email-chk

1.0.2 • Public • Published

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Checks if an email is valid & real by contacting the associated remote mail server ✉️

See email-chk-cli for the command-line tool.

Install

$ npm install --save email-chk

Usage

const emailChk = require('email-chk')
 
try {
  const exists = await emailChk('test@example.com')
} 
catch (e) {
  // connection refused or server error occurred
}
 
// or
emailChk('test@example.com')
  .then(console.log)
  .catch(console.error)

API

emailChk(email [,options])

Returns a boolean representing if the email is valid & real

email

Type: string

The email to verify and check existence for

options

timeout

Type: number
Default: 5000

The idle timeout in ms for the socket performing requests

host

Type: string
Default: domain of email

The domain of the originating SMTP server for the request

from

Type: string
Default: email

The originating email for the request

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License

MIT © Brandon Smith

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Install

npm i email-chk

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1.0.2

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