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        "content": "## Verify Outbound Leads with MailVeri from Apollo and Clay\n\n### How it works\n1. Inbound webhook receives prospect contact data from Apollo, Clay, or outreach webhooks.\n2. Extracts and standardizes lead fields including email address, first name, and company name.\n3. Calls MailVeri API for real-time MX, disposable filter, and live SMTP deliverability verification.\n4. Evaluates verification verdict: delivers valid contacts to cold outreach while quarantining invalid or risky mailboxes.\n\n### Setup steps\n- [ ] Double-click the 'Verify Email with MailVeri' node and add your MailVeri API key in the Authorization header.\n- [ ] Configure your lead capture source (Apollo, Clay, or scraping webhook) to send leads to the Inbound Lead webhook.\n- [ ] Connect your CRM or cold outreach sequencer (Instantly, Smartlead, HubSpot) to the 'Route to Outreach Campaign' branch.\n\n### Customization\n- [ ] Adjust the delivery filter to accept other statuses (such as ROLE_ACCOUNT or CATCH_ALL) if your outbound strategy permits.\n- [ ] Add downstream integrations such as Google Sheets, HubSpot, or Slack alerts to the 'Quarantine Risky Lead' branch.",
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        "content": "## Verify email deliverability\n\nCalls MailVeri REST API to perform real-time MX, disposable, and live SMTP verification.",
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