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This video uses sample data, not real Findymail data. Column names come from the Findymail help center. BillionVerify is not affiliated with or endorsed by Findymail. File verification needs a paid account.

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1. 00:00What Findymail promises

   Findymail verifies every email as it finds it. So here's the honest question: when does a second check make sense, and when can you skip it? Start with Findymail's own words. It checks each address while finding it, and says that's enough. On the day you find them, we won't argue. But the same homepage also says this. And that sentence is the whole case for checking again. A find happens once. Your send might be weeks later, after the file sat in a folder or a CRM. So here's a simple rule. Found it today and sending now? Go ahead. An older list, or one mixed with other sources? That's the one to check.

2. 00:40Read the file

   Bulk results come back as your own file, plus one new column at the very end, named findymail_email. Everything else stays where you left it. For addresses from elsewhere, Findymail's verifier gives you two downloads. Deliverable is what passed. Risky is what it couldn't validate and doesn't recommend sending to. Notice what's missing. There's no catch-all file. A catch-all lands in one of those two, depending on the result, so you can't pull them out as a group. Here's a result that surprises people. Run a Findymail find through Findymail's verifier, and it can come back risky. Its docs say that's fine, since the verifier is stricter than the finder. One limit if your list is mixed. That verifier only takes business addresses. Personal ones get skipped, and they don't come back in the export. If your row count drops, that's why.

3. 01:29Verify an older list

   Keep the original. One more thing before you upload. Findymail can push contacts straight into a sequencing tool. That suits fresh finds. For an older list, download the file instead, so it stops here first. Open File List Verify, and add your file. The check screen comes first. You see which column holds the emails, the unique count, and what the job can spend. After that, it works in the background, and we email you once it's ready.

4. 01:54Sort the results

   This is what you couldn't get before. Our results mark catch-all in its own column, so those rows can finally become a group. Old finds and old answers sit side by side. A Findymail find may come back catch-all here. Findymail's own verifier can disagree with its finder too. For us it means that server won't confirm one mailbox. So don't delete it. Send it separately, and keep an eye on bounces. The rest is quick. Valid goes to your sender. Role gets different copy. Unknown stays out for now. Invalid and disposable leave the list.

5. 02:30What it costs

   Our pricing works per result. One credit each, and that covers catch-all and role too. Unknown, disposable and bad syntax stay free. To upload a file you need a paid account, so buy credits once, any amount.

6. 02:45Get started free

   20 free credits every day you use your account, up to 600 a month. No credit card required. Start at billionverify.com.

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