Sales Intelligence

Email Validation Architecture

SMTP verification with MX resolution and catch-all detection via self-hosted Reacher

Internal Components

Mini Map

Service Configuration

Replicas1
Poll Interval60s
Batch Size25 emails
BackendReacher (self-hosted)

Database Outputs

employees.email_verifiedValidation result
employees.unverified_emailsRejected emails (JSONB)

Pipeline Position

Upstream

Email Finder (discovered emails)

Downstream

Outreach (Cold Email campaigns)

Component Breakdown

MX Resolver

Looks up MX records for the email domain. Falls back to A record if no MX found.

SMTP Prober

RCPT TO probe with STARTTLS via Reacher. 120s timeout with 3 retries and exponential backoff.

Catch-all Detector

Tests random addresses to detect catch-all domains. Marks results as "risky" if domain accepts all.

Result Classifier

Classifies: valid (confirmed), risky (catch-all), unknown (temp failure), invalid (rejected). Invalid emails move to unverified_emails JSONB.

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