# Contact list domain routing

Contact list domain routing serves two functions in postal route configuration:

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**Grouping**

Logically group domains owned by the same parent company that share a common email infrastructure, such as the merger of Yahoo, AOL, and Verizon. 
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**Isolating**

Routing the most important mailbox providers like Gmail through the API, SMTP Relay, or MTA delivery policy where you're getting the best deliverability\*.
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**\***Delivery is when a message is successfully delivered, Deliverability is when the message hits the inbox.
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Logical grouping example from the portfolio of Yahoo domains:

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Microsoft email domains:

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Preparing to isolate delivery for Gmail contacts via an optimized postal route connection:

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