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How to verify a freemail.hu email address
Can you verify @freemail.hu addresses?
YesYes. @freemail.hu answers mailbox checks one address at a time.
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The checker opens an SMTP conversation with freemail.hu's mail server, offers a random address first to rule out a catch-all, then names your address at RCPT TO and disconnects without sending. A rejection comes back invalid ("Mailbox not found") and an acceptance valid ("Mailbox exists"). Temporary replies come back risky. It always checks the syntax, the domain's MX records, disposable domains and role addresses such as info@ first.
Mailbox existsMailbox not foundServer would not confirmFreemail addresses can be verified without sending an email. On 4 November 2026 the freemail.hu mail server fmx.freemail.hu rejected a made-up recipient at the SMTP RCPT TO step with 550 5.1.1 Recipient address rejected: Receive - Email does not exist., so a mailbox check can tell a missing freemail.hu account from a real one.
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Live DNS snapshot: freemail.hu
Checked 5 November 2026, 03:29 UTCRead from DNS at the time shown and refreshed at most once a day. MX says where mail for freemail.hu goes; SPF and DMARC describe mail sent from it, not whether any one address exists.
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fmx.freemail.hu
v=spf1 ip4:46.107.16.128/26 ip4:46.107.16.192/26 ip4:195.228.245.0/24 ip4:84.2.43.65 include:mail.zendesk.com ~allNo DMARC record. Gmail and Yahoo require one, even if it is only p=none.
Look up any other domain with the MX lookup or the email provider lookup.
Freemail at a glance
| Operated by | Mediaworks Hungary Zrt., HungarySource: Freemail general terms (Hungarian, PDF) |
|---|---|
| MX hosts | fmx.freemail.huObserved 4 November 2026 (dig MX) |
| Answer to a made-up address | 550 5.1.1 Recipient address rejected: Receive - Email does not exist., returned at RCPT TOObserved 4 November 2026 (SMTP probe of a made-up recipient, no message sent) |
| Address rule | For security reasons, an account's email address cannot be registered againSource: Freemail privacy notice (Hungarian, PDF) |
| Inactive accounts | After 90 days without a login the account becomes inactive: all the mailbox's mail is deleted and new incoming mail is rejectedSource: Freemail general terms (Hungarian, PDF) |
What Freemail's server says about a missing mailbox
The reply that matters is the one to RCPT TO, the step where the checking server names the recipient. Freemail answered our made-up freemail.hu address with 550 5.1.1 Recipient address rejected: Receive - Email does not exist.. A 5xx code at that step is a permanent "no such mailbox", which is the same answer a real message would get, so SimpleVerifier marks the address invalid with the reason "Mailbox not found". A 250 at the same step means the mailbox exists and comes back valid.
Before trusting a "valid", a careful verifier also offers a random address that cannot exist. Freemail rejected ours, so freemail.hu is not a catch-all: a 250 for your address is a real signal. Temporary 4xx replies (421, 450, 451) are about the connection, not the mailbox, and come back risky with "Server would not confirm" rather than invalid. Hard bounce vs soft bounce explains why that split matters.
Freemail rejects mail after 90 days without a login
Freemail's general terms say an account becomes inactive after 90 days without a login: the whole mailbox's mail is deleted and new incoming mail is rejected. Its privacy notice adds that an account's address cannot be registered again, so a freemail.hu address is never handed to someone new.
Ninety days is one of the shortest clocks of any consumer provider, so freemail.hu contacts go stale fast. The server rejects unknown users at RCPT TO; check Hungarian segments shortly before each send and suppress what comes back invalid, knowing those addresses won't come back as someone else's.
Cleaning freemail.hu addresses on a list
Because Freemail answers honestly, freemail.hu is one of the domains where verification removes bounces before they happen. Drop the invalid results, keep the valid ones, and re-check the risky ones later: a temporary reply on one day often turns into a clear answer the next.
A valid result only means the mailbox exists today. Addresses on an old consumer list go stale as people stop using them, so re-verify before each large send to an aged segment; how often to verify an email list gives a schedule. Upload the CSV to the verifier and download the valid, risky and invalid rows as separate files.
Common questions
- Can you verify @freemail.hu addresses?
- Yes. @freemail.hu answers mailbox checks one address at a time. The checker opens an SMTP conversation with freemail.hu's mail server, offers a random address first to rule out a catch-all, then names your address at RCPT TO and disconnects without sending. A rejection comes back invalid ("Mailbox not found") and an acceptance valid ("Mailbox exists"). Temporary replies come back risky. It always checks the syntax, the domain's MX records, disposable domains and role addresses such as info@ first.
- Can I check if a freemail.hu address exists without emailing it?
- Yes. A verifier connects to Freemail's mail server, names the address at the RCPT TO step and disconnects before sending. On 4 November 2026 the server rejected a made-up freemail.hu address with "550 5.1.1 Recipient address rejected: Receive - Email does not exist.", so a missing mailbox shows up as invalid and the owner receives nothing.
- What mail servers does freemail.hu use?
- On 4 November 2026, freemail.hu published these MX hosts: fmx.freemail.hu. You can look them up yourself with the free MX lookup tool.
- Why did a freemail.hu address come back risky instead of invalid?
- Risky means the server didn't give a permanent answer during the check, usually a temporary 4xx reply or a timeout. It isn't proof the address is bad. Check it again later; Freemail gave a clear rejection for a missing mailbox when we tested it.
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