mail_drop_address_with_free_email_provider
A mail-drop address with a free email provider
The postal address is a commercial mail-receiving agency or mailbox rental, and the email is at a free consumer provider.
- appears in
- flag
- credits
- Free. The consistency analysis is arithmetic over answers already paid for and never costs a credit of its own.
What it means
`is_mail_drop` comes from the mail-drop lists installed for that country, and answers null where none is installed — silence, never false.
Mail drops are a legitimate service used by travellers, small businesses and people without a fixed address. The flag names a combination, not wrongdoing.
What to do
Relevant where you need to reach someone at a residential or registered business address; otherwise ignore it.
Example response
{
"comparison": "email_address_free_provider_mail_drop",
"left": {
"signal": "email",
"field": "free_provider",
"value": true
},
"right": {
"signal": "address",
"field": "is_mail_drop",
"value": true
},
"result": "agree",
"flag": "mail_drop_address_with_free_email_provider"
}Abbreviated: a real answer carries all 33 fields, listed in the validate-phone reference.
Related
- phone_country_differs_from_address_country · the phone number and the address name different countries
- ip_country_differs_from_address_country · the IP address and the postal address name different countries
- ip_country_differs_from_phone_country · the IP address and the phone number name different countries
- disposable_email_from_datacenter_ip · a disposable address arriving from a datacenter
- disposable_email_from_anonymous_network · a disposable address arriving over an anonymous network
- disposable_phone_with_disposable_email · a disposable number with a disposable address
- entity_country_differs_from_address_country · the company is registered in one country and the address is in another
- entity_name_differs_from_address_organization · the registered name and the organisation on the address are not the same name
- missing_value · a comparison was withheld because a value was missing
- low_confidence · a comparison was withheld because the location was not the person’s
- All verdict reasons
- Phone fields and the risk score
- API reference
markdown version: /docs/reasons/mail_drop_address_with_free_email_provider.md