Spam filters are a great timesaver, automatically assigning suspect emails to the junk mail folder. However it can work against you when it starts junking emails you actually want to read. A lot of email programs actually delete your junk mail automatically after a certain number of days so those valuable emails you missed could be gone forever. There's also the time involved in sifting through hundreds of spam emails to find those few you wanted to keep.
The way to enjoy the benefits of a spam filter while not missing the emails you actually need to read is by doing something known as whitelisting.
Whitelisting a sender makes sure that you always get emails from that person and it is never treated as spam. Never worry that you will miss out on something important again!
How to whitelist a sender
Choose the email program or spam filter you use for information on how to whitelist emails from Affilorama.
AOL
Cloudmark SpamNet
Earthlink
Gmail
Hotmail
Mailblocks
MailShield
MailWasher
McAfee Spamkiller
MSN
Outlook
SpamAssassin
SpamButcher
SpamCop
Spameater Pro
Spam Inspector
Spam Interceptor
SpamPal
Spam Sleuth
Thunderbird (Mozilla)
Verizon
Yahoo! Mail
Other
AOL
Go to keyword Mail Controls. Select the screen name we're sending your Affilorama to. Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.
Version 9.0
Open your latest Affilorama email. Click the Add Address button (on the right) to add to your "People I Know" list.
Alternatively, you can just send an email to [email protected], and that will add us to your "People I Know" list automatically. To do this
Open your latest Affilorama email. Click the Reply button (it's in the top right corner). A new email window opens with the wrong address in the "Send To" box. Replace the address in the Send To box with [email protected] Click Send Now (in the top right corner). Even if the email you send doesn't get through to us, the act of sending it does the job of putting us into your "People I Know" list.
Cloudmark SpamNet
Select Cloudmark | Options... from the Cloudmark SpamNet toolbar in Outlook. Click Advanced. Go to the Whitelist tab. Click the Add button. Type [email protected] Click OK. Click OK. Click Yes. Click OK.
Earthlink
Click on Address Book (it's over on the left, below your Folders). When your Address Book opens, click the Add button. On the Add Contact screen, find the Internet Information box. Enter [email protected] into the top Email box. Click Save.
Gmail
Click on the Create Filter link near the search box and add @affilorama.com in the From field and on the next step tick the Never send it to Spam checkbox and click Create Filter.
Hotmail
Click the Options link, on the main menu tabs, then Safe List. Type [email protected] in your Safe List. If you see a message that should not be in your Junk Mail folder, click 'This is not Junk Mail' to avoid having email from the same source sent to the Junk Mail folder in the future.
Mailblocks
Click the Addresses tab. Click New. Type [email protected] Make sure 'Accept Mail From This Address' is selected under Receiving Options. Uncheck 'Display in People Picker' under Other options. Click Submit. Click OK.
MailShield
Click Friends from the toolbar. Click Add. Type [email protected] Click OK.
MailWasher
Click Tools, then Blacklist & Friends. Click Add... on the right, the Friends list side. Make sure Plain email address is selected. Type [email protected] Click OK. Click OK.
McAfee Spamkiller
Click Friends from the sidebar. Click Add. Type [email protected] Click OK.
MSN
Click on Settings email | Junk email (it's at the bottom left of the screen, just above Calendar) On the email settings screen, click Junk email Guard. Select Safe List. In the space provided under "Add people to the safe list", enter [email protected]. Click Add.
Outlook
Add [email protected] to your Safe List. Add [email protected] to your Personal Contacts in your Outlook Address Book. Open any desired email, then select Mark as Not Junk.
SpamAssassin
Add the following entry to your user_prefs file, which is found in the .spamassassin subdirectory on your web/mail server
whitelist_from [email protected]
Save the user_prefs file or move the updated copy to your .spamassassin subdirectory. If you have no user_prefs file in this subdirectory, create one http//spamassassin.taint.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html
SpamButcher
Click the Configure button. Go to the Known Senders tab. Click Add under 'Known Good Senders and Recipients'. Type [email protected] Click OK. Click OK.
SpamCop
Open your browser and go to http//webmail.spamcop.net Log into your SpamCop account. Click on the Options icon in the toolbar. Under Mail Management (in the middle), click SpamCop Tools. Select Manage your personal whitelist. Near the bottom, where it reads "Click here to add to your whitelist", click on Click here. Enter [email protected] in the first empty slot. Click Submit.
Spameater Pro
Click Filters from the sidebar. Click the Approved Senders tab. Click Add Filter. Type [email protected] under Address. Choose 'Full Email Address' under Address Type. Select Email Domain. Click OK.
Spam Inspector
Select Spam Inspector, then 'Manage Friends List' from either the Spam Inspector toolbar or from the Outlook menu. Make sure Email is selected under 'Add a New Friend'. Type [email protected] Click the >> button. Click Close.
Spam Interceptor
Follow the Trusted link under > Authentication Lists. Enter the email address [email protected] Click Add.
SpamPal
Click on the SpamPal system tray icon with the right mouse button. Click 'Add to Whitelist' from the menu. Type [email protected] Click Add.
Spam Sleuth
Select File, then Configure. Go to the Friends category. Make sure Active is checked. Type [email protected] on a line by itself in the entry field. Click OK.
Thunderbird (Mozilla)
Under the Tools menu click Message Filters. Create a new filter, give it a name such as Affilorama and add @affilorama.com in the From field.
Choose the action to perform as Set Junk Status To and choose Not Junk and click OK.
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 email address or sub domain to always accept even if the domain is blocked", enter [email protected].
Yahoo! Mail
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 address [email protected] At the bottom, where it says "Move the Message To" select Inbox from the pull-down menu. Click the Add Filter button again.
If Affilorama 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.
Other providers
If Affilorama is being filtered, try adding [email protected] 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 [email protected].
Domain: If they need to know the domain we're mailing from, tell them affilorama.com