Alternative Whitelisting Instructions

Today, the biggest problem facing online marketers is the use of SPAM filters. Seriously, they have gotten out of hand, and it's just as bad as SPAM itself ! Over 65% of all mail delivered is from a SPAM source, which means that we're faced with a global epidemic of SPAM until someone sorts out this mess...

To allow someone to send you legitimate mail, you will need to enter their email into a "whitelist" program - to do with your mail system in use. This will enable them to get through, but does not completely guarantee that it will get through. For instance, if someone sends a message with too many SPAM trigger words, your ISP may not deliver it at all. In addition, the sending domain may be on a blacklisted ISP or there may be other reasons for not receiving your mail.

Below are the methods used by the leading companies to whitelist an email address. If you use the information on this page, please use a link to acknowledge it's use - thank you.

AOL

AOL 9.0+

Open the email from us and click the "Add Address" button on the right side then click save.

If you are using an earlier version of AOL, you need to set your mail controls:

* Go to Keyword Mail Controls.

* Select the screen name we're sending your mail to.

* Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.

AOL 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.

AOL 7.0:

In the section for "exclusion and inclusion parameters", include these domains:

CleanMyMailbox

* Click the "Whitelist" button.

* Add our email addresses as listed below.

* Click the "Submit List" button.

Comcast

* Sign in to Comcast Webmail and select "Preferences" from the menu.

* Select "Restrict Incoming Email."

* Select "Yes" to Enable Email Controls. (If you don't want to restrict emails click 'No')

* Select "Allow email from addresses listed below"

* Enter our email addresses as listed below.

* Click "Add"

Cox

* Login to your Cox Webmail account

* Click the "Settings" button on the top menu bar.

* Click "Spam Blocker Settings"

* Click "Tag Junk Email with –SPAM—in the subject line and deliver to your inbox"

* Click "OK"

Earthlink

* Click on "Address Book".

* Click the "Add" button.

* On the Add Contact screen, find the Internet Information box.

* Enter the addresses listed below.

* Click "Save".

Entourage

* Open the email.

* Right-click the sender’s email address.

* Select "Add to address book" from the menu.

* Verify the sender’s contact details.

* Click "Save".

GMail

* Sign into your GMail account.

* Click "Contacts" from the left menu.

* Click the "Create Contact" link.

* Enter the addresses listed below in the "Primary Email" box.

* Click "Save"

Hotmail

* Click "Options" - located at the top right, next to Help.

* Click "Junk e-Mail Protection".

* Select "Safe List".

* In the space provided, enter the addresses listed below in the "Primary Email" box.

* Click "Add".

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

MacMail

* Open the email.

* Ctrl-click the sender’s email address and select "Open in the address book".

* Verify the sender’s contact information.

Mail Washer

* In MailWasher, select "Tools."

* Select "Blacklist & Friends."

* Click the "Friends Add button."

* Select "Plain email address."

* Enter the addresses listed below.

* Click "OK".

* Click "OK" again.

Mailblocks

* In Mailblocks, click the "Addresses tab."

* Select "New."

* Enter the addresses listed below.

* In the "Receiving Options," select "Accept Mail From This Address."

* In the Other Options, make sure "Display in People Picker" is not selected.

* Click "Submit."

* Click "OK."

MailShield

* On the MailShield toolbar, click "Friends."

* Click "Add."

* Enter the addresses listed below.

* Click "OK."

MSN

* Click on Settings: E-mail | Junk e-mail (it's at the bottom left of the screen, just above Calendar).

* On the E-mail settings screen, click "Junk E-Mail Guard."

* "Select Safe List."

* In the space provided under "Add people to the safe list," enter the addresses listed below.

* Click "Add."

For older versions of MSN.

* Click on E-mail settings (it's at the bottom left of the screen, just above Calendar).

* On the E-mail settings screen, click "Junk Mail."

* Select "Safe List."

* Click "Add an item to this list."

* When the Add To Safe List box appears, enter the addresses listed below.

* Click "Add."

McAfee Spamkiller

* On the Spamkiller sidebar, click "Friends."

* Click "Add."

* Enter the addresses listed below.

* Click "OK."

Mozilla Thunderbird

* Click the "Address Book" button.

* Make sure the Personal Address Book is highlighted

* Click the "New Card" button.

* Under the Contact tab, enter the addresses below.

* Click "OK."

Norton AntiSpam

* Start up Norton AntiSpam

* Click the "Status & Settings" tab

* Click "AntiSpam"

* Click "Configure"

* Click the "Allowed List" tab

* Click the "Add" button In the "Email Address" box,

* Enter the addresses listed below.

* Click "OK."

* Click "OK."

Outlook/Express

Outlook (2003 or higher)

* Open the email.

* Right-click the sender’s email address.

* Click Add to contacts.

* Click Save and close.

Outlook 2003 – Safe Senders List

* On the Tools menu, click Options.

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

* On the Safe Senders tab, click Add.

* In the Add address, type the addresses listed below.

* Click OK.

Outlook Express (version 6 or higher)

* Open the email.

* Left-click the sender icon, or right click the sender’s name.

* Click Add to contacts.

* Click Save and close.

Oddpost

* Find any email that we send you, probably in the spam folder.

* Click on the email to select it.

* Click the Move to Inbox and Mark as Not Spam button.

Spam Assassin

* Search your hard drive for the spam assassin folder, then open it.

* In that folder should be a file named user_prefs.

* Open it with a text editor (Notepad, for example).

* If there is no such file, you can create it.

* Make a new (blank) line in the file.

* On that line, enter whitelist_from, followed by the email addresses listed below.

* Save the file and close it.

Spam Butcher

* Open Spam Butcher and click the Configure button.

* Select the Known Senders tab.

* Under Known Good Senders and Recipients, click Add.

* Enter the addresses listed below.

* Click OK.

Spam Inspector

* Open Outlook.

* On the Spam Inspector menu or toolbar, find and select "Manage Friends List."

* In the Add a New Friend area, select "E-mail."

* Enter the email addresses below.

* Click the >> (add) button.

* Click "Close."

Spam Interceptor

* Open Spam Interceptor and select "Authentication Lists."

* Click "Trusted."

* Enter the addresses below.

* Click "Add."

Spam Sleuth

* Open Spam Sleuth.

* From the File menu, select "Configure."

* In the Friends category, make sure Active is selected.

* In the space provided for the list, make a new (blank) line and on it enter the addresses below.

* Click "OK."

Spameater

* On the Spameater sidebar, click "Filters."

* Select the "Approved Senders" tab.

* Click "Add Filter."

* In the Address space, enter the email addresses below.

* For Address Type, select "Full Email Address."

* Click OK.

SpamNet

* Open your Outlook Inbox.

* On the Cloudmark SpamNet toolbar, click "Options."

* Click "Advanced."

* Select the Whitelist tab.

* Click the "Add" button.

* Enter the email addresses below and click the "OK" button.

* Click "OK" again, then "Yes," then "OK" one last time.

SpamPal

* When SpamPal is running, find the SpamPal icon in your Windows system tray and right-click on it.

* Select "Add to Whitelist."

* Enter the email addresses below.

* Click "Add."

Verizon

* Go to your Verizon Inbox.

* Click "Options."

* Select the "Block Senders" tab (near the top of the screen).

* On the Block Senders screen, you'll see both a "Block Sender List" and a "Safe List". In the space where it says, "Enter e-mail address or sub domain to always accept even if the domain is blocked", enter the email addresses below.

Yahoo!

* Open your Yahoo mailbox.

* Click "Mail Options."

* Click "Filters."

* 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 email addresses below.

* At the bottom, where it says Move the message to, select "Inbox" from the pull-down menu.

* Click the "Add Filter" button again.