How To Safelist Emails

May 2, 2023 | Uncategorized

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ENSURE PROPER DELIVERY

WhatCounts wants to help make sure your emails are getting delivered to you! In order to help ensure the proper delivery of emails to your inbox, mark any legitimate mail that ends up in your Spam or Junk folder as “Not Spam” or “Not Junk” and add legitimate senders to your Contacts. View instructions below on how to safelist emails for several popular Internet Service Providers and email companies.

 

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Gmail

To add the sender to your Contacts:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Rest your cursor over the From address
  3. Select Add to Contacts

If the email ends up in your Spam folder:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Choose: Report not spam
Yahoo!

To add the sender to your Contacts:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Rest your cursor over the From address
  3. Select Add to Contacts then Save

If the email ends up in your Spam folder:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Then click Not Spam
Outlook

To add the sender to your Safe Senders List:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. On the Message tab, select Junk > Never Block Sender

If the email ends up in your Junk Email folder:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. On the Message tab, select Report Message > Not Junk
  3. If a ‘Report as not junk?’ popup appears, select Report
  4. Back on the Message tab, select Junk > Never Block Sender
Apple iPhone

To add the sender to your Contacts:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Press the From address
  3. Select the arrow next to the From
  4. Choose Create New Contact
  5. Press Done

If the email ends up in your Junk folder:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Press the arrow at the bottom
  3. Select Mark as Not Junk
Outlook (Office 365)

To add the sender to your Contacts:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Rest your cursor over the From address
  3. Select More Options (three dots)
  4. Click Add to Contacts then Create

If the email ends up in your Junk Email folder:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Press Not Junk > Not Junk
  3. Press the Report button to Report as Not Junk
Samsung Mail
To add the sender to your Contacts:
  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Press the From address
  3. Select Add to contacts
  4. Click Create Contact then Save

If the email ends up in your Spam folder:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Press More options (three dots)
  3. Select Remove from Spam
Apple Mail Client (Mac OS)

To add the sender to your Contacts:

  1. Select the email
  2. Rest your cursor over the From address
  3. Select the down arrow and choose Add to Contacts

If the email ends up in your Junk folder:

  1. Select the email
  2. Click Move to Inbox
Thunderbird

To add the sender to your Address Book:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Click the From address
  3. Select Add to Address Book

If the email ends up in your Spam folder:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Press Junk
  3. Then select the Not Junk button
AOL Webmail

To add the sender to your Contacts:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Click on the From address
  3. Select Add Contact.
  4. Enter a value in the First Name and Last Name fields
  5. Click the ADD CONTACT button to save.

If the email ends up in your Spam folder:

  1. Select the email to open it
  2. Click the OK (“Not Spam”) button.