Resources · Zapier integration

MailProbe Zapier integrationAutomate MailProbe with Zapier.

The MailProbe Zapier integration gives you 0 triggers, 1 action and 0 searches. That single action checks an address before you store or mail it. MailProbe never starts a Zap on its own: another app does, and MailProbe sits right behind it.

Beta app Zapier still marks this integration as beta.

See the 1 operations

Verified Trustpilot reviews · AI, automation & growth agency

Overview

What the MailProbe Zapier integration does for you

It plugs an address check into an automation. Zapier watches another app, and when a new address shows up there, the Verify Email step asks MailProbe whether that address exists and can receive mail. MailProbe gets the answer from the recipient's mail server, without sending anything, and hands it to the next step.

Three results you can build with that one action. A cleaner sign-up list: every address typed into your form goes through Verify Email before it lands in your mailing tool, so typos stop piling up there. A flagged record: the verdict comes back as data, and the next step writes it next to the address, so whoever reads the list knows which ones to trust. A gate before sending: a filter placed after the check lets only the deliverable addresses go on to the step that emails them.

Now what Zapier does not do here. MailProbe has no trigger, so nothing that happens in your MailProbe account can start a Zap. There is no search step either: you cannot look up a past result. And a Zap never goes back in time, so the addresses you collected before switching it on stay unchecked. Cleaning an old list is a separate job.

Each check uses one MailProbe credit, on top of the Zapier task. Two meters, then, and both move on every run. If you weigh Zapier against other tools for this, see our n8n vs Zapier comparison and our Zapier review page.

Vocabulary

Zapier words, in plain English

Seven terms come back on this page. Here they are once, so the rest reads easily.

Zap
The automation you build: one trigger, then one or more actions that run every time that starting event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is on, Zapier waits for it. MailProbe offers none.
Action
What the Zap does once started: the step that writes, sends or checks something. Verify Email is one.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completes successfully. Your plan counts these, nothing else.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked on a timer by Zapier. An instant one is reported by the app itself the moment the event happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap go on only when what arrived meets your condition, and stops it there otherwise.
Connection
Your account of an app, linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step that calls that same app.
Cost

What a MailProbe check really costs

The trigger of the other app costs nothing, however often Zapier looks at it. Each Verify Email that goes through counts as one task; one that fails is not counted.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, two-step Zaps
  • Premium appNo, and marked beta by Zapier
  • Per checkOne task in Zapier, one MailProbe credit
  • Filter after the checkMulti-step Zap, paid plan

MailProbe is not a premium app, so it works on the free plan, which allows 100 tasks a month and Zaps of two steps only. Add a filter or a second action after the check and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. On MailProbe's side, each check also uses one credit. The interval grid below concerns the polling trigger of the app that starts your Zap, since MailProbe brings no trigger of its own; an instant trigger ignores it.

Connect

Connect your MailProbe account

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to Apps and click + Add connection. Have your MailProbe login at hand: the connection links an account you already own, with its credits.

  2. 02

    Pick MailProbe

    Type MailProbe in the search box of the dialog, select it in the results, then click Add connection. A new browser tab opens on MailProbe's side for the sign-in.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Log in to MailProbe in that tab and allow Zapier to use the account. The connection then shows up in the list, ready for every Zap that calls Verify Email.

First Zap

Your first Zap: sign-ups checked before they reach your list

GoalEvery address submitted through your form is verified, and only the deliverable ones are added to your mailing tool.

  1. 01

    Start from your form

    Create a Zap and pick your form tool with its new-entry event as the trigger. Test it: Zapier brings back the three most recent entries, so you map a real one.

  2. 02

    Add Verify Email

    Click the plus icon, choose MailProbe, then Verify Email. In the email address field, insert the address that came from the form entry.

  3. 03

    Test the check

    Run the step once and read what MailProbe sends back. That answer is what the next step can use, and this test already draws one credit.

  4. 04

    Keep only the good ones

    Add a Filter: pick the field from the MailProbe result, a rule, and the value to compare with. Mind the rule type: a text rule only works on text.

  5. 05

    Send them on and publish

    Add your mailing tool's action, map the verified address, test it, then click Publish. With the filter, this Zap is multi-step and needs a paid plan.

Actions

The MailProbe action

MailProbe gives you 1 action. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Verify Email

Action

In Zapier“Verifies an email address in real time and tells whether it can receive mail.”

Hand it an address and MailProbe asks that address's mail server whether the mailbox exists and accepts mail. No message is sent, and the verdict comes back for the next steps to use.

When to use it
right after the step that collects a new address, before anything stores it or writes to it.
Watch out
each run costs a Zapier task and a MailProbe credit, so check each address once, not at every step.
When it breaks

When a MailProbe Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to MailProbe, and no limit specific to the app is documented. What breaks is what breaks on any Zap.

Four cases are worth knowing before you publish. If one of them hits you, see our Zapier troubleshooting guide.

  • Old addresses stay unchecked

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. The addresses already in your list never go through Verify Email: cleaning them is a separate job.

  • The Zap that sets itself off

    Write the verdict back into the very place the trigger watches, and each write can start the Zap again. Every loop burns a task and a credit.

  • A bulk import gets held back

    When the starting app suddenly returns a huge batch, after an import or a migration, Zapier's flood protection can hold those items back.

  • No double check on polling

    On a polling trigger, Zapier remembers what it has already seen, so the same entry does not start the Zap twice or spend a second credit.
Need help

Need help automating MailProbe with Zapier?

A person reads every message.

FAQ

MailProbe Zapier integration: your questions

01Is the MailProbe Zapier integration free?
Yes, on Zapier's side: MailProbe is not a premium app, so it works on the free plan. That plan gives 100 tasks a month and builds Zaps of two steps, one trigger and one action. A form trigger followed by Verify Email fits. Add a filter to keep only valid addresses and you are on a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. Separately, MailProbe uses one of its own credits per check, so your MailProbe account has its own meter to watch.
02How many tasks does a MailProbe check use?
One task per successful Verify Email. The trigger that starts the Zap costs nothing, and neither does Zapier looking for new items, however often it checks. A run where the check fails is not counted. In a Zap with several actions, each action that succeeds counts on its own, so a check followed by an add-to-list step uses two tasks per address. A few apps and actions take more than one task, so read your task history after the first runs.
03Does MailProbe work in real time with Zapier?
MailProbe itself never starts a Zap, since it has no trigger. Speed depends on the app that does. If that app's trigger is instant, it calls Zapier the moment the event happens and Verify Email runs right behind it. If it is a polling trigger, Zapier checks on a timer that depends on the plan: 15 minutes on Free, 2 on Professional, 1 on Team and Enterprise. The editor shows a lightning bolt on instant triggers, which is the quickest way to tell.
04What does it take to connect MailProbe to Zapier?
An existing MailProbe account with credits on it. In Zapier, open Apps, click + Add connection, search for MailProbe and confirm with Add connection. Sign in to MailProbe in the tab that opens and grant Zapier access. That connection is then reused by every Zap that runs Verify Email, so you set it up once. The only field the action asks for is the email address, so the step before it must carry one.
05Why do MailProbe credits drop faster than expected?
Usually because the same address is checked more than once. Every Verify Email run draws one credit, tests included. A common cause is a Zap that writes the verdict back into the place its own trigger watches: each write can start the Zap again, which spends another task and another credit. Write results somewhere the trigger does not look, and put the check once, right after the step that brings the address in.
06What if the MailProbe operation you want is missing?
Zapier lists exactly one MailProbe operation: Verify Email. There is no trigger, so nothing in MailProbe can start a Zap, and no search, so past results cannot be looked up from a Zap. If the job you have in mind goes beyond checking one address at a time as it arrives, it falls outside what this integration covers. Older lists, for instance, never pass through a Zap, because it only reacts to what happens after it is switched on.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for MailProbe?
Judge by three criteria. Coverage: on Zapier, MailProbe offers one action, which is enough if checking each new address is all you need. Cost: Zapier counts one task per successful check, and MailProbe one credit, so volume drives both bills. Shape of the flow: a check followed by a filter and another action is already multi-step on Zapier, which means a paid plan. Compare those points with how the other tools count their runs before choosing.
Same platform

Other docs you might need on this stack.

Browse all integrations