposable or role-based addresses, and extracts comprehensive intelligence about the email's domain—including deep DNS records and an actionable email security score (SPF, DMARC, MX).

Features

• Reachability & Deliverability: Real-time SMTP validation (without sending an email) to confirm if the inbox accepts mail.
• Email Validation: Verify syntax, detect disposable addresses, identify role-based accounts (e.g., admin@), and check B2C vs B2B.
• Data Enrichment: Check for Gravatar profiles and HaveIBeenPwned breach presence.
• DNS Records: Full resolution of A, AAAA, MX, NS, and CNAME records, plus DNS/Mail provider detection.
• Security Assessment: Deep analysis of SPF and DMARC policies, giving you a clear email security score out of 100.

Input Configuration

The Actor requires a single input parameter:

Example Input

{
"email":"o.altman@openai.com"
}

Output Structure

The Actor pushes the parsed data into an Apify Dataset. The structure merges deep domain insights with rich email deliverability data:

{
"input":"o.altman@openai.com",
"is_reachable":"safe",
"misc":{
"is_disposable":false,
"is_role_account":false,
"is_b2c":false,
"gravatar_url":null,
"haveibeenpwned":null
},
"mx":{
"accepts_mail":true,
"records":[
"aspmx.l.google.com.",
"alt3.aspmx.l.google.com.",
"alt4.aspmx.l.google.com.",
"alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.",
"alt2.aspmx.l.google.com."
]
},
"smtp":{
"can_connect_smtp":true,
"has_full_inbox":false,
"is_catch_all":false,
"is_deliverable":true,
"is_disabled":false
},
"syntax":{
"address":"o.altman@openai.com",
"domain":"openai.com",
"is_valid_syntax":true,
"username":"o.altman",
"normalized_email":"o.altman@openai.com",
"suggestion":null
},
"debug":{
"backend_name":"backend-dev",
"start_time":"2026-04-25T15:02:33.508576876Z",
"end_time":"2026-04-25T15:02:33.839780356Z",
"duration":{
"secs":0,
"nanos":331203480
},
"smtp":{
"verif_method":{
"type":"Smtp",
"host":"aspmx.l.google.com.",
"verif_method":{
"from_email":"hello@localhost",
"hello_name":"localhost",
"proxy":null,
"smtp_port":25,
"smtp_timeout":null,
"retries":1
}
}
}
},
"domain":"openai.com",
"dns":{
"a":[
"104.18.37.111",
"172.64.150.145"
],
"aaaa":[],
"cname":[],
"ns":[
"ns-1026.awsdns-00.org",
"ns-33.awsdns-04.com",
"ns-1981.awsdns-55.co.uk",
"ns-967.awsdns-56.net"
],
"dnsProvider":"AWS Route 53",
"mx":[
{
"priority":1,
"exchange":"aspmx.l.google.com",
"ttl":300
},
{
"priority":5,
"exchange":"alt2.aspmx.l.google.com",
"ttl":300
},
{
"priority":5,
"exchange":"alt1.aspmx.l.google.com",
"ttl":300
},
{
"priority":10,
"exchange":"alt4.aspmx.l.google.com",
"ttl":300
},
{
"priority":10,
"exchange":"alt3.aspmx.l.google.com",
"ttl":300
}
],
"mailProvider":"Google Workspace",
"ttl":42
},
"emailSecurity":{
"score":85,
"scoreLabel":"Excellent",
"scoreBreakdown":{
"spf":{
"score":30,
"reason":"SPF present — policy: fail"
},
"dmarc":{
"score":25,
"reason":"DMARC present — policy: quarantine"
},
"mx":{
"score":20,
"reason":"5 MX record(s) found"
},
"verificationTokens":{
"score":10,
"reason":"2 platform verification token(s) found"
}
},
"spf":{
"present":true,
"record":"v=spf1 include:_spf.integromat.cloud include:stspg-customer.com include:_spf.google.com include:aspmx.pardot.com -all",
"policy":"fail",
"hasMx":false,
"hasRedirect":false,
"redirectTarget":null,
"includes":[
"_spf.integromat.cloud",
"stspg-customer.com",
"_spf.google.com",
"aspmx.pardot.com"
],
"passesSenderCheck":true
},
"dmarc":{
"present":true,
"record":"v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; sp=none; pct=100; rua=mailto:dmarc-make@openai.com!15m",
"policy":"quarantine",
"subdomainPolicy":"none",
"percentage":100,
"reportingEmail":"dmarc-make@openai.com!15m",
"forensicEmail":null,
"dkimAlignment":"r",
"spfAlignment":"r",
"enforcementLevel":"moderate"
},
"verificationTokens":{
"google":[
"v5v39FtLdXxZRd5VOULejxmmSRSYwnuwllxxdM41-zo",
"2UnraifDsIIswHB0UVbt0-_fld6jLE7mS4W4_XMFY1c",
"xOnkUdCycV3ttFkzFjgXM9FYCJf_pM8XZcC71Hdz_vI",
"mrHLXehcBHX_lv3znfGTT8XUy7yHbp3q6Z0WZ0lu-m8",
"2qZcMmEJ8TrrIU07fyRbSdeMBj0pUsZikTFFjSf12hQ",
"3XxItB46bjzKVLBUceu4d3DVhia9icdm_R1ILiJjzYY",
"vGe_cRhLNZYfoZys_83KHEIVltA6-npXg9CeWiyCnJ0"
],
"microsoft":"ms64865594"
},
"otherTxtRecords":[
"figma-domain-verification=893383b40c996b12bfe88161317a2aaed4f81c3c50fbcaa518f915d4dddfd11a-1745939420",
"atlassian-domain-verification=XaIE3u7JO4rWbkFPSG5qCuXIwQpsxjXMaMwwZzgwjZKbaamGqRO0Pqvd2FOgQnmu",
"onetrust-domain-verification=e5fc34d5dd1340c4b2f4ac3ab8db593f",
"openai-domain-verification=dv-yf0oWp190odi5lL9b5eQaBuH",
"ca3-d0ec12e073974aa6bbd69241a2d926d1",
"zoom-domain-verification=671c2b9a-11e2-11ee-be56-0242ac120002",
"knowbe4-site-verification=724241b7758233b3cf12b30bc4ba6a7b",
"pardot1009662=43d46613c7c36c52b03412fc89d37accde3f4ce54a7099b184d287fd5c417670",
"anthropic-domain-verification-4gyyed=x1rwf29ACMz8Gkr7xb1KR4LRy",
"ZOOM_verify_a28634ce96634bd69938272d541f11b1",
"miro-verification=011c32e322c73e3b9038f4703a87469f7686caa8",
"docusign=d2cf149d-c2e7-45f8-890b-36d903eb9242",
"docker-verification=fcbd2f39-f64f-43bb-b241-8756190c620d",
"docker-verification=52a77199-1b8a-4fea-9d90-7261f90e26df",
"v=MCPv1; k=ed25519; p=NL0DU5zbxrQ0RprSY+rHrkzzXehRXp+S7JYWGbyTh+E=",
"cursor-domain-verification-72nb5r=MKcJKgJfsPbxJnB14Q9YLASYj",
"airtable-verification=e87436974272fbd34e20b490f0d6244e",
"status-page-domain-verification=k00kl93mhf5x",
"mongodb-site-verification=4bwzphppP2ygTtUX4fqePzsabCoRDoRG",
"1password-site-verification=FHD2HDBXCJBJ3GYP5AJMEMIB3A",
"stripe-verification=d3f9975d5a42366a871ff5daf92873a593fae98e787ba87626de04b62d65b20c",
"zoom-domain-verification=5b00631c-b683-11ee-a506-0242ac120002",
"hubspot-developer-verification=NWM5ZTY5MDUtNDA3Ny00YTUzLTg5NjYtYTY1MmE3NjMxOTVk",
"ZOOM_verify_u6MwkNdolND011fn6V6nFL",
"cursor-domain-verification-2cwwwx=4EpLxAP3JQHI3xoD2qtiJDEAq"
],
"totalTxtRecords":34
}
}

Use Cases

• List Cleaning & Deliverability: Prevent bounces by validating email addresses before sending campaigns.
• Lead Scoring: Instantly enrich email leads with domain infrastructure intelligence.
• Fraud Prevention: Flag disposable or high-risk email addresses during signup.
• Security Audits: Check your own or clients' SPF and DMARC configurations automatically.

Integrate via API

Trigger a run and get results back synchronously:

curl-X POST \
"https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/obicodes~email-intel/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=YOUR_TOKEN"\
-H"Content-Type: application/json"\
-d'{"email": "[EMAIL_ADDRESS]"}'

Results are stored in Apify's dataset and downloadable as JSON or CSV from the dataset tab.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-event pricing:

• $0.01 per domain result