Showing posts with the label aol

Bye bye, AOL dialup

Did you know that AOL still provided dialup internet access? Me, neither. But, doesn't matter, as it goes away, as of September 30, 2025. AOL's even got a help article with details . I'll quote it here, in case it later vanishes. It says: Dial-up Internet to be disc…

Yahoo and AOL domains (2024 Update)

Today in "Fun with Data," I present to you a link to a downloadable list containing the top Yahoo Mail email domains . Why would you need this? Maybe you run some certain mail server ( MTA -- mail transfer agent) software that can't group domains based on MX. May…

Who remembers X-AOL email formatted email?

Once upon a time, the email marketing platform I worked on had three body content parts in the editor: the text version, the HTML version, and ... the AOL version! Because, once upon a time, sending HTML email to AOL users wasn't possible. This was a lonnnnng time ago, bac…

Dead email domain: love.com

The email domain love.com was previously owned by AOL, then Verizon, then Yahoo, as the email services and corporate oversight changed for the AOL/Yahoo email services. From the context, it sounds as though it was once possible to have an email address at the love.com domain n…

Yahoo: One Site to Rule It All

From Yahoo's Lili Crowley, an announcement of their new " Senders Hub " postmaster website, where "you will now find our sending best practices and our postmaster FAQs alongside our BIMI and AMP requirements as well as more information about our Yahoo Mail I…

Reference: MAGY (Microsoft, AOL, Gmail, Yahoo) Email Domains

Looking to segment your email database based on ISP? Want to break out separate content or timing for Yahoo Mail versus Microsoft OLC versus Gmail subscribers? I’ve got you covered. Click here to download the full “MAGY” (Microsoft, AOL, Gmail, Yahoo) domain list , and feel fre…

Verizon sells AOL and Yahoo

From The Verge: "Verizon has sold its AOL and Yahoo properties to Apollo Global Management in a deal said to be worth $5 billion." What does this mean: Ownership of the second largest B2C consumer mailbox providers in the US is changing. The future is an unknown. It c…

ISP Deliverability Guide: Yahoo/AOL (Updated for 2022)

Once called Verizon Media Group, but now back to the more familiar name of Yahoo Inc. , you might know them as internet service providers AOL, Yahoo and Verizon. The email platform they all utilize now is, from a sender's perspective, Yahoo! Mail. Here are my five top recom…

What about AOL?

If you're wondering if AOL still exists as a separate entity, the answer is no. AOL as a standalone ISP is no more. What was AOL is now part of Verizon Media Group, which for a time was called Oath . AOL, Yahoo and Verizon are all one mailbox provider, from a sender's…

AOL & Yahoo Mailbox Merger: It’s Done!

Verizon Media (aka Oath, aka Yahoo & AOL) folks report that the merger of the AOL user base into the Yahoo Mail infrastructure is complete! Congrats! I'm sure it was a long, hard road. The bad way to do this would have been to keep the AOL accounts alive on some old,…

Hello, Verizon Media Postmaster!

Verizon Media (previously known as OATH, previously known as Yahoo, previously known as AOL) has just launched their new Postmaster Site . Check it out! As announced on their Postmaster Blog by Lead Postmaster Lili Crowley . I think it's fair to assume that the legacy …

AOL: No More Whitelisting

As AOL and Yahoo continue their transition into one platform, things were bound to change over time. As a result of this ongoing consolidation, AOL no longer offers whitelisting of sending IP addresses. Though the form still seems to be up at the moment, any submissions seem to…

AOL/Yahoo Transition Update: AOL DMARC & FBL Reports

AOL Postmaster  Lili Crowley posted an update yesterday to the AOL Postmaster Blog regarding the future of DMARC and FBL reports from the AOL platform. Here's my summary of that information: For DMARC reports: AOL is saying that the MX records for their domains are in …

AOL Announces Mail System MX Changes

As expected, AOL announced yesterday that the MX records for their domains are being updated: As AOL and Yahoo come together under the OATH umbrella, we will merge the mail infrastructure serving our consumer brands. As a first step, starting this week, the majority of AOL…

More Transitions: AOL/Yahoo Consolidation

Remember how I said that I thought 2018 would be the year of consolidation ? First you had the Microsoft platform consolidation, the merging of their Office 365 and Hotmail platforms. A lot of senders are still dealing with issues around that transition. Now we're gett…

Help! I'm blocked at Verizon.net! (Updated for 2024)

Hey! Are you finding your mail rejected when trying to send to verizon.net? Through a complicated series of mergers and acquisitions over the years, AOL and Yahoo and Verizon have all merged into a single MBP (mailbox provider). The surviving entity? Yahoo! Mail. Thus, if you&#…

AOL: Reputation corrected and request denied

Check out the reply I received in response to a recent AOL Whitelist Request submission: Subject:  Reputation corrected and request denied Your Whitelist request, with the confirmation code X, has been denied.   The requested IP address(es) is receiving temporary failures due t…

Verizon Email Transition Update

From Network World, here is an update on the winding down of Verizon's email service, which  I previously reported on here . When is the transition happening? "Once customers are notified, they are presented with a personal take-action date that is 30 days from the ori…

Senders: What should you do about verizon.net?

As mentioned in a previous post, Verizon recently announced that it is getting out of the email hosting business. Verizon users are being given a choice. They can: Give up their verizon.net email address; or Continue to use their verizon.net email address, but it will now be h…