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Identifying Email Providers in Clay: Microsoft, Gmail, and More
is there any way in Clay to identify whether an email is from Microsoft, Gmail or others?
Yes, Clay can identify email providers through the "Identify Email Type and Extract Company Domain from Email" feature. When you input an email address, it will return various boolean (true/false) indicators including:• Is Gmail• Is Hotmail (Microsoft)• Is Yahoo• Is iCloud• Is Proton• Is YandexAdditionally, it will indicate if the email is:• Likely Personal Email• Likely Company Email• Likely Education EmailThe feature also extracts other useful information like the email provider, domain, and username. Source: Identify Email Type and Extract Company Domain from Email with Clay
Stefano··Hi Yanick, most email addresses have a domain name at the end, which can help identify the service provider. For example, "@gmail" indicates a Google email. One option we could explore is creating an AI column that automatically categorizes emails based on their domain structure. Another alternative, which is free, would be to use a formula column that checks the email domain and categorizes them accordingly. I’m happy to try either approach. Let me know which option you'd prefer—while the formula is a free solution, the AI method is likely a safer bet, though it comes with a cost of on Clay credit per row.
Yanick··Hi Stefano, I mean the professional emails such as peterm@bmw,com for example
- Yanick··
in our email tool it shows us whether its an outlook, gmail or other ESP
- Yanick··
was just wondering whether there is an integration in clay that would allow us to do the same as well already
- Stefano··
To find the MX (Mail Exchange) record, which is used to route emails to the correct mail server (for example, identifying the mail server for *@example.com or *@company.org), you can use our "LeadMagic > Validate Email" Enrichment, as shown below: https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/w28k1kwz/1304832255/ba1af2783f17ccd02d93b5df5383/CleanShot+2024-12-19+at+12_43_12%402x.png?expires=1734632100&signature=e23a1c5883acf8e9673740cac410d9d6319e379de39c09587dd73dcc927e60de&req=dSMnEsF9n4NaXPMW1HO4zYGFMne%2FdJj21bFITCR%2FL%2BHjZKwvsPY7ZA5Dn3om%0AO1t%2F%0A After selecting the enrichment, make sure to enter the email you want to check under the "Person's Email" field. Then, click on "Continue to add fields." https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/w28k1kwz/1304832813/4e1001f748ba72f3434640a5a579/CleanShot+2024-12-19+at+12_43_21%402x.png?expires=1734632100&signature=ca71b5f92a2463df2b420de21ab4d557b83d96b91fbb5f7ef90fa17983c75cbe&req=dSMnEsF9n4leWvMW1HO4zdewetxkAGhRVnZoL1PIMj4H7iCNn5srcLR%2BDxUe%0A7JMt%0A Finally, toggle on the "MX Provider" enrichment, as shown below. https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/w28k1kwz/1304833605/605ae5d7a206fb42fcd337b01457/CleanShot+2024-12-19+at+12_43_28%402x.png?expires=1734632100&signature=ed6660d18ce0a0b2700deab40e9e2fbd528194235222c40f1290e1ed5fe03051&req=dSMnEsF9nodfXPMW1HO4zeT84gooBEaNPdGDjo1w%2BZhO%2BDpOmndlqzqZHUeW%0AnN%2Fn%0A This should return the Mx provider of the email as a separate column. Let me know if this helps!
- Yanick··
Thank you, that’s very helpful Do any of these tools also offer this MX Provider option? Zerobounce Neverbounce Prospeo Enrichley Iceypeas Cause we use the above already for email validation so would be great if we could stick with the same toolset
- Stefano··
Hi Yanick, I believe that using the same process, you can use Zerobounce and toggle on the "Smtp Provider" instead! https://downloads.intercomcdn.com/i/o/w28k1kwz/1304867120/c40f81a5819f67906086a7f759e2/CleanShot+2024-12-19+at+13_11_41%402x.png?expires=1734633900&signature=c55110802e952659b1b95347706c41ca9628a7864e4b495afb904d5b83c6fb10&req=dSMnEsF4moBdWfMW1HO4zXAK5ctHNGH25lYvJIuOMhKULzRPqSCdd4TfD%2B8D%0AvJCT%0A
- Yanick··
ok awesome, thank you