ToolAssay

DNS and list based verification

DNS and list based verification. Never claims that a mailbox exists without evidence: without an SMTP probe the verdict for a routable address is "unknown", not "valid".

Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
990 msmedian answer time
$0.001listed price per call
$0.001price it asked us

Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.

Endpoint

POST https://mail.halowerk.com/email

CategoryEverything else
Provider hostmail.halowerk.com
Networkseip155:8453
Payment schemesexact
Self-reported calls, 30 days2 from 2 payers (the provider's figure, not ours)

Our checks, last 30 days

DayResultHTTPAskedTime
2026-09-24 valid payment request 402$0.001 990 ms

Example input (from the provider)

{
  "body": {
    "email": "name@example.com"
  },
  "bodyType": "json",
  "method": "POST",
  "type": "http"
}

Promised output schema (from the provider)

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "properties": {
    "input": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "body": {
          "properties": {
            "email": {
              "description": "The email address to check.",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "smtp_check": {
              "default": false,
              "description": "Ask for an optional SMTP probe. Off by default, heavily throttled, one attempt per target and never retried. Without it the verdict of a routable address stays \"unknown\".",
              "type": "boolean"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "email"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "bodyType": {
          "enum": [
            "json",
            "form-data",
            "text"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "method": {
          "enum": [
            "POST"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "type": {
          "const": "http",
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "type",
        "method",
        "bodyType",
        "body"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "input"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

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