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[Mail & Notifications](/categories/mail) 4. / 5. vboctor/disposable\_email\_checker ActiveLibrary[Mail & Notifications](/categories/mail) vboctor/disposable\_email\_checker ================================== Library to detect disposable email addresses 3.1.0(7y ago)47111.8k↑263.8%19[2 PRs](https://github.com/vboctor/disposable_email_checker/pulls)1MITPHPPHP >=5.0.0CI failing Since Nov 29Pushed 3y ago9 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/vboctor/disposable_email_checker)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/vboctor/disposable_email_checker)[ RSS](/packages/vboctor-disposable-email-checker/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1w ago READMEChangelogDependencies (1)Versions (8)Used By (1) Disposable Email Checker ======================== [](#disposable-email-checker) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7b9de7bfd550fb0637995624c1fd62d079c1bd713a08611b8e7d9c0a44dac06c/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f76626f63746f722f646973706f7361626c655f656d61696c5f636865636b65722e706e673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/vboctor/disposable_email_checker) What is it? ----------- [](#what-is-it) Disposable Email Checker is a library that allows applications to check for users signup with [disposable email addresses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disposable_email_address). This is very important for services that provide some trial period based on the email address. Hence, if users use disposable addresses, then they can potentially bypass the time limit. Other applications may use it to make sure that they have valid emails that they can use for future correspondence. The library currently contains > 1,900 domains and growing. Goals ----- [](#goals) This project started with offering a php library, but in v2, it has been refactored to separate the domain lists from the code. This enables the following scenarios: - Providing implementations in multiple languages that consumes such data files. - Enable apps to easily embed these data files and consume them directly. - Simplify the process of updating the list to add more domains. How Disposable Addresses are detected? -------------------------------------- [](#how-disposable-addresses-are-detected) This library has a list of rules that are used to determine whether an address is disposable or not. The library does not connect to the Internet to determine the kind or the validity of the address. The library may be enhanced in the future to provide applications with ways of explicitly requiring online checks. Contributing ------------ [](#contributing) This library is available as open source with MIT license, so you can use it in both open source and commercial applications. The best ways to contribute back to this library are: 1. Report service providers that the library should detect but it doesn't. See section below for validating disposeable domains. 2. Report bugs and feature request in the bug tracker. 3. Provide ports for the library in languages other than PHP. To report bugs and feature requests use the associated github bug tracker. Validating Disposable Domains ----------------------------- [](#validating-disposable-domains) Before submitting a PR with new disposable email domains, please validate that such domain are really disposable via the [Kickbox](kickbox.com) service. In the following URL replace `{domain}` with your domain (e.g. `example.com`) and make sure it returns `disposable: true`. ``` https://open.kickbox.com/v1/disposable/{domain} ``` Running Unit Tests ------------------ [](#running-unit-tests) Here is how to run the unit tests: ``` composer install vendor/phpunit/phpunit/phpunit php/tests/disposable_email_checker_tests.php ``` Versioning Scheme ----------------- [](#versioning-scheme) The versioning for this library is formatted as follows "1.2.3". (1) This is the major version which will change when there are major changes or re-implementation. (2) This is the minor version which will change when the APIs changes. Most of the time these won't be breaking changes, but sometimes they may be. (3) This is the data version which is the only one changed in releases that just update the rules that are used to determine that an email address is disposable. Credits ------- [](#credits) - Contributors of Domains - Merged domains from [ivolo/disposable-email-domains](https://github.com/ivolo/disposable-email-domains/) - Merged domains from [aaronbassett/DisposableEmailChecker](https://github.com/aaronbassett/DisposableEmailChecker) ### Health Score 42 — FairBetter than 88% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity46 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community27 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity63 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 88.3% 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 ~268 days Total 5 Last Release 2837d ago Major Versions 2.1.1 → 3.0.02017-05-22 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3615494566de188a0229713f65b918a2405490d7861ed9a8de38af211e0d61d2?d=identicon)[vboctor](/maintainers/vboctor) --- Top Contributors [![vboctor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6446?v=4)](https://github.com/vboctor "vboctor (83 commits)")[![adaptive](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17833?v=4)](https://github.com/adaptive "adaptive (4 commits)")[![TravisCarden](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/959246?v=4)](https://github.com/TravisCarden "TravisCarden (2 commits)")[![atrol](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/319317?v=4)](https://github.com/atrol "atrol (1 commits)")[![dregad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/449891?v=4)](https://github.com/dregad "dregad (1 commits)")[![enekochan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1836845?v=4)](https://github.com/enekochan "enekochan (1 commits)")[![KeyWeeUsr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8825439?v=4)](https://github.com/KeyWeeUsr "KeyWeeUsr (1 commits)")[![AgentCosmic](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1035714?v=4)](https://github.com/AgentCosmic "AgentCosmic (1 commits)") --- Tags emailsignupdisposable ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/vboctor-disposable-email-checker/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/vboctor-disposable-email-checker/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/vboctor-disposable-email-checker) ``` ### Alternatives [propaganistas/laravel-disposable-email Disposable email validator 6023.2M7](/packages/propaganistas-laravel-disposable-email)[mattketmo/email-checker Throwaway email detection library 2842.1M5](/packages/mattketmo-email-checker)[erag/laravel-disposable-email A Laravel package to detect and block disposable email addresses. 265192.2k1](/packages/erag-laravel-disposable-email)[stymiee/email-validator A robust PHP 7.4+ email validation library that extends beyond basic validation with MX record checks, disposable email detection, and free email provider validation. 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