September Product Updates - FoxBound 2.0

For our data tools, DataScout & DataDen, we’ve historically shown email validation in the form of “Confidence Intervals.”

When you pulled new contacts, we applied a “High, Medium, or Low” tag to emails to indicate their odds of delivering to prospects.

To give you an understanding of what’s going on under the hood, we’ve adjusted the model. Now, you’ll see that emails are categorized based on the following: 

• Valid: This means we’re able to run our verification algorithm successfully on the email address. You’ll see these emails marked with a green checkmark.
• Pattern Match: Since it’s not possible for every email to be validated beyond a shadow of a doubt, we’ve incorporated the ability to apply a common email pattern by selecting a Contact(s) and clicking the “Apply Pattern” button in the toolbar.
• Catch-All: Some servers don’t allow any email validation service to verify with 100% certainty. That’s because catch-all email servers give valid pings for any email. So, “[email protected]” would register as valid and so would “[email protected].” We mark these emails with the common pattern of [email protected]. If you know the correct pattern, you can apply it as well.
• Invalid: Our email validation formula can only be as strong as the data that feeds it. You’ll see invalid email addresses when there’s a limitation in the first name, last name, or domain input. If a Contact is no longer at a company or if the name is incorrect, it’s likely you’ll see this status.
• Blocked / Not Found: Sometimes, we will not be able to complete our email validation algorithm. If an email server blocks our validation attempt, you’ll see this status. Or, if we cannot verify the existence of an email domain/server, you’ll see this status.
• Open: When you bring in data from outside sources or create them manually, you’ll see these records be marked as “Open.”