iCoreMail email service provider (ESP)

According to Live Direct Marketing's daily Tranco top-1M scan (July 13, 2026), iCoreMail is the email service provider (ESP) for 363 domains — 0.06% of 617,702 SPF-publishing domains. Detection method: include: mechanisms in the SPF record.

Key facts

iCoreMail is an email service provider whose presence across the internet is detected primarily through SPF include mechanisms. The service is concentrated in the Chinese domain space (.cn) and predominantly serves smaller websites and regional organisations rather than major enterprises.

For anyone sending mail through or receiving from sites using iCoreMail, the provider's positioning in the long tail of the email ecosystem means it typically lacks the established reputation infrastructure of major ESPs. Its concentration in the .cn space and frequent co-occurrence with lesser-known providers means authentication and deliverability practices on iCoreMail-reliant domains may be less standardised, requiring heightened scrutiny of SPF records and sender reputation signals during assessment.

Where iCoreMail sits in the Tranco ranking

Tranco rank bandDomainsShare of its base
Top 1,00010.3%
Top 10,00051.4%
Top 100,0005715.7%
Top 1,000,00025570.2%
Unranked4512.4%

Top-level domain split

TLDDomainsShare
.cn19052.3%
.com12333.9%
.com.cn287.7%
.net92.5%
.id30.8%
.cc20.6%
.fm10.3%
.ai10.3%
.im10.3%
.co10.3%

What iCoreMail users also use

Cross-tabulated from the same daily snapshot — the other email services seen on the same 363 domains.

TypeServiceDomainsShare of iCoreMail users
MailboxUnknown / Other15542.7%
MailboxSelf-Hosted11130.6%
MailboxGeneric / unmatched (mx*.*)8222.6%
MailboxQQ Mail (Tencent)30.8%
MailboxGoogle Workspace30.8%
MailboxAmazon WorkMail10.3%
ESPMandrill30.8%
ESPZendesk20.6%
ESPMailgun20.6%
ESPHubSpot10.3%

Reputation data coverage and sending visibility

iCoreMail's concentration in smaller sites and regional markets means that major reputation databases and blocklists may have limited historical data on its sending patterns and infrastructure. When assessing inboxing outcomes for sites using iCoreMail, mailbox providers' algorithms may treat the provider with caution due to sparse track record visibility, potentially affecting delivery to subscribers whose ISP relies on behavioural or third-party reputation signals rather than SPF and DKIM validation alone.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does iCoreMail appear in SPF records?

iCoreMail is an email service provider; when it appears in an SPF record via an include mechanism, it means that domain has authorised iCoreMail to send mail on its behalf. This is particularly common among smaller sites and organisations in the Chinese domain space.

How many domains use iCoreMail?

363 domains in the Tranco top-1M use iCoreMail as their email service provider (ESP) as of July 13, 2026 (0.06% of SPF-publishing domains), according to Live Direct Marketing's daily DNS scan.

Is iCoreMail common enough to affect email deliverability testing?

iCoreMail accounts for 0.06% 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 iCoreMail most?

iCoreMail's largest TLD is .cn (52.3% of its domains); it appears across 14 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%)