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Spam Resource: What is the Yahoo Complaint Feedback Loop (FBL or CFL) and how do I sign up for it?
- March 22, 2022
- Posted by: Top Deliverability
- Category: Industry News Spam Resource
Al Iverson just released another interesting blogpost on Spam Resource:
Yahoo (as far as Yahoo Mail is concerned) was once called Yahoo, then it absorbed AOL and became Oath, then Verizon Media, and now it is just called Yahoo again. Throughout this time there has been some form of ISP feedback loop — you know, that thing that sends complaint reports back to the sender or sender’s ESP platform when a Yahoo user clicks the “report spam” button. But the URL and process to sign up for the Yahoo CFL or FBL has changed over the years, and it’s easy to stumble across outdated guidance when Googling. So, here’s my try at providing updated guidance.A note on terminology: Yahoo calls this spam reporting process a CFL (Complaint Feedback Loop). I and most others call it an ISP (Internet Service Provider) FBL (Feedback Loop). I consider the terms CFL and FBL to be interchangeable in this context.What is it? The Yahoo…
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