Many people still use, or still have on file, email addresses from the dial-up and early broadband years: aol.com, sbcglobal.net, wanadoo.fr, voila.fr, freeserve.co.uk. Some of these old email domains still work perfectly, often on a bigger provider’s servers. Others were shut down and every message to them bounces. This page tracks 200 old email domains from 100 providers, with their current status, checked in November 2026.
Old email domains list (2026)
Type a domain or a full address in the search box, or filter by status. Where SMTPedia has a dedicated guide (settings for domains that still work, history and alternatives for closed ones), it is linked in the last column.
| Domain(s) | Provider | Country | Status | What happened | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alice.it, tin.it | TIM | Italy | Still works | Existing addresses work on TIM's mail platform. | Guide |
| aliceadsl.fr, libertysurf.fr | Free (Iliad) | France | Still works | Existing addresses work on Free's mail platform. | Guide |
| alltel.net | Alltel | USA | Closed | Shut down around 2009; no DNS records by 2018. | |
| alohausi.com, hula.net, luaumail.com, pixi.com, pixi.net, usihi.com, usinternet.com, usiwireless.com | U.S. Internet (USI) / Securence | USA | Paid or at risk | All email services shut down on November 11, 2026. | |
| aol.com, aim.com | AOL | USA | Still works | Still active; one of the oldest mass-market mailboxes still running. | |
| aon.at | A1 Telekom Austria | Austria | Still works | Existing addresses work on A1's mail servers (securemail.a1.net). | Guide |
| atlas.cz, volny.cz | Centrum.cz | Czech Republic | Still works | Still active on Centrum's shared platform. | Guide |
| att.net, sbcglobal.net, bellsouth.net, prodigy.net, ameritech.net, pacbell.net, swbell.net, nvbell.net, snet.net, flash.net, wans.net, currently.com | AT&T | USA | Still works | Existing addresses work; AT&T mail is now hosted by Yahoo Mail. Sign in at att.net. | |
| bredband.net | Bredbandsbolaget (Telenor) | Sweden | Closed | All addresses deleted on November 15, 2023. | Guide |
| btinternet.com | BT | UK | Still works | Free with BT broadband; after leaving BT, a Basic or paid Premium mail plan keeps the address. | |
| cableone.net, newwavecom.net, nwcable.net, mycitycable.com | Sparklight (Cable One) | USA | Closed | Business mailboxes deleted January 15 and March 24, 2022; residential email ended July 14, 2022. | |
| cfu.net | Cedar Falls Utilities | USA (Iowa) | Closed | Shut down in waves from July 1 to November 1, 2025. | |
| chello.at, inode.at | Magenta Telekom | Austria | Still works | Existing addresses work on Magenta's mail platform. | Guide |
| clear.net.nz, es.co.nz, ihug.co.nz, paradise.net.nz, pcconnect.co.nz, quik.co.nz, vodafone.co.nz, vodafone.net.nz, wave.co.nz | Vodafone New Zealand | New Zealand | Closed | Closed on November 30, 2017. | |
| clearwire.net | Clearwire | USA | Closed | The domain now refuses all mail (null MX). | |
| clix.pt, mail.pt, kanguru.pt, oninet.pt, oniduo.pt, oninetspeed.pt, optimus.clix.pt, mail.optimus.pt | NOS | Portugal | Paid or at risk | NOS stopped its email on July 16, 2025 and handed it to Sooma. Addresses are kept only on a paid Sooma plan; accounts with no action were deleted. | Guide |
| colorado.edu (alumni accounts only) | University of Colorado Boulder | USA | Closed | Alumni email accounts closed on August 31, 2026; student and staff addresses are not affected. | |
| comcast.net | Xfinity (Comcast) | USA | Still works | Mailboxes are moving to Yahoo Mail; address and password stay the same. | |
| comhem.se | Com Hem (Tele2) | Sweden | Closed | Webmail wound down when the brand was retired in April 2021. | Guide |
| cox.net | Cox | USA | Still works | Moved to Yahoo Mail after Cox ended its own webmail (announced December 2023); addresses kept. | |
| ctemplar.com | CTemplar | Iceland | Closed | Service shut down on May 26, 2022. | |
| dreamwiz.com | Dreamwiz | South Korea | Closed | Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | Guide |
| e-mail.ua | E-mail.ua | Ukraine | Closed | Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | |
| earthlink.net | EarthLink | USA | Still works | Still active for EarthLink customers. | Guide |
| emirates.net.ae, eim.ae | e& (Etisalat) | UAE | Still works | Existing addresses work on e&'s mail platform. | Guide |
| epost.de | Deutsche Post E-POST | Germany | Closed | E-POST shut down in November 2022. | Guide |
| excite.co.jp | Excite Japan | Japan | Closed | Free Excite Mail ended on September 18, 2018. | Guide |
| excite.com | Excite | USA | Closed | Free email ended September 1, 2021; excite.com stopped receiving mail on December 31, 2021. | |
| exemail.com.au | Exetel (Superloop) | Australia | Paid or at risk | Moved to The Messaging Company as a paid service in 2025. | Guide |
| ezweb.ne.jp | KDDI (au) | Japan | Still works | Existing addresses remain usable; new addresses use au.com since May 15, 2018. | Guide |
| facebook.com (personal @facebook.com addresses) | Global | Closed | Personal @facebook.com addresses retired in February 2014. | ||
| frisurf.no | Frisurf (Telenor) | Norway | Closed | Telenor’s former free ISP brand. Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | Guide |
| gci.net | GCI | USA (Alaska) | Paid or at risk | Shutdown cancelled in April 2024, but keeping the mailbox costs .99 a month. | |
| gmx.net, gmx.de, web.de | United Internet | Germany | Still works | Still active. | |
| goo.jp | goo mail (NTT Docomo) | Japan | Closed | Accounts closed on February 26, 2026. | |
| hargray.com | Hargray | USA | Closed | Accounts deleted in waves, December 2022 to January 2023. | |
| hispavista.com | Hispavista | Spain | Closed | The domain now belongs to a company that uses it for its own mail. Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | Guide |
| home.nl, chello.nl, upcmail.nl, quicknet.nl, casema.nl, a2000.nl | Ziggo | Netherlands | Still works | Existing addresses work on Ziggo's mail platform. | Guide |
| hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com | Microsoft (Outlook.com) | Global | Still works | Still active; managed through Outlook.com. | Guide |
| iinet.net.au, internode.on.net, tpg.com.au | TPG Telecom | Australia | Paid or at risk | Moved to The Messaging Company in 2023; paid since September 15, 2024. Addresses not moved were deleted. | |
| iol.pt | IOL (Media Capital) | Portugal | Closed | Closed on November 30, 2018. | Guide |
| juno.com | Juno | USA | Still works | Still offers email in 2026. | |
| laposte.net | La Poste | France | Still works | Still active. | Guide |
| liveinternet.ru | LiveInternet | Russia | Closed | Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | |
| love.com | AOL / Yahoo | USA | Closed | Email ended July 31, 2022; the domain was later sold. | |
| lycos.com | Lycos | USA | Paid or at risk | Free accounts ended May 15, 2018; only paid accounts remain. | |
| lycos.se, lycos.co.uk and other Lycos Europe domains | Lycos Europe | Sweden / Europe | Closed | Closed on February 15, 2009; mail was not preserved. | |
| myblackberry.com | BlackBerry | Global | Closed | BlackBerry legacy services ended January 4, 2022; the domain no longer has a mail server. | |
| mydurango.net | Ting Internet | USA | Closed | Addresses stopped working on March 12, 2026. | |
| netcom.no | NetCom (Telia) | Norway | Closed | Brand became Telia in March 2016. Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | Guide |
| netscape.net | Netscape (AOL) | USA | Still works | Pre-existing addresses generally still work through AOL Mail. | Guide |
| netzero.net | NetZero | USA | Still works | Still offers email in 2026. | |
| nexus.hu | Nexus | Hungary | Closed | Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | |
| ntlworld.com, blueyonder.co.uk, virginmedia.com, virgin.net | Virgin Media | UK | Paid or at risk | Virgin Media handed its email to Junara (Atmail) in 2026. To keep the address, users must sign up with Junara: free for the first year for current customers, then paid. Mailboxes that are not moved are suspended, then deleted. | |
| numericable.fr, club-internet.fr, noos.fr | SFR (Altice France) | France | Still works | Existing addresses work on SFR's mail platform. | Guide |
| online.de | Online.de (United Internet) | Germany | Closed | Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | Guide |
| online.no | Telenor | Norway | Paid or at risk | Telenor Online email has been a paid service since 2023 (99 NOK a month from August 2026). | Guide |
| onmail.com | OnMail (Edison) | USA | Closed | Service shut down on July 31, 2025. | |
| ono.com | ONO (Vodafone Spain) | Spain | Closed | Stopped working on June 30, 2019. | |
| orange.es, wanadoo.es, ya.com and other former Amena and eresMas domains | Orange Spain | Spain | Closed | All 17 domains closed and accounts deleted on September 5, 2025. | |
| orange.net, orangehome.co.uk, wanadoo.co.uk, freeserve.co.uk | Orange UK (EE) | UK | Closed | Closed on May 31, 2017. | |
| orangemail.sk | Orange Slovakia | Slovakia | Closed | Closed on November 1, 2022. | |
| pandora.be | Telenet | Belgium | Still works | Existing addresses work on Telenet's mail platform. | Guide |
| paran.com | Paran (KTH), now Daum | South Korea | Still works | Mail moved to Daum in 2012; addresses kept only by users who transferred them. | Guide |
| passagen.se | Passagen | Sweden | Closed | The domain is now an unrelated website. Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | Guide |
| planet.nl, wxs.nl, hi.nl, pi.net, freeler.nl | KPN | Netherlands | Still works | Existing addresses work on KPN's mail platform. | Guide |
| prodigy.net.mx | Telmex | Mexico | Paid or at risk | Telmex still lists @prodigy.net.mx accounts as supported alongside Infinitum Mail (new accounts use infinitummail.com), but our November 2026 test did not deliver. Accounts inactive for 180 days are deleted. | Guide |
| rr.com, twc.com, charter.net | Spectrum (Charter) | USA | Still works | Existing addresses work for Spectrum customers. | Guide |
| skiff.com | Skiff | USA | Closed | Closed August 9, 2024 after Notion bought Skiff; forwarding ended February 9, 2025. | |
| skynet.be, belgacom.net | Proximus | Belgium | Still works | Existing addresses work through Proximus Webmail. | Guide |
| speedy.com.ar, infovia.com.ar, satlink.com, cpsarg.com, advancedsl.com.ar | Movistar Argentina | Argentina | Closed | Service ended July 1, 2021; mailboxes deleted July 31, 2021. | Guide |
| stonline.sk, mail.t-com.sk, t-zones.sk, posta.telekom.sk | Slovak Telekom | Slovakia | Closed | Closed on December 31, 2020. | |
| t-online.de | Deutsche Telekom | Germany | Still works | Still active. | Guide |
| talktalk.net, tiscali.co.uk | TalkTalk | UK | Still works | Free for current TalkTalk broadband customers. Former customers had to pay for Everymail by July 7, 2026 or lose the mailbox. | |
| tdc.dk | TDC | Denmark | Closed | The domain now only handles TDC's corporate mail. Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | Guide |
| tds.net, bendbroadband.com, bendcable.com, uslink.net, tdstelme.com, chorus.net, somtel.com | TDS Telecom | USA | Paid or at risk | Mail handed to Everymail. Only users who signed up for a paid plan by October 31, 2026 keep their address; other mailboxes are closed. | |
| tele2.no, c2i.net | Tele2 Norway | Norway | Closed | Tele2 left Norway in 2015; tele2.no has no mail server and c2i.net is parked. | Guide |
| terra.com.br | Terra | Brazil | Still works | Still active. | Guide |
| terra.es | Terra (Telefonica) | Spain | Closed | Email closed on April 16, 2013. | Guide |
| tesco.net | Tesco | UK | Closed | Closed June 27, 2018; forwarding ended October 10, 2018. | |
| tlen.pl, o2.pl | Wirtualna Polska | Poland | Still works | Existing addresses work on WP's mail platform. | Guide |
| tom.com (free accounts) | TOM Group | Hong Kong / China | Closed | Free accounts closed on September 13, 2024 and mail purged after September 27, 2024. The paid VIP service uses other domains. | Guide |
| txt.att.net | AT&T email-to-SMS | USA | Closed | Gateway shut down in June 2025. | |
| unitel.me, bluestreakme.com | UniTel | USA (Maine) | Closed | Closed on November 1, 2022. | |
| uol.com.br, ig.com.br | UOL / iG | Brazil | Still works | Still active. | |
| upcmail.cz, chello.cz, karneval.cz, mistral.cz, mbox.dkm.cz | Former UPC Czech Republic | Czech Republic | Closed | Announced in May 2020; service ended August 31, 2020. | |
| upcmail.hu, chello.hu, monornet.hu | Vodafone Hungary (ex UPC) | Hungary | Closed | Service ended March 1, 2021; mailbox access ended May 31, 2021. | |
| us.army.mil | US Army (AKO) | USA | Closed | MX record removed in July 2021. | |
| verizon.net | Verizon (now AOL Mail) | USA | Still works | Moved to AOL Mail in June 2017; addresses kept. | |
| vip.hr | Vipnet (A1 Hrvatska) | Croatia | Closed | Brand became A1 in October 2018. Tested by SMTPedia in November 2026: no longer delivers. | Guide |
| vip.rs | Vip mobile (A1 Srbija) | Serbia | Closed | Brand renamed A1 in April 2019; the domain no longer has a mail server. | Guide |
| virgilio.it, libero.it | Italiaonline | Italy | Still works | Still active. | |
| vodafone.ie | Vodafone Ireland | Ireland | Closed | Closed on October 18, 2014. | |
| vodafone.it, teletu.it | Vodafone Italy | Italy | Closed | Mailboxes deactivated on June 1, 2023. | |
| voila.fr | Voila Mail (Orange) | France | Closed | Closed on January 12, 2016. | |
| vtext.com | Verizon email-to-SMS | USA | Paid or at risk | Gateway shutting down by the end of March 2027. | |
| wanadoo.fr | Orange | France | Still works | Existing addresses work on Orange's mail servers. | Guide |
| worldnet.att.net | AT&T Worldnet | USA | Closed | Worldnet ended in March 2010 (users moved to att.net); forwarding stopped around 2025 and the domain left DNS late 2025. | |
| yahoo.cn, yahoo.com.cn | Yahoo China | China | Closed | Closed in August 2013; both domains now refuse all mail. | |
| yahoo.com, rocketmail.com, ymail.com | Yahoo | Global | Still works | Still active; rocketmail.com and ymail.com are legacy Yahoo aliases. |
Recently closed or closing (2025 to 2027)
My old email address stopped working: what to do
- Check its status in the table above. If it says “Still works”, the address is fine; your mail app probably needs new server settings. Open the linked guide.
- If it says “Paid or at risk”, act before the deadline. Sign up for the paid plan if you want to keep the address, or export your mail and contacts while you still can.
- If it says “Closed”, move on. The mailbox cannot be recovered. Open a new address with Gmail, Outlook.com or another provider, then update it on your bank, government and shopping accounts, starting with the ones that use email for password resets.
Old email domains in your mailing list
If you send newsletters or transactional email, closed domains are a deliverability problem. Every message to them bounces, and a high bounce rate tells mailbox providers that your list is not maintained.
- Remove closed domains from your list now, and block them at import so they never come back.
- Contact subscribers on “Paid or at risk” domains before the shutdown date and ask for a new address.
- Do not wait for bounces. A retired domain can be turned into a spam trap later, by its owner or by whoever buys it.
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Frequently asked questions
What email domains no longer exist?
Well-known examples include voila.fr (closed 2016), orange.net, freeserve.co.uk and wanadoo.co.uk (2017), tesco.net (2018), ono.com (2019), orange.es and wanadoo.es (2025) and goo.jp (2026). Use the search box in the table above to check any domain.
What are some old email providers that still work?
AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, Juno, NetZero, AT&T domains such as sbcglobal.net and bellsouth.net, verizon.net, comcast.net, t-online.de, wanadoo.fr, laposte.net and btinternet.com all still deliver mail. Many now run on a bigger provider’s servers: AT&T addresses on Yahoo Mail, netscape.net on AOL.
Can I recover an old email address after the provider shut it down?
Almost never. When a provider closes its mail service, mailboxes and their content are deleted, and the provider does not hand addresses to anyone else. If the service moved to a paid successor (TDS to Everymail, Exetel to The Messaging Company), you may keep the address only if you signed up before the deadline.
Why do internet providers shut down email?
Running consumer mailboxes costs money, attracts spam and earns little, while most customers already use Gmail, Outlook or Yahoo. ISPs therefore close their mail service, hand it to a paid third party, or move it to a big webmail provider.
What is the difference between an old domain that still works and a dead one?
A domain that still works has live mail servers: messages are delivered, even if the brand behind it disappeared years ago (aon.at, wanadoo.fr, netscape.net). A dead domain has no working mail server: every message bounces, and continuing to send to it hurts the sender’s reputation.
Sources and method
Statuses are based on provider announcements and on SMTPedia’s own checks of each domain’s mail servers. Last reviewed: November 2026. If you know of a change, please let us know.
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