Email infrastructure blog

Data-backed guides built from Live Direct Marketing's daily census of email infrastructure across the world's top 1 million websites (Tranco top-1M, latest snapshot July 13, 2026). Every number links back to the underlying daily dataset.

Key facts

Overviews

Signals — what moved in 30 days

The fastest-growing and declining providers, plus DMARC movement.

Top mailbox providers

All 224 mailbox providers in the top 1M, ranked.

Top ESPs & mass-mailing services

All 262 email service providers, ranked by SPF share.

SaaS senders

All 139 SaaS platforms that send on behalf of domains.

DMARC adoption & enforcement

How many top domains publish DMARC — and how few enforce it.

The long tail of email

The internet beyond Google and Microsoft.

Unmatched MX targets (top 100)

The most common MX hosts not yet classified.

Unmatched SPF includes (top 100)

The most common SPF includes not yet classified.

Per-provider guides

Deep-dive guides for every identified provider: mailbox providers (224), ESPs (262), SaaS senders (139).

For journalists & researchers

Free-to-cite statistics, story angles and data downloads: press kit & media resources →

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