How Do I Whitelist? What Is Whitelisting?

Whitelisting is the manual approval by you to allow mail from a specific person to be delivered to your email address. Even though you have subscribed, some ISPs just block everything - even if you are on the mailing list, sometimes. So here it is: the instructions which you can use for making sure your subscribers get your emails.

Please note that [your email at your domain] is the address where the emails are coming from, not you own address!

Here's the message you can use on your confirm subscription page:

IMPORTANT How To Make Sure You Receive The Information You've Requested!

In a few short moments, you will receive an email from [your email at your domain] with the subject "IMPORTANT: Confirmation Required!".

*** You must click on the confirmation link to verify that you did in fact request information from us. ***

Immediately upon confirmation, you will receive your first issue! So just do this real quick while you're thinking about it - it only takes about two seconds.

To further ensure that you receive our correspondence, please also take a moment to add us to your "safe" or permitted email sender list.

What is a "Whitelist"?

Adding our sending address (From:) to your list of accepted email senders (often referred to as a "whitelist", "safe list", or "list of privileged senders") will ensure that you receive your quote, newsletter or other ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) communication.

How Do I Ensure that ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) is on My "Whitelist"?

Please refer to the following whitelisting instructions you can use to whitelist email from ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)). There are a number of different spam programs on the market, and email services such as AOL, Hotmail and Yahoo! have specific rules about adding providers to your whitelist.

Here is a list of ways to whitelist using some of the major ISPs and mail servers:

Yahoo! Mail

1. Open your Yahoo! mailbox
2. Click Mail Options
3. Click Filters
4. Click Add Filter
5. 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: [your email at your domain]
6. At the bottom, where it says "Move the Message To:" select Inbox from the pull-down menu.
7. Click the Add Filter button again
8. If mail from ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) has been filtered to your "bulk" folder, simply open the message and click on the "This is not Spam" link next to the "From" field.

AOL

1. Go to keyword: Mail Controls
2 .Select the screen name to which we're sending ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) email
3. Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name
4. If you are using AOL Version 9.0:
5. Open your email from ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME))
6. Click the "Add Address" button (on the right) to add to your "People I Know" list
7. Or, you can just send an email to: [your email at your domain], and that will add us to your "People I Know" list automatically. To do this: Open an email from ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)); click the "Reply" button (it's in the top right corner). A new email window opens with an email address in the "Send To" box.
8. Make sure the address in the Send To box is: [your email at your domain]
9. Click Send Now (in the top right corner). This will add us to the "People I Know" list.

Hotmail:

1. Click the Options link, on the main menu tabs, then Safe List
2. Type: [your email at your domain] in your Safe List
3. If you see a ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) email in your Junk Mail folder, click "This is not Junk Mail" to avoid having email from ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) sent to the Junk Mail folder in the future.
4. If you have one of the popular spam-filtering software programs installed on your desk, look below for specific instructions on how to add ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) to the whitelist using the tool.

CleanMyMailbox:

1. If ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) email is filtered, click on the white "W" icon on the left column of the mailing; when the pop-up window comes up, simply click the Add to Whitelist button.

Alternative Whitelisting Methods:

1. Click on the White List button
2. Add: [your email at your domain] to the bottom of your existing list
3. Click the Submit List button

Cloudmark SpamNet:

1. Select "Cloudmark | Options"... from the Cloudmark SpamNet toolbar in Outlook.
2. Click "Advanced"
3. Go to the Whitelist tab
4. Click the Add button
5. Type: [your email at your domain]
6. Click OK
7. Click OK
8. Click Yes
9. Click OK

Mailblocks:

1. Click the "Addresses" tab
2. Click "New"
3. Type: [your email at your domain]
4. Make sure that "Accept Mail From This Address" is selected under Receiving Options.
5. Uncheck "Display in People Picker" under Other options.
6. Click Submit
7. Click OK

MailShield:

1. Click Friends from the toolbar
2. Click Add, then type: [your email at your domain]
3. Click OK

MailWasher:

1. Click Tools, then Blacklist & Friends
2. Click Add... on the right, the Friends list side
3. Make sure Plain email address is selected
4. Type: [your email at your domain]
5. Click OK
6. Click OK

McAfee Spamkiller:

1. Click Friends from the sidebar
2. Click Add
3. Type: [your email at your domain]
4. Click OK

oddpost:

1. Check your 'Probably Spam' folder.
2. If you see that mail from ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) was incorrectly filtered out, select it, and click the "Move to Inbox" and "Mark as Not Spam" button.

SpamAssassin:

1. Add the following entry to your user prefs file, which is found in the spamassassin subdirectory on your web/mail server:
whitelist_from [your email at your domain]

2. Save the user_prefs file or move the updated copy to your .spamassassin subdirectory
3. If you have no user_prefs file in this subdirectory, create one:

spamassassin.taint.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html
www.cleanmymailbox.com/sauptool/

SpamButcher:

1. Click the Configure button
2. Go to the "Known Senders" tab
3. Click Add under "Known Good Senders and Recipients"
4. Type: [your email at your domain]
5. Click OK
6. Click OK again

Spameater Pro:

1. Click Filters from the sidebar
2. Click the Approved Senders tab
3. Click Add Filter
4. Type: [your email at your domain] under Address
5. Choose 'Full Email Address' under Address Type
6. Select Email Domain
7. Click OK v

Spam Inspector:

1. Select Spam Inspector, then 'Manage Friends List' from either the Spam Inspector toolbar or from the Outlook menu.
2. Make sure Email is selected under 'Add a New Friend'
3. Type: [your email at your domain]
4. Click the >> button
5. Click Close

Spam Interceptor:

1. Follow the Trusted link under > Authentication Lists. Enter the email address: [your email at your domain]
2. Click Add

SpamPal:

1. Click on the SpamPal system tray icon with the right mouse button.
2. Click 'Add to Whitelist' from the menu.
3. Type: [your email at your domain]
4. Click Add

Spam Sleuth:

1. Select File, then Configure.
2. Go to the Friends category.
3. Make sure Active is checked
4. Type: [your email at your domain] on a line by itself in the entry field
5. Click OK
6. Other providers:

If our ((YOUR BUSINESS NAME)) Newsletter is being filtered, try adding [your email at your domain] to your Address Book or Contact List. If this option is not available, try moving the message to your 'inbox' or forwarding the message to yourself.

If subsequent messages continue to be filtered, call or email your ISP's technical support and ask how you can be sure to receive all email from [your email at your domain]

Domain: If they need to know the domain we're mailing from, tell them: YOURDOMAINNAME.com

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By: Pat Miller

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Pat Miller is an internet/network marketer and webdesigner of 12 years. You can find out more great tips like this at GoSnorky.com