I want Wix to recognize non-existing/invalid email, how can I do this?

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I took existing newsletter form on Wix Studio, however when I went live with my site, I noticed that Wix system does not recognize an unexisting email, it only says error if there is no: @ or .com, but even if people miss-spell their email, as long as there is @ or .com, it will automatically submit even tho the email is incorrect, what can I do so that it recognizes an invalid mail? I suppose this can only be solved with code so feel free to write a ready code because as far as coding goes, I only know how to copy and paste. Form ID: #form1

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I dont think this is possible to check billions of email addresses to see if it is valid.

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It is a matter of how exactly is the system supposed to determine if an address is a valid one?

If I mistype my email address and use d3v@deanayalon.com instead of dev, the address still follows all the rules for email addresses

Email providers do send you an email when you try sending to an address that does not exist, but I don’t know if it is possible to detect such error email with Wix’s automations or code

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Email validation is completely different from email verification.

Validation only checks the email pattern, i.e. if the text contains @ and .
What you are asking for is email verification, which is something that Wix does not provide. Wix only validates the email, and if the pattern is correct, then considers it as a legitimate email.

If you want to implement email verification, you can either have a unique code sent to that email which the user has to manually enter in order to verify the email, or you can use APIs that can determine the deliverability of the entered email address.

Coding such logic takes time, lets hope there’s a dev who ‘feels free’ to give you a ready code that you can copy paste…

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Email verification….

You will need more than just a copy and paste code.

So if hiring an experienced coder is not in your budget feel free to find a Form app that offers email verification as a native feature.

Your Wix Forms is not compatible to code that and it does not offer it as a native feature.