Customer Invalid Emails

Manage your customers' invalid emails.

Retrieve Invalid Emails

URI Parameter	Required	Requirements	Description
user	Yes	Customer must be registered under your account	The customer we are retrieving invalid emails from
task	Yes	Must be set to `get`	This will allow you to retrieve the invalid emails for the specified customer
date	No	Must be set to 1	Retrieves the timestamps. It will return a date in a MySQL timestamp format - `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`
method	Yes	Must be set to `invalidemails`	Allows you to access invalid email functionality

These are Reseller only APIs. For more information, see the Reseller Overview.

Call

POST	`https://api.sendgrid.com/apiv2/reseller.manage.json`
POST Data	`api_user=your_sendgrid_username&api_key=your_sendgrid_password&method=invalidemails&user=eexampexample@example.com&task=get&date=1`

Response

[
  {
    "email": "example@example.com",
    "reason": "Mail domain mentioned in email address is unknown",
    "created": "2009-06-01 19:41:39"
  },
  {
    "email": "isaac@hotmail",
    "reason": "Bad Syntax",
    "created": "2009-06-01 19:41:39"
  },
  {
    "email": "example@example.com",
    "reason": "Known bad domain",
    "created": "2009-06-01 19:41:39"
  }
]

Call

POST	`https://api.sendgrid.com/apiv2/reseller.manage.xml`
POST Data	`api_user=your_sendgrid_username&api_key=your_sendgrid_password&method=invalidemails&user=eexampexample@example.com&task=get&date=1`

Response

<invalidemails>
   <invalidemail>
      <email>example@example.com</email>
      <reason>Mail domain mentioned in email address is unknown</reason>
      <created>2009-06-10 12:40:30</created>
   </invalidemail>
   <invalidemail>
      <email>isaac@hotmail</email>
      <reason>Bad Syntax</reason>
      <created>2009-06-10 12:40:30</created>
   </invalidemail>
   <invalidemail>
      <email>example@example.com</email>
      <reason>Known bad domain</reason>
      <created>2009-06-10 12:40:30</created>
   </invalidemail>
</invalidemails>

Delete Invalid Emails

Since SendGrid does not deliver to invalid emails, users can remove invalid emails from their list at any time if re-delivery to a spam reported address is desired.

URI Parameter	Required	Requirements	Description
user	Yes	Customer must be registered under your account	The customer we are retrieving invalid emails from
task	Yes	Must be set to delete	This will allow you to delete an invalid email for the specified customer
email	Yes	Must be an invalid email	You must specify the invalid emails to remove
method	Yes	Must be set to invalidemails	Allows you to access invalid emails functionality

Call

POST	`https://api.sendgrid.com/apiv2/reseller.manage.json`
POST Data	`api_user=your_sendgrid_username&api_key=your_sendgrid_password&method=invalidemails&user=eexampexample@example.com&task=delete&email=invalidemail@example.com`

Response

{
  "message": "success"
}

Call

POST	`https://api.sendgrid.com/apiv2/reseller.manage.xml`
POST Data	`api_user=your_sendgrid_username&api_key=your_sendgrid_password&method=invalidemails&user=eexampexample@example.com&task=delete&email=invalidemail@example.com`

Response

<result>
   <message>success</message>
</result>

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