MTA-Hub overview

Recipient domains

Statistics by recipient domain

Recipient domains.
Deliverability
and typos in your list.

In “Analytics” recipients are grouped into well-known mailbox providers and “other”. Here you see every domain from the MTAs' own accounting log: share of volume, deliverability, bounces by reason and delivery time.

Separately — the many small domains where nonexistent addresses and typos like gmail.con usually hide.

Where your mail goes
Volume · bounces · timeDomain cardTypos in your list
PMTA statistics · domainsMTA-Hub interface
VolumeTableTail
Real module screensOpen full size ↗
01MTA accountingEach domain separately
02VolumeWho makes up your list
03ProfileReasons and timing
04TailTypos in your list

01 / Volume by domain

Which domains make up your list.

The bars show which recipient domains take most of the volume, and the red part inside each bar is that domain's bounces. Next to them — how many domains account for half, 80, 95 and 99% of sending. This shows how much your mailings depend on a few large mailbox providers.

The “by bounces” switch redraws the bars by share of all bounces.

02 / Domain table

Deliverability by domain in one table.

“Who gets the most”, “where delivery is worse” and “where it takes longer” are one domain statistics table with different sorting. Search and the “bounces from 4%” and “over 10 minutes” filters narrow it down, and the totals are counted over the rows shown.

gmail.com

The largest

98.4% delivered, 623 bounces, 0:03:22 on average — mail to the biggest domain in your list arrives better than average.

veltrano-group.com

In yellow

A customer's corporate domain: 94.5% — the worst delivery among the large domains, and the longest average time — 0:11:52.

The deliverability thresholds are shared across the Hub and shown under the table: from 96% — green, from 94% — yellow, below that — red.

03 / Domain card

The domain card: bounce reasons and delivery time.

Clicking a row opens the domain's bounce reasons, delivery time and the sending points that deliver to it worst. This way you dig into one problem domain without being distracted by the rest. The delivery curve for a single domain can be calculated on the server with a button.

Reasons

No mailbox · spam · other

From the MTA's own analysis, not by code type: 1,964, 296 and 1,012 across all domains.

Time

Average and worst

All domains together — 0:05:35 on average.

Sending points

Which ones are worse

The vMTAs that deliver to this domain worst.

04 / Typos in your list

Typos in your email list are found automatically.

In the long tail, small domains are compared with a list of well-known mailbox providers. gmail.con and yahoo.cmo get found even if dozens of addresses have piled up on them: they have no deliveries at all. These addresses are worth checking and fixing or removing from your list.

23 small domains

18.3% of sending

22,394 recipients outside the top eight, 96.5% deliverability versus 97.3% on average. 12 look like typos.

gmail.con

52 addresses

The Hub finds a common typo not by how rare it is but by the result: not a single delivered message, and every bounce is “no such domain”.

This is a reason to check, not a final verdict: gmail.co, for example, is a real domain in Colombia's .co zone.

05 / The interface in detail

The “Domains” tab interface — 4 screens.

Key figures, where your mail goes, the table of all domains and the long tail with typos. Above each screenshot: why the screen matters. Below it: what it shows.

Volume

2 screens

The tab starts with the key figures and volume bars: how many domains received mail, which of them take most of the sending, and which one has the worst delivery. The red part of each bar shows the domain's bounces. These screens show which mailbox providers your mailings depend on and where to look for a problem.

01

Key figures

How many domains and who's worse

The tiles hold the key figures for recipient domains: how many domains received mail, what share of sending the top eight make up, and which large domain has the worst delivery. It's a quick answer to whether everything is fine with your main recipients. In the example there are 31 domains, the top eight make up 81.7% of sending, and the worst deliverability belongs to the corporate veltrano-group.com: 94.5%, the tile is yellow. If there is such a domain, the next step is to open its card in the table below. Microsoft has 19.0% of the volume with 97.5% delivered, and there are no single-address domains in this list. Tile colors follow the deliverability thresholds: from 96% — green, from 94% — yellow, below that — red.

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Screen 01 · Key figures. An example from the MTA-Hub interface.
  • Domains — 31; the top eight make up 81.7% of sending.
  • Worst delivery — veltrano-group.com — 94.5%, 6,457 of 6,833, in yellow.
  • Microsoft — 19.0% of the volume with 97.5% delivered.
  • Single-address domains — none in this list.

The color follows the deliverability thresholds.

02

Where your mail goes

Share of volume and bounces

This screen shows where your mail goes: one bar per domain sized by its share of sending, with the red part inside showing that domain's bounces. Below — how concentrated your list is: how many domains make up half, 80, 95 and 99% of sending. In the example gmail.com gets 32.0%, and three domains take half of all sending — so the deliverability of your mailings rests on a few mailbox providers. The “by bounces” switch redraws the bars by share of all bounces. Another 17 domains together make up only 3.8% of sending. If one of the top three domains has problems, it's immediately visible across the whole mailing, so they're checked first.

MTA-Hub: Where your mail goes — Share of volume and bouncesEnlarge
Screen 02 · Where your mail goes. An example from the MTA-Hub interface.
  • gmail.com — 32.0% — 39,085 recipients.
  • outlook.com and yahoo.com — 12.0% and 10.0%.
  • Next — icloud.com, hotmail.com, veltrano-group.com.
  • Another 17 domains — 3.8% together.
  • Concentration — half — 3 domains, 80% — 8, 95% — 14, 99% — 17.

The “by bounces” switch redraws the bars.

Table and tail

2 screens

Next — all domains in one table with deliverability, bounces by reason and delivery time. In a separate block — the long tail of small domains where typos in your list like gmail.con hide. These two screens help you find both a problem large domain and junk addresses in your list.

03

All domains

Volume, bounces, time

The table of all recipient domains answers three questions — who gets the most, where delivery is worse and where it takes longer; you sort by clicking a column header. Deliverability is colored by the Hub's thresholds, and bounces are split into “no mailbox”, “spam” and “other”. In the example gmail.com gets 98.4% delivered, while veltrano-group.com only 94.5%, and it has the longest average time — 0:11:52. Clicking a row opens the domain card with reasons and sending points. The “bounces from 4%” and “over 10 minutes” filters leave only problem domains, and the totals are recalculated over the rows shown. The delivery curve for a single domain can be calculated on the server with a button in the card.

MTA-Hub: All domains — Volume, bounces, timeEnlarge
Screen 03 · All domains. An example from the MTA-Hub interface.
  • gmail.com — 98.4%, 623 bounces, 0:03:22.
  • yahoo.com — 96.4%.
  • veltrano-group.com — 94.5%, in yellow, and the longest — 0:11:52.
  • aol.com — 95.3%, in yellow.
  • All together — 97.3% and 0:05:35; bounces — 1,964 “no mailbox”, 296 spam, 1,012 other.

Thresholds: from 96% — green, from 94% — yellow, below that — red.

04

Long tail

Small domains and typos

The long tail is 23 small domains outside the top eight, where typos in your email list usually hide. The Hub compares them with a list of well-known mailbox providers and finds the ones that look like typos by the result: not a single delivery, and every bounce is “no such domain”. In the example there are 12 of them, including gmail.con with 52 addresses. This is a reason to check the addresses and fix them in your list, not a final verdict: gmail.co, for example, is a real domain in Colombia's .co zone. Here you can also see that the tail as a whole gets delivered worse: 96.5% versus 97.3% on average. Two former corporate domains don't look like mailbox providers and didn't make it onto the typo list.

MTA-Hub: Long tail — Small domains and typosEnlarge
Screen 04 · Long tail. An example from the MTA-Hub interface.
  • Volume — 22,394 recipients, 18.3% of sending.
  • Delivery — 96.5% versus 97.3% on average.
  • Typos — 12: gmail.con, yahoo.cmo, hotmail.comm and nine more.
  • gmail.con — 52 addresses, no deliveries.
  • Former corporate domains — don't look like mailbox providers and aren't on the list.

A reason to check, not a verdict: gmail.co is a real domain in Colombia's .co zone.

06 / Questions about domains

Frequently asked questions about domain statistics.

In short: how this tab differs from “Analytics” and how typos are found.

Typos
MTA-Hub: Long tail — small domains and typos in your listEnlarge

Twelve domains look like a typo: no deliveries at all, every bounce is “no such domain”.

How is this tab different from “Analytics”?

In “Analytics” recipients are grouped into mailbox providers and “other”. Here every real domain is shown separately.

Where does the data come from?

From the PowerMTA accounting files on the servers. The Hub parses them with the MTA's report utility and checks the slices against the overall total.

How are bounces split?

By the reasons from the MTA's own analysis — no mailbox, spam, other — not by code type.

What does “how many domains make up 80%” mean?

How concentrated your list is in a few domains: here eight domains receive 80% of sending.

How are typos found?

Small domains are compared with a list of well-known mailbox providers; a typo has no deliveries at all.

Is a typo definitely a mistake?

No, it's a reason to check: gmail.co, for example, is a real domain in Colombia's .co zone.

Can I see the delivery curve for a single domain?

Yes: in the domain card it's calculated on the server with a button.

Are the totals counted over the whole table?

Over the rows shown: search and filters change the totals along with the table.

07 / Next step

Compare your vMTA sending points.

If mail reaches a domain worse from some addresses than from others, the problem is the addresses. The sending point comparison is on the “vMTA” tab.

Who your messages take longer to reach — on the “Delivery speed” tab.

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