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barracudanetworks/smtp-validate-email
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A library for determining if an email or set of emails is valid and has an actual mailbox.

v0.2.1(10y ago)1325Creative Commons v2.0PHPPHP >=5.3

Since Nov 25Pushed 10y ago5 watchersCompare

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###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~24 days

Total

3

Last Release

3772d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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phpvalidationemail

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