How to Whitelist an email address
When following any of these steps, remember to use the email address [email protected] – that is the address I am sending my newsletters from!
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Gmail
There are two ways to do this in Gmail—by adding the email sender as a contact and by creating a filter.
Add sender to contacts
1. Open the email and click the Contacts icon on the right-hand side.
2. Select the sender and then click the Add to contacts icon at the top.
And that’s it!
Create a whitelist filter
1. In your inbox, click the Settings icon in the top right corner, then click See all settings.
2. Navigate to the Filters and Blocked Addresses tab and select Create a new filter.
3. Simply add the email address you would like to allow in the From field and click Create filter.
4. Select Never send it to Spam and (optionally) Always mark it as important. Click Create filter one last time and the email address will be added to your whitelist!
Yahoo
Add sender to contacts
1. Open an email from the sender you would like to add to your contact list. Click the More icon at the top and then select Add sender to Contacts.
2. Enter the contact details and click Save—you’re done!
Outlook.com
Adding emails to the safe sender list in Microsoft Outlook couldn’t be easier. All you need to do is use the safe sender option from within the email.
1. Open an email from the sender you want to add. Click More actions in the top right of the email to open the drop-down menu and select Add to Safe senders.
2. A pop-up will appear asking you to confirm that emails from this sender will not be sent to Junk. Click OK.
AOL
AOL relies solely on your contact list to determine whether or not you want to receive emails from a particular sender to your inbox. Here’s how to add a contact in AOL.
1. In AOL Mail, navigate to Contacts and click the New contact icon.
2. Add the contact details and click Add Contact. And that’s it!
Apple Mail
No surprises here—Apple Mail is ever so slightly more complex when it comes to whitelisting emails. As well as the option to set up rules for incoming emails, you can also add emails to the allow list by making them contacts, however, this requires a couple of extra steps. Let’s dive in!
Create an allow list rule
1. In the app, click Mail and open Preferences.
2. Navigate to Rules and click Add rule. Add a name for your rule and set a condition From > Contains > the sender’s email address. You can add multiple email addresses here by adding more conditions.
For the actions, select Move Message > to mailbox: Inbox. Click OK and your rule will be saved!
Whitelist an email as a contact (if junk email filtering is enabled)
To add contact:
1. Open an email from the sender you want to add. Click on the arrow next to their name in the message header and select Add to Contacts.
Alternatively, you can add a contact in the Contacts app. Open the app, click the Add icon and select New Contact. Enter the details and click Done.
To make contacts exempt from junk mail filtering:
1. In the app, click Mail and open Preferences.
2. Navigate to Junk Mail. Under The following types of messages are exempt from junk mail filtering, check Sender of message is in my Contacts.
