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Understanding the Domain Resolution column
What the background domain worker does and how confidence scores work.
The Domain Resolution column shows the result of our background domain intelligence worker, which runs after validation to enrich unknown or risky domains with additional context.
Status values
| Status | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Not started | Domain hasn't been processed yet |
| Queued | Domain is waiting to be processed |
| Resolved | Worker found a confident domain correction |
| Low confidence | Worker found a candidate but wasn't confident enough |
| Failed | Worker was unable to process this domain |
When is Domain Resolution useful?
Most useful for risky or unknown domains where standard validation couldn't determine a clear outcome. The worker does more extensive analysis — checking whether the domain resolves, whether it has MX records, and comparing it against a database of known corrections.
The confidence score
When a correction is suggested, a confidence percentage is shown (e.g., 87%). This reflects:
- How similar the domain is to the suggested correction (edit distance)
- Whether the suggested domain resolves and has MX records
- How frequently this correction has been seen across other lists
Only corrections above the 72% confidence threshold are surfaced as suggestions.
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