Email Reputation API
Easily assess the reputation of any email address, detect risky senders, prevent fraud, and improve deliverability with real-time reputation scoring and insights.
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Real-time Email Reputation Scoring
Blacklist & Spam Trap Detection
Historical Email Activity Insights
Privacy-Compliant & Secure
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The Email Reputation API ensures you have clean and reliable email lists
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Real-time email reputation scoring
Instantly assess the trustworthiness of any email address with a risk-based reputation score.
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Deliverability status check
Verify if an email address is deliverable, undeliverable, or at risk due to a full inbox.
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Free vs. business email detection
Identify whether an email is from a free provider (like Gmail) or belongs to a business domain.
Suspicious username detection
Flag email addresses with unusual or high-risk username patterns.
Disposable email detection
Screen against thousands of known disposable email providers to prevent fraud.
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Catch-all email identification
Detect catch-all domains that accept all emails, ensuring better validation accuracy.
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Bulk email reputation checks
Validate multiple email addresses at once with our high-speed bulk API.
Privacy-focused & GDPR-compliant
Protect user data with a privacy-first approach, ensuring full compliance with regulations.
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Role-based email detection
Identify role-based emails (e.g., support@, sales@) to gauge quality and intent.
SPF & DMARC compliance check
Validate whether an email domain enforces SPF and DMARC security measures.
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Historical email breach monitoring
Check if an email has been exposed in data breaches and assess risk levels.
Domain age & registration data
Analyze when a domain was registered, last renewed, and its expiration date.
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Spam trap & blacklist screening
Detect if an email or domain is associated with spam traps or blocklists.
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High-risk TLD detection
Identify domains with risky top-level domains (TLDs) that are often linked to spam.
Real-time MX & SMTP validation
Confirm that an email's mail servers (MX records) and SMTP settings are valid.
Organization & provider insights
Retrieve details about the email's organization, provider, and associated business type.
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Free
Assess email risk and reputation.
$0
/ month
100 requests
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Starter
Validate emails & ensure deliverability.
$17
/ month
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Standard
Enrich sender and domain details.
$37
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Enterprise
Customize data for advanced needs.
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Free
Assess email risk and reputation.
$0
/ month
100 requests
start for free
Starter
Validate emails & ensure deliverability.
$17
/ month
Choose requests / month:
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Standard
Enrich sender and domain details.
$37
/ month
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Enterprise
Customize data for advanced needs.
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API Response Examples
Abstract Starter
{
"email_address": "richard.hendricks@abstractapi.com",
"email_deliverability": {
"status": "deliverable",
"status_detail": "valid_email",
"is_format_valid": true,
"is_smtp_valid": true,
"is_mx_valid": true,
"mx_records": [
"alt2.aspmx.l.google.com",
"aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt3.aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt4.aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt1.aspmx.l.google.com"
]
}
}
Abstract Standard
{
"email_address": "richard.hendricks@abstractapi.com",
"email_deliverability": {
"status": "deliverable",
"status_detail": "valid_email",
"is_format_valid": true,
"is_smtp_valid": true,
"is_mx_valid": true,
"mx_records": [
"alt2.aspmx.l.google.com",
"aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt3.aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt4.aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt1.aspmx.l.google.com"
]
},
"email_sender": {
"first_name": "Richard",
"last_name": "Hendricks",
"email_provider_name": "Google",
"organization_name": "Abstract API",
"organization_type": "commercial"
},
"email_domain": {
"domain": "abstractapi.com",
"domain_age": 1871,
"is_live_site": true,
"registrar": "NameCheap, Inc.",
"registrar_url": "https://namecheap.com",
"date_registered": "2020-05-13",
"date_last_renewed": "2025-04-13",
"date_expires": "2026-05-13",
"is_risky_tld": false
}
}
Abstract Professional
{
"email_address": "richard.hendricks@abstractapi.com",
"email_deliverability": {
"status": "deliverable",
"status_detail": "valid_email",
"is_format_valid": true,
"is_smtp_valid": true,
"is_mx_valid": true,
"mx_records": [
"alt2.aspmx.l.google.com",
"aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt3.aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt4.aspmx.l.google.com",
"alt1.aspmx.l.google.com"
]
},
"email_quality": {
"score": "0.80",
"is_free_email": false,
"is_username_suspicious": false,
"is_disposable": false,
"is_catchall": true,
"is_subaddress": false,
"is_role": false,
"is_dmarc_enforced": true,
"is_spf_strict": false,
"minimum_age": null
},
"email_sender": {
"first_name": "Richard",
"last_name": "Hendricks",
"email_provider_name": "Google",
"organization_name": "Abstract API",
"organization_type": "commercial"
},
"email_domain": {
"domain": "abstractapi.com",
"domain_age": 1871,
"is_live_site": true,
"registrar": "NameCheap, Inc.",
"registrar_url": "https://namecheap.com",
"date_registered": "2020-05-13",
"date_last_renewed": "2025-04-13",
"date_expires": "2026-05-13",
"is_risky_tld": false
},
"email_risk": {
"address_risk_status": "low",
"domain_risk_status": "medium"
},
"email_breaches": {
"total_breaches": 0,
"date_first_breached": null,
"date_last_breached": null,
"breached_domains": []
}
}
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The Email Reputation API has been a huge asset for our business. Before using it, we struggled with fraudulent sign-ups and poor email deliverability. Now, we can instantly assess the reputation of an email address, flag potential risks, and ensure our messages reach real users.
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Email Reputation API Changelog
Refined scoring for domains with missing MX records to reduce false “high risk” classifications.
September 16, 2025
Improved detection of role-based accounts (e.g., info@, admin@) to better flag risky addresses.
September 9, 2025
Improved scoring for domains with inconsistent SPF/DKIM setups to reduce false negatives.
August 28, 2025
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Email Reputation API
What is the Email Reputation API?
The Abstract API Email Reputation API analyzes an email address and provides a reputation score based on various risk factors. It helps identify whether an email is associated with spam, fraud, or poor deliverability, allowing businesses to filter out risky users, improve email engagement, and protect their platforms from abuse.
What factors influence an email’s reputation score?
The Email Reputation API considers multiple factors, including the email’s deliverability status, domain age and history, blacklist records, presence in data breaches, role-based usage (e.g., support@, sales@), and whether it’s linked to disposable or high-risk domains. These insights help determine whether an email is trustworthy or poses a potential risk.
How can the Email Reputation API improve email deliverability?
By identifying and filtering out emails with low reputation scores, spam traps, or high bounce risks, the API helps businesses maintain a clean email list. This reduces bounce rates, improves sender reputation, and ensures that messages reach legitimate recipients, leading to higher engagement and better inbox placement.
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