Continuous monitoring

Verification is the first decision.
Monitoring is the system behind it.

Continuum keeps checking mailbox and domain health after the first API response — so your records and workflows stay current, automatically.

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Status drift

Watch verified contacts shift from valid to risky or invalid.

Domain health

Detect MX instability, DNS changes, and catch-all behaviour changes.

System sync

Push updated status into CRMs, outbound tools, and workflows automatically.

How it works

Five steps from POST to a webhook in your stack.

A scheduled, auditable re-run of the same verification engine — with signed webhooks and safe defaults so it slots into production infrastructure.

POST an email or domain to /v1/monitoring with an interval — hourly, daily, or weekly. One at a time or in bulk.

We re-run the full engine on schedule

Every tick runs all 12 verification layers — MX, SMTP, disposable, role, catch-all, greylisting, SPF/DMARC, blacklist — exactly like the live API.

Every check is recorded

Each run is stored with timestamp, status, sub-status, and score. Read history via /v1/monitoring/{id}/history to see drift over time.

Webhook on any status change

When status differs from the previous check we POST a signed status_changed event so your CRM or outbound tool reacts automatically.

Auto-pause on repeated failures

If your endpoint fails repeatedly the monitor auto-pauses and surfaces the error — no runaway retries, no spam.

CREATE A MONITORPOST /v1/monitoring

curl -X POST https://api.continuumapi.com/v1/monitoring \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "target": "alex@company.com",
    "type": "email",
    "interval": "daily",
    "webhookUrl": "https://yourapp.com/hooks/continuum"
  }'

STATUS_CHANGED WEBHOOKsigned · retried

POST https://yourapp.com/hooks/continuum
X-Continuum-Signature: sha256=…

{
  "event": "status_changed",
  "monitorId": "mon_01HZK4E9…",
  "target": "alex@company.com",
  "previousStatus": "valid",
  "newStatus": "risky",
  "newSubStatus": "mailbox_full",
  "score": 41,
  "source": "scheduled"
}

Frequently asked questions

How is this different from one-off verification?

A verifier tells you an address is valid at a single moment. Continuum keeps re-checking it on a schedule and alerts you when the verdict changes — so status drift never silently breaks a campaign.

What intervals are supported?

hourly, every_6h, daily, and weekly. Monitor targets can be an individual email address or an entire domain.

Are webhooks secure?

Every status_changed webhook is HMAC-SHA256 signed with your endpoint secret (X-Continuum-Signature). Continuum retries on 5xx with backoff and auto-pauses after repeated failures.

Do monitor checks count toward my quota?

Yes — each scheduled re-check counts as one verification against your monthly plan quota, with per-plan caps on how many monitors you can run.

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