How does LeadIQ verify email addresses?
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The LeadIQ extension does it's own qualification tests for work emails that it finds.
The way we LeadIQ extension verifies emails is as follows:
- We contact their mail server and ask, for example, "Does alan@leadiq.com exist?" and their mail server should say yes since that is valid.
- Then we ask "Does alan.ellis@leadiq.com exist?" and they should say No because it's not valid. If it says No, we know it only accepted the legit email and we consider it verified.
- If they say yes to all formats, we can not verify the email because it's using a Catch-All system and accepting all mail and then rejecting it on the backend. This is an Unverified status.
- If we have a verified email from someone at a company, and other emails are unverified, we assume the company uses the same format for everyone, which isn't always the case (for example, we have 3 Ryans working for us, so they have various versions of emails). We list those as "Best Guess"
We also do use other methods, including third-party vendors, as data sources beyond our own testing.
If you have any trouble, please contact our Support team by clicking "Submit a request" at the top right of this page for further assistance.