> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Request verification email by address

> Requests verification without disclosing whether the email is registered. Requires SMTP and is rate limited.

No signed-in session is required. Endpoint-specific tokens, setup secrets or challenges may still be required.

Requests verification without disclosing whether the email is registered. Requires SMTP and is rate limited.

[Request conventions](/api-reference/overview) · [API keys](/api-keys) · [MCP connections](/mcp-connections)


## OpenAPI

````yaml api-reference/openapi.json POST /api/auth/verification-email
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Posted HTTP API
  version: 0.2.0
  description: >-
    All registered application, account, OAuth, MCP transport and health
    endpoints. Publishing and draft request schemas come from the shared runtime
    validators. Replace the example server with your installation. Documentation
    uses simple request examples and does not execute live publishing requests.
servers:
  - url: https://posted-api.example.com
security: []
paths:
  /api/auth/verification-email:
    post:
      tags:
        - Account email
      summary: Request verification email by address
      description: >-
        Requests verification without disclosing whether the email is
        registered. Requires SMTP and is rate limited.


        No signed-in session is required. Endpoint-specific tokens, setup
        secrets or challenges may still be required.
      operationId: post_api_auth_verification_email
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                email:
                  type: string
                  maxLength: 320
                  format: email
                  pattern: >-
                    ^(?!\.)(?!.*\.\.)([A-Za-z0-9_'+\-\.]*)[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@([A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$
              required:
                - email
              additionalProperties: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: >-
            Successful response. Examples are illustrative; field values vary by
            record.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  status:
                    type: boolean
                additionalProperties: true
              example:
                status: true
        default:
          description: >-
            Request failure. Inspect code, message and requestId; respect
            Retry-After on HTTP 429.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
      security: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - requestId
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            requestId:
              type: string

````

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