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Verification evidence
Use address, domain, mail-server, mailbox, and risk signals to identify entries that are invalid or deserve a closer look.
A practical list-cleaning workflow
Email list hygiene that keeps context intactClean the data without losing the evidence
Upload a CSV or paste a list to add current verification signals, then combine those results with the consent, suppression, bounce, and engagement data only your business has.
- Input
- Paste addresses or upload CSV
- Output
- Verdicts with supporting signals
- Fair billing
- Unknown results do not use credits
What it means
A verifier is one part of list hygiene—not the whole system
Peopledat can help identify invalid, uncertain, disposable, catch-all, and other address conditions. It cannot know whether a person consented, unsubscribed, complained, or still wants your messages. Strong list hygiene keeps those business records alongside verification rather than treating one score as permission to send.
Useful context
The three evidence sets a clean list needs
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Consent and suppression data
Keep unsubscribes, complaints, legal basis, and internal suppression rules authoritative. Verification never gives permission to contact someone.
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Sending and engagement history
Combine Peopledat results with bounces, opens, clicks, replies, and last-contact dates from your email platform or CRM.
The dashboard workflow
From raw list to a usable decision
No developer integration is required. Work through a list in the browser and keep the result attached to the address.
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Paste or upload
Sign in to the dashboard, create a list, then paste email addresses or upload a CSV. Keep the original file as your source of record.
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Run verification
Peopledat processes the list and returns verdicts with the supporting signals available for each address.
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Review and export
Inspect uncertain and risk-marked results, decide what fits your sending policy, and export the list for your next workflow.
Read the result
Verdicts are decision support
Keep the verdict and its context together. A single label cannot account for consent, engagement, sender reputation, or a receiving server changing its behavior later.
Safe
The available checks support using the address. It is a positive verification signal, not a promise of delivery or inbox placement.
Invalid
The checks found a strong reason not to use the address, such as invalid structure, domain, or mailbox response.
Review the signal
Catch-all, disposable, role-account, inbox-full, disabled, and similar conditions need a policy decision rather than one universal rule.
Unknown
The receiving system did not provide a decisive answer. Peopledat does not deduct credits for results classified as unknown.
Put the result to work
Create a repeatable maintenance policy
Before a high-impact send
Review a campaign segment before importing it, especially when the source is old, mixed, or unfamiliar.
After delivery feedback
Use bounce and complaint data from your sending platform to update suppressions; do not overwrite that first-party evidence with a verification label.
As lists age
Choose a review cadence based on list age, collection method, sending frequency, and business risk instead of relying on a universal decay statistic.
Clear limits, so you can use the result responsibly
- Email verification cannot guarantee delivery, inbox placement, engagement, or future mailbox availability.
- Receiving servers may hide mailbox status, throttle checks, or accept every recipient. Those cases can remain uncertain.
- Risk flags are context, not proof of fraud, consent, or a person's intent.
- Use the dashboard for list work, the versioned REST API for server integrations, or the origin-bound widget for advisory form checks. No official SDK is required.
Questions, answered plainly
Frequently asked questions
What is email list hygiene?
Email list hygiene is the ongoing process of keeping contact data usable and appropriately permissioned. It combines verification with bounce handling, unsubscribe and complaint suppression, source quality, and engagement history.
How often should I clean an email list?
There is no single schedule for every list. Review before important sends and when a list has been inactive, imported, merged, or collected from a source with uncertain quality. High-change lists may need more frequent checks.
Does Peopledat manage unsubscribes and bounces?
Peopledat supplies verification results for pasted or uploaded lists. Your sending platform or CRM remains the source of truth for unsubscribes, complaints, bounces, consent, and engagement.
Should I delete every uncertain address?
Not automatically. Catch-all, role-account, disposable, and unknown results describe different conditions. Apply a documented policy using your relationship with the contact, consent, sending purpose, and risk tolerance.
Bring a list. Leave with a clearer decision.
Paste addresses or upload a CSV, review the evidence behind each result, and pay nothing for verdicts classified as unknown.
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