Clean your GetResponse list
Export your contacts from GetResponse as a CSV, verify every address, then import the valid file back and keep the risky one out of your first send. Verification finds addresses that cannot receive mail. It cannot tell who will read or welcome your email, and an address it cannot confirm is called risky, never valid.
Export steps and bounce rules read from GetResponse's own pages, checked 23 Oct and 10 Nov 2026.
1. Export the CSV from GetResponse
- In GetResponse, go to Contacts > Search and click Advanced search.
- Pick the list or lists from the list drop-down and click Apply.
- Click the Actions icon (three dots) next to the contact count, then Export.
- Name the file, choose csv, keep Email address selected, and click Export new file.
- Click Download when the file appears.
Only active contacts are exported, and export files are removed after 7 days.
Source: GetResponse help. The shorter version is on the GetResponse export page.
2. GetResponse's bounce rule: no number published
GetResponse's help pages state no bounce percentage that triggers action. They say hard bounces are removed from your list automatically and that its deliverability team can be contacted through a ticket if your bounce rate rises.
Source: GetResponse help: what are bounces, read 23 Oct and 10 Nov 2026.
Where a platform does not publish a number, we say so rather than quote a blog. Plan as if the line were 2%.
Other platforms' lines are in bounce rate limits by platform.
3. What verification can and cannot tell you
It can tell you
- The address is malformed or the domain has no mail servers.
- The mailbox does not exist, where the provider answers the check.
- The domain is disposable.
- The domain accepts all mail, so the address cannot be confirmed.
It cannot tell you
- Whether the person reads your email or agreed to receive it.
- Whether the address is a spam trap.
- Whether a risky address is real. Catch-all domains and providers that hide mailbox status stay unconfirmed.
- Whether the contact still works at that company.
Unconfirmed always means risky, never valid. You get three files back, valid, risky and invalid, with your original GetResponse columns kept.
4. Import the clean file back
- Keep the columns as they came out of GetResponse, so the file maps back to the same fields on import.
- Import the valid file into GetResponse or the tool you send from. Use GetResponse's own import help for the exact screens.
- Hold the risky file back. If you send to it, send small batches later and watch the bounce rate against the rule above.
- Drop the invalid file, or mark those contacts as bad email in GetResponse so they are not mailed again.
Check a GetResponse address, then your list
Type any address. It gets the same check the paid plans run: syntax, the domain’s mail servers and, where the provider allows it, a live mailbox check. Nothing is sent to the address.
Five checks a minute, no account needed. Nothing is sent to the address — we ask its mail server whether the mailbox exists, then disconnect.
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Common questions
- How do I export my contacts from GetResponse?
- In GetResponse, go to Contacts > Search and click Advanced search. Pick the list or lists from the list drop-down and click Apply. Click the Actions icon (three dots) next to the contact count, then Export. Name the file, choose csv, keep Email address selected, and click Export new file. Click Download when the file appears. Only active contacts are exported, and export files are removed after 7 days.
- What bounce rate does GetResponse allow?
- GetResponse's help pages state no bounce percentage that triggers action. They say hard bounces are removed from your list automatically and that its deliverability team can be contacted through a ticket if your bounce rate rises. Source: GetResponse help: what are bounces, read 23 Oct and 10 Nov 2026.
- Does a "valid" result mean the person will read my email?
- No. Verification tells you whether an address can receive mail, not whether the person reads it, wants it or agreed to it. It cannot detect spam traps either.
- What does a risky result mean?
- A risky address could not be confirmed as a real mailbox, usually because the domain accepts all mail (catch-all) or the provider will not say. Unconfirmed addresses are never reported as valid. Keep them out of your first send and mail them later, in small batches.
- Is there a free way to try this on my GetResponse list?
- Yes. Sign in with Google and the first 100 addresses are checked free, with results to download and no card. After that, verification is $39 a month on the Pro plan.