How do I know if a company uses Namecheap Private Email?

Look up the domain's MX records. A first MX host ending in privateemail.com means mail goes through Namecheap Private Email. The email provider lookup and MX lookup tools show it for any domain.

Are domains behind Namecheap Private Email catch-all?

Some are and some aren't; it depends on how each company configured Namecheap Private Email. A verifier can tell by offering a random address that can't exist: if the domain accepts it, the domain is catch-all and single addresses there can't be confirmed.

What is privateemail.com in an MX record?

It is Namecheap Private Email. Namecheap documents mx1.privateemail.com and mx2.privateemail.com as the MX records.

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Verifying addresses at Namecheap Private Email domains

Can you verify addresses at domains behind Namecheap Private Email?

Depends on the domain

It depends on the company. Domains behind Namecheap Private Email are probed like any other.

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Namecheap Private Email answers for the company's own mail rules, so the checker treats every domain on its own: it offers a random address first, and if that is accepted the domain is catch-all and results come back risky ("Accepts all addresses"). Otherwise your address gets a per-mailbox answer. It always checks the syntax, the domain's MX records, disposable domains and role addresses such as info@ first.

Reasons you'll see in results:Mailbox existsMailbox not foundAccepts all addresses

Company domains whose MX records point at privateemail.com are hosted at Namecheap Private Email. Namecheap Private Email documents a catch-all option, and where an admin turns it on every address at the domain looks deliverable. Our checker probes each domain on its own: it offers a random address that can't exist first, and a domain that accepts it comes back risky as catch-all; otherwise your address gets a per-mailbox answer.

Live DNS snapshot: web-hosting.com

Checked 26 October 2026, 07:05 UTC

privateemail.com is an MX host suffix, not a mail domain, so this is web-hosting.com: a domain whose mail runs through Namecheap Private Email. Read from DNS at the time shown and refreshed at most once a day.

MX2 hosts

0mx2.privateemail.comNamecheap Private Email
0mx1.privateemail.comNamecheap Private Email

First MX host belongs to Namecheap Private Email.

SPFPublished

v=spf1 include:spf.privateemail.com include:spf.mandrillapp.com include:vpspanel.web-hosting.com ip4:199.188.203.161 ~all

DMARCPublished

p=none: meets the requirement, but blocks nothing.

v=DMARC1; p=none; sp=none; rua=mailto:dmarc-rua@namecheap.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc-ruf@namecheap.com

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Namecheap Private Email at a glance

Operated by	Namecheap, Inc., 4600 East Washington Street, Suite 300, Phoenix, AZ 85034, USASource: Namecheap knowledgebase footer
MX hosts	`mx1.privateemail.com` and `mx2.privateemail.com`, both priority 10Source: Namecheap KB: Private Email records for third-party DNS
Address rule	Private Email supports a catch-all mailbox that catches mail to invalid or nonexistent addresses and forwards it to the chosen mailboxSource: Namecheap KB: catch-all in Private Email
Address rule	Namecheap says a catch-all may cause spam because spammers can generate random addressesSource: Namecheap KB: create an alias

Namecheap Private Email has a one-click catch-all mailbox

Namecheap lists `mx1.privateemail.com` and `mx2.privateemail.com` as the MX records for Private Email.

Admins can enable a catch-all mailbox that receives mail for invalid or nonexistent addresses. Where it is on, every address looks deliverable and cannot be confirmed. Namecheap itself notes the spam drawback.

What our checker does behind Namecheap Private Email

SimpleVerifier doesn't skip or special-case Namecheap Private Email. For each company domain it offers a random address that can't exist, then your address, and disconnects without sending. If the random address is accepted, the domain is catch-all and its results come back risky with "Accepts all addresses". If it is rejected, your address gets a real answer for that mailbox.

Consumer mailboxes are a separate case; see the Gmail and Yahoo pages. Domains behind Namecheap Private Email are treated like any company domain.

Cleaning a list full of Namecheap Private Email domains

Split the list by domain, not by platform. Two companies on Namecheap Private Email can behave in opposite ways, so a catch-all result at one says nothing about the next. The bulk catch-all checker finds which domains in a list accept everything before you spend time on single addresses.

For catch-all domains, keep addresses with recent replies or sign-ups and send the rest in a small first batch, suppressing anything that hard-bounces. For per-mailbox domains, trust the verdict: invalid addresses will bounce, and valid ones were accepted by the company's own directory. Accept-all vs unknown results covers the difference.

Common questions

Can you verify addresses at domains behind Namecheap Private Email?: It depends on the company. Domains behind Namecheap Private Email are probed like any other. Namecheap Private Email answers for the company's own mail rules, so the checker treats every domain on its own: it offers a random address first, and if that is accepted the domain is catch-all and results come back risky ("Accepts all addresses"). Otherwise your address gets a per-mailbox answer. It always checks the syntax, the domain's MX records, disposable domains and role addresses such as info@ first.
How do I know if a company uses Namecheap Private Email?: Look up the domain's MX records. A first MX host ending in privateemail.com means mail goes through Namecheap Private Email. The email provider lookup and MX lookup tools show it for any domain.
Are domains behind Namecheap Private Email catch-all?: Some are and some aren't; it depends on how each company configured Namecheap Private Email. A verifier can tell by offering a random address that can't exist: if the domain accepts it, the domain is catch-all and single addresses there can't be confirmed.
What is privateemail.com in an MX record?: It is Namecheap Private Email. Namecheap documents mx1.privateemail.com and mx2.privateemail.com as the MX records.

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