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  "id": "yahoo-requires-unsubscribes-honored-within-2-days",
  "slug": "yahoo-requires-unsubscribes-honored-within-2-days",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/yahoo-requires-unsubscribes-honored-within-2-days/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/yahoo-requires-unsubscribes-honored-within-2-days.json",
  "claim": "Yahoo requires bulk senders to honor unsubscribe requests within 2 days",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Unsubscribes must be processed in 2 days\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "Yahoo Sender Hub",
    "title": "Sender Best Practices",
    "year": "2024"
  },
  "quote": "Have a clearly visible unsubscribe link in the email body - this may direct to a preference page Honor unsubscribes within 2 days Keep spam complaint rates low Keep your spam rate below 0.3%",
  "method": "Yahoo's published requirements for bulk senders.",
  "drift": [
    "Stricter than CAN-SPAM's 10 business days"
  ],
  "interest": "Yahoo sets the rules for its own mail service.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Yahoo requires bulk senders to honor unsubscribes within 2 days, far faster than CAN-SPAM's 10 business days.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Yahoo Sender Hub — Best practices",
      "url": "https://senders.yahooinc.com/best-practices/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Page checked Oct. 16, 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-17",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}