Jesin A

<p>Most email validators look for an <code>@</code> and a <code>.</code>(dot) some go further and blacklist certain domain names. But Mailgun’s Advanced email validation service goes deeper and looks for the existence of the domain name, presence of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MX_record" rel="nofollow ugc">MX record</a> and the custom ESP(Email Service Provider) grammar.<br />
The grammar here is the rules defined by each email provider. For example, Yahoo Mail addresses can only contain letters, numbers, underscores, and one period.<br />
So <code>user.name.abc@yahoo.com</code> perfectly passes the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_email" rel="nofollow ugc">is_email()</a> function but can never exist as it contains more than one period. Such addresses can’t escape Mailgun’s Email validation.</p>
<h4>Why use Mailgun’s email validation service?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Performs the usual email syntax check.</li>
<li>Checks the existence of the email domain. So <code>user@some-random-characters.com</code> can’t escape.</li>
<li>Checks if the email domain has a MX record. So <code>anything@example.com</code> is caught.</li>
<li>Checks if the username complies with the grammar of its ESP (Email Service provider). Eg Gmail doesn’t allow usernames less than 6 characters and hyphens so <code>small@gmail.com</code> and <code>hyphen-user@gmail.com</code> can’t get away.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Why use this plugin?</h4>
<ul>
<li>Integrates with the <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/is_email" rel="nofollow ugc">is_email()</a> function of WordPress. So it works seamlessly with Contact Form 7, Jetpack/Grunion contact forms, WordPress registration form and any form which uses the <code>is_email()</code> function.</li>
<li>Kicks spam before it is inserted into the database</li>
<li>Ensures that the commenting process is uninterrupted even if Mailgun suffers a <a href="http://status.mailgun.com" rel="nofollow ugc">downtime</a></li>
<li>Works completely transparent, nothing changes in the frontend</li>
</ul>
<p>This plugin requires a Mailgun Public API Key which can be obtained by <a href="https://mailgun.com/signup" rel="nofollow ugc">signing up at Mailgun</a>.</p>
<p>If you’re trying out this plugin on a local WAMP/LAMP/MAMP installation make sure your system is connected to the Internet for this plugin to contact Mailgun.</p>
<h4>Available Languages</h4>
<ul>
<li>English</li>
<li>Serbo-Croatian by <a href="http://www.webhostinghub.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Borisa Djuraskovic</a></li>
<li>Spanish by <a href="http://www.webhostinghub.com/" rel="nofollow ugc">Andrew Kurtis</a></li>
</ul>
<h4>Further Reading</h4>
<p>Read about Mailgun’s email validation service.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://blog.mailgun.com/post/free-email-validation-api-for-web-forms/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://blog.mailgun.com/post/free-email-validation-api-for-web-forms/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://blog.mailgun.com/post/weekly-product-update-improvements-to-email-validation-api/" rel="nofollow ugc">http://blog.mailgun.com/post/weekly-product-update-improvements-to-email-validation-api/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mailgun.github.io/validator-demo/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mailgun Address Validator demo</a> and its <a href="https://github.com/mailgun/validator-demo/tree/gh-pages" rel="nofollow ugc">source code</a></li>
<li>The <a href="https://websistent.com/wordpress-plugins/mailgun-email-validator/" rel="nofollow ugc">Mailgun Email Validator Plugin</a> official homepage.</li>
</ul>


Mailgun Email Validator

Implementing this plugin is straight forward and simple.

Works perfectly

Kick spam with a highly advanced email validation in comment forms, user registration and contact forms using Mailgun's Email validation service.

Antideo

<p>The email validator is designed by Antideo to help combat spam coming in through contact forms. Antideo <a href="https://www.antideo.com/email-validation/" rel="nofollow ugc">validates email addresses</a> entered through your contact forms in real time to prevent inquiries from fake email addresses. The email validator plugin comes packed with several features that help you –</p>
<ul>
<li>Check the syntax of the email entered, to quickly flag the error to the visitor</li>
<li>Check for disposable or temporary emails</li>
<li>Prevent inquiries from free ESP’s like Gmail, Yahoo, etc (Can be switched on and off)</li>
<li>Prevent inquiries from role-based emails like info@, support@, admin@ etc (Can be switched on and off)</li>
<li>Check MX records to identify invalid emails</li>
<li>Create and maintain your own local whitelist of domains and emails </li>
<li>Create and maintain your own local blacklist of domains and emails</li>
</ul>
<p>Armed with the capabilities of our plugin you would be able to eliminate a major portion of contact form spam, as spammers seldom use a valid business email address. Our plugin out of the box is compatible with major forms like</p>
<ul>
<li>Contact Form 7</li>
<li>Gravity Forms</li>
<li>Mailster Form</li>
<li>WooCommerce</li>
<li>MailChimp</li>
<li>Ninja Forms</li>
<li>Formidable forms</li>
<li>JetPack comments and a contact form</li>
<li>MailPoet</li>
<li>WP-Members</li>
<li>Paid Membership Pro</li>
<li>Form Maker by 10Web</li>
<li>Visual Form Builder<br />
And pretty much any other form that uses the default WordPress is_email() function. The plugin is very easy to install and activate, no tech knowledge whatsoever is needed to get going with the plugin.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Advantages of our plugin</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>No limits on the number of validations – go crazy, it’s unlimited!!</li>
<li>Real time validations done in a fraction of a second</li>
<li>Extensive database of 84K+ disposable email domains and constantly being updated with newer ones</li>
<li>Clean and super friendly UI that is easy to use</li>
<li>A powerful free version and an affordable premium version </li>
</ul>
<p>We are literally eating our own dog food, implementing the <a href="https://www.antideo.com/wordpress-email-validation-plugin/" rel="nofollow ugc">Antideo Email Validation plugin</a> on several websites that we own, which has resulted in spam inquiries going down by over 87%.</p>
<p>You can access more information on the plugin as well as the several aspects of email validation <a href="https://www.antideo.com/blog/" rel="nofollow ugc">here</a>.</p>
<p>Disclaimer: This plugin is an email validator and not an email verifier</p>


Antideo Email Validator

Form email validation, Email Blacklist, Domain Blacklist, Form email check, Real time email validator Requires at least: 4.7 Tested up to: 6.5.

Mailgun Email Validator vs Antideo Email Validator