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description: To prevent prospects from submitting forms with invalid email addresses, set up email validation on a per-form basis.
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# Validate Email Addresses on Form Submissions

To prevent prospects from submitting forms with invalid email addresses, set up email validation on a per-form basis.

### Required Editions

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d52664e56 ">To edit a form:</td>

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1. Open the Forms page.
    - In Account Engagement, select **Marketing** | **Forms** | **Forms**.
    - In the Lightning app, select **Content** | **Forms**.
2. Open the form you want to edit, and click **Edit form**.
3. Next to the email field, click the pencil icon.
4. From the Data Format dropdown, select a validation option.
    
    **Email with valid mail server** requires
    
    - Valid email address syntax
    - Live domain name
    - Receiving email server listed in DNS records
    
    **Email not from ISPs and free email providers** requires
    
    - Valid email address syntax
    - Live domain name
    - Receiving email server listed in DNS records
    - Not from a known ISP (for example, Comcast or Charter)
    - Not from a free email provider (for example, Gmail or Hotmail)
5. Click the **Advanced** tab and enter a detailed error message that displays when the prospect’s email address isn’t valid.
6. Save your work.