While sending one email is quick and easy, sending a lot– such as email marketing or lead outreach – starts to take a considerable amount of time, energy, and resources. The last thing you want to do is waste that work on emails that don't exist, which is why it is important to know the basics of checking if emails are valid.

Don't worry, it's not as hard as it sounds, and we're going to walk you through six simple methods to help you weed out the fakes and focus all your productive power on the emails that matter.