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Dev tools · April 21, 2022

I built a service to detect invalid and malicious email addresses

Hello HN, around October last year, I started to work on campaignkit.cc as a side project. It is a service to detect invalid and malicious email addresses. You can upload text files, and use the REST API or direct integration to retrieve a detailed report for each email address. End of March I added Stripe Payments and got my first paying customers via SEM. A coworker suggested starting a Show HN thread, so here we are :) I used golang for the backend since I wanted something lightweight with fast compilation times (coming from scala). For the frontend, I'm using Next.js and TailwindUI. On…

I built a service to detect invalid and malicious email addresses launched on April 21, 2022 with 5 votes, #1,160 of 2,974 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

What it does

Email validation service. Clean your email lists to reduce bounces. Email List cleaning doesn't have to be expensive. Start your free trial today.

Validate email addresses in real-time to protect your sender reputation and maximize deliverability. Join 1,000+ companies sending better campaigns. Test our service. Verify an email address to get a detailed report. Get started in minutes with our intuitive platform designed for marketers and developers alike. Import your email list via CSV, Excel, or connect directly through our API or integrations. Our system validates each email in under 1 second, checking syntax, domain, mailbox, and detecting spam traps. Get a detailed report with validation scores and download only verified, deliverable emails. Sync validated contacts automatically. No CSV uploads, no manual work. “ Out of all the…from campaignkit.cc

In the maker’s words, at launch

Hello HN, around October last year, I started to work on campaignkit.cc as a side project. It is a service to detect invalid and malicious email addresses. You can upload text files, and use the REST API or direct integration to retrieve a detailed report for each email address. End of March I added Stripe Payments…

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