Whitelisting Instructions for Yahoo Mail

To ensure that e-mails are delivered to your Yahoo Inbox (not the Bulk Mail folder), you can instruct Yahoo to filter it to your Inbox.

Here's how:

Open your Yahoo mailbox.

Click Mail Options.

Click Filters.

Next, click Add Filter.

In the top row, labeled From header:, make sure contains is selected in the pull-down menu.

Click in the text box next to that pull-down menu, then enter the address in the "From" line of the recipient you want to receive mail from.

At the bottom, where it says Move the message to:, select Inbox from the pull-down menu. Click the Add Filter button again.

That's it!

Whitelisting Instructions for MSN Hotmail

If you are using Hotmail, you can ensure that e-mail messages are
delivered to your Inbox by adding a sender's "From" address to your Safe List.

Here's how:

Click the Options tab.

Select Safe List. (It's under the heading Mail Handling.)

In the space provided, enter the address in the "From" line of the
person you want to receive mail from.

Click Add.

When you see the address you entered in the Safe List box, click OK.

That's it!

Whitelisting Instructions for AOL

If you're using AOL, you can ensure that e-mail messages are delivered to your Inbox by setting your Mail Controls.

Here's how:

Go to Keyword Mail Controls.

Select the screen name your mail is being sent to.

Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.

For AOL version 9.0:

You need to add the sending address to your "People I Know" list.
Open an e-mail from the recipient you want to receive mail from.

Click the Add Address button (over on the right) to add the address to your "People I Know" list.

Alternatively, you can just send an e-mail to the address of the person you want to add, and that will add them to your "People I Know" list automatically.

For AOL version 7.0:

In the section for "exclusion and inclusion parameters", include the domain of the person sending you the message. For example to whitelist Small Business Mavericks, you'd include this domain:

@SmallBusinessMavericks.com

For AOL version 8.0:

Select Allow email from all AOL members, email addresses and domains.

Click Next until the Save button shows up at the bottom.

Click Save.

That's it!

Whitelisting Instructions for MS Office 2003

Add a name to your Safe Senders or Safe Recipients List

You can add either the sender's e-mail address or their domain name

to the Safe Senders List.

On the Tools menu, click Options.

On the Preferences tab, under E-mail, click Junk E-mail.

Click the Safe Senders or Safe Recipients tab.

Click Add.

In the Enter an e-mail address or Internet domain name to be added to the list box, enter the name or address you want added, and then click OK. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for each name or address that you want to add.

Notes

If you want your Contacts to be considered safe senders, select the Also trust e-mail from my Contacts check box on the Safe Senders tab. All e-mail addresses in your Contacts folder will then be used by the Junk E-mail Filter to evaluate messages.

If you want people who are not necessarily in your Contacts but are people you correspond with regularly to be considered safe senders, select the Automatically add people I e-mail to the Safe Senders List check box on the Safe Senders tab. By default, the check box is selected. This check box is introduced with Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 1. To get Service Pack 1, go to Downloads on Office Online. Under Office Update, click Check for Updates.

If Automatic Picture Download is turned off, messages from or to email addresses or domain names on the Safe Senders and Safe
Recipients Lists will be treated as exceptions and the blocked content will be downloaded.

If you have existing lists of safe names and addresses, you can import the information into Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 by saving the list into a text (.txt) file with one entry per line, and then importing the list.

To quickly add a sender, domain name, or mailing list name to the
Safe Senders or Safe Recipients Lists, right-click the message you
consider safe, and then on the shortcut menu, point to Junk E-mail, and then click Add Sender to Safe Senders List, Add Sender's Domain (@example.com) to Safe Senders List, or Add Recipient to Safe Recipients List.

If you are using a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account, names and e-mail addresses in the Global Address List (Global Address List: The address book that contains all user, group, and distribution list email addresses in your organization. The administrator creates and maintains this address book. It may also contain public folder e-mail addresses.) are automatically considered safe.

If you are using an Exchange Server e-mail account and working
online, you must be using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later. If you do not know what version of Exchange server your e-mail account is using, contact your Exchange administrator.

Whitelisting Instructions for Apple Mail

Go to Preferences.

Choose Rules.

Select Add Rule.

Choose the Pull Down for "if any of the following conditions are met"

Enter the e-mail address of the person you want to whitelist.

In the "Perform the following actions" section, select:

Move Message and Inbox.

Click OK.

That's it!

About the Author
Entrepreneur and outdoor photography adventurer Caroline Melberg is President and CEO of Small Business Mavericks, a division of Melberg Marketing. She has over 20 years of experience creating marketing communications materials and writing copy for some of the largest and most successful companies in the world. Her small business columns are syndicated online, and she publishes the popular eZines, “Blue Chip Tips: The Secrets of Blue Chip Marketing… Revealed!“ and “Small Business Maverick Secrets.” Learn insider Maverick Marketing secrets you can use immediately to find new customers and increase your sales. Get your FREE subscription at www.SmallBusinessMavericks.com.