Verizon Media is a subsidiary of Verizon Communications, a global telecommunications company. To enhance their digital media business, Verizon Communications acquired AOL in 2015 and Yahoo! in 2017. The combined media business was rebranded as Verizon Media in January, 2019, but the AOL and Yahoo! brand names and domains continue to be used in the marketplace.
Verizon Media successfully merged the AOL and Yahoo! email infrastructures in the spring of 2019 so Verizon, AOL, and Yahoo! domains all use the same spam filter technology.
- Yahoo! Mail has approximately 300 million email accounts.
- AOL has approximately 24 million email accounts.
Infrastructure
| Region | Global |
| Yahoo! Domains |
Geocities.com, kimo.com, maktoob.com, oddpost.com, yahoo.at, yahoo.be, yahoo.bg, yahoo.ca, yahoo.cl, yahoo.co.hu, yahoo.co.id, yahoo.co.il, yahoo.co.in, yahoo.co.kr, yahoo.co.nz, yahoo.co.th, yahoo.co.uk, yahoo.co.za, yahoo.com, yahoo.com.ar, yahoo.com.au, yahoo.com.br, yahoo.com.cn, yahoo.com.co, yahoo.com.hk, yahoo.com.hr, yahoo.com.mx, yahoo.com.my, yahoo.com.pe, yahoo.com.ph, yahoo.com.sg, yahoo.com.tr, yahoo.com.tw, yahoo.com.ua, yahoo.com.ve, yahoo.com.vn, yahoo.cz, yahoo.de, yahoo.dk, yahoo.ee, yahoo.es, yahoo.fi, yahoo.fr, yahoo.gr, yahoo.hr, yahoo.hu, yahoo.ie, yahoo.in, Yahoo.it, yahoo.lv, yahoo.nl, yahoo.no, Yahoo.pl, yahoo.pt, yahoo.ro, yhoo.rs, yahoo.se, Yahoo.si, yahoo.sk, yahoogroups.co.kr, yahoogroups.com.cn, yahoogroups.com.sg, yahoogroups.com.tw, yahoogrupper.dk, Yahoogruppi.it, yahoomail.com, ymail.com, y7mail.com |
| AOL Domains |
aol.com; aim.com; aim.net; americaonline.com.mx; aol.ca; aol.co.uk; aol.com.au; aol.com.br; aol.com; aol.com.mx; aol.de; aol.es; aol.fr; aol.in; aol.it; aol.nl; aol.pl; aol.ru; aolsouthamerica.net; brazilaol.net; cs.com (Compuserve); netscape.net |
| Verizon Domains |
verizon.net, verizon.com, bellatlantic.net, bizmailsrvcs.net; gte.net, managedmail.com |
| AT&T | Ameritech.net, att.net, bellsouth.net, flash.net, nvbell.net, pacbell.net, prodigy.net, sbcglobal.net, snet.net, swbell.net, wans.net, worldnet.att.net |
| BT | btopenworld.com, mybtinternet.com, talk21.com |
| Rogers | rogers.com |
| Sky | sky.com |
| Connection/throughput |
Verizon Media does not provide specific guidelines for the connection and throughput settings, but we recommend starting with:
You may need to adjust these settings based on what Verizon Media accepts from your servers. If you do not respect their resources, your email may not be accepted for delivery. |
| Complaint Feedback Loop (CFL) application |
The Verizon Media CFL program helps senders minimize complaint rates for email sent to Verizon, AOL, and Yahoo! domains. |
| Postmaster site |
Return Path partnership with Verizon Media
In partnership with Return Path, Verizon Media uses the Return Path Certification whitelist. Certification customers receive preferential treatment for Verizon, AOL, Yahoo!, and their partners.
Delivery mediation
Verizon Media provides a link for the public escalation of delivery issues to AOL and Yahoo! domains.
Return Path guidance
Return Path understands Verizon Media's anti-spam system well and we can provide data to help senders understand delivery issues.