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# Validate

## Overview

Runs validation checks on the initialized email and returns a JSON object indicating the result of the validation and any identified issues

### Syntax

Validate()

## Example

This sample code calls Validate() on the initialized email object and writes out the results from the returned JSON object:

```
var myEmail = Email.Init("myEmail");
var results = myEmail.Validate();
Write(results.Task.ValidationStatus);
Write(results.Task.ValidationMessages);
```