Fortinet FortiMail email service provider (ESP)

According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (July 13, 2026), Fortinet FortiMail is the email service provider (ESP) for 232 domains — 0.04% of 617,702 SPF-publishing domains. Detection method: include: mechanisms in the SPF record.

Key facts

Fortinet FortiMail is a commercial email security and filtering appliance operated by Fortinet, a network security company. It is deployed as a gateway solution by organisations to handle inbound and outbound email protection, including antispam, antimalware, attachment filtering, and policy enforcement.

Fortinet's deployment footprint spans smaller and mid-market organisations rather than the largest brands, making it a common element in a diverse receiving infrastructure worldwide. This pattern means senders are likely to encounter FortiMail-protected recipients, but also that each organisation's filtering rules are independently configured — so standardised testing is less effective than direct engagement with customers who report delivery issues.

Where Fortinet FortiMail sits in the Tranco ranking

Tranco rank bandDomainsShare of its base
Top 1,00000.0%
Top 10,00041.7%
Top 100,0002611.2%
Top 1,000,00017977.2%
Unranked239.9%

Top-level domain split

TLDDomainsShare
.com6628.4%
.org198.2%
.co135.6%
.de125.2%
.gr104.3%
.es83.4%
.be62.6%
.pt52.2%
.com.pe52.2%
.gov52.2%

What Fortinet FortiMail users also use

Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 232 domains.

TypeServiceDomainsShare of Fortinet FortiMail users
MailboxUnknown / Other19584.1%
MailboxMicrosoft 365239.9%
MailboxSelf-Hosted52.2%
MailboxBarracuda31.3%
MailboxGoogle Workspace20.9%
MailboxHornetsecurity20.9%
ESPAmazon SES187.8%
ESPSendGrid (Twilio)177.3%
ESPMandrill177.3%
ESPMailchimp146.0%

Outbound mail relay via SPF authentication

Fortinet FortiMail frequently appears in SPF records as an authorised outbound relay, with organisations adding its IP ranges to permit mail sent through the appliance. This is correct SPF usage for gateway deployments, but it also means the sending domain's reputation becomes partially bound to the FortiMail infrastructure's reputation. Deliverability engineers should ensure DKIM signing is preserved through the relay and that DMARC policy alignment is not disrupted by FortiMail's message processing.

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Frequently asked questions

Should I test my email deliverability against Fortinet FortiMail?

Direct testing with individual Fortinet deployments is impractical because each customer's configuration is independent. Monitor real-world delivery to your audience and contact Fortinet-protected organisations directly if delivery issues occur.

How many domains use Fortinet FortiMail?

232 domains in the Tranco top-1M use Fortinet FortiMail as their email service provider (ESP) as of July 13, 2026 (0.04% of SPF-publishing domains), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.

Is Fortinet FortiMail common enough to affect email deliverability testing?

Fortinet FortiMail accounts for 0.04% of SPF-publishing domains in the top 1M. Whether you should seed a test mailbox there depends on how much of your audience it represents — the co-usage table above shows the services it appears alongside most.

Which countries or TLDs use Fortinet FortiMail most?

Fortinet FortiMail's largest TLD is .com (28.4% of its domains); it appears across 55 TLDs in total.

Other email service provider (ESP)s

Amazon SES (6.21%)SendGrid (Twilio) (4.76%)Mailgun (4.11%)Zendesk (3.86%)Mailchimp (3.69%)Mandrill (3.36%)HubSpot (3.18%)Salesforce (2.62%)Mailjet (Sinch) (2.13%)Cloudflare Email Routing (1.80%)