How To Whitelist Newsletters in Focus in your Spam Filter

There’s a lot of spam out there these days. And that means a lot of us have installed spam filters to keep the spam out of our mailboxes.

Unfortunately, that often means stuff like newsletters has a harder time making it to inboxes (even when we really want them to) because they’re more likely to contain the words that trigger those filters. So, if you’re using an anti-spam program or service, you can help ensure delivery of NIF by taking some steps in your program of choice. This usually involves simply adding our sending address (From:) to your whitelist, safelist, or list of priviledged senders.

Please refer to the following whitelisting instructions you can use to whitelist Newsletters in Focus, depending on the filtering solution you use:

AOL

Go to keyword: Mail Controls.
Select the screen name we’re sending your Newsletters in Focus to.
Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.

Version 9.0:

Open your latest Newsletters in Focus e-mail.
Click the Add Address button (on the right) to add to your “People I Know” list.

Alternatively, you can just send an e-mail to: jessica@designdoodles.com, and that will add us to your “People I Know” list automatically. To do this:

Open your latest Newsletters in Focus e-mail.
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: jessica@designdoodles.com
Click Send Now (in the top right corner).
Even if the e-mail 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.

CleanMyMailbox:

If Newsletters in Focus is filtered, from the spambox, 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:

* Click on the White List button.
Add: jessica@designdoodles.com to the bottom of your existing list.
Click the Submit List button.

* Click the Subject White List button.
Add: [NIF] to the bottom of the list on a line by itself.
Click the Submit List button.

Cloudmark SpamNet:

Select Cloudmark | Options… from the Cloudmark SpamNet toolbar in Outlook.
Click Advanced.
Go to the Whitelist tab.
Click the Add button.
Type: jessica@designdoodles.com
Click OK.
Click OK.
Click Yes.
Click OK.

Hotmail:

Click the Options link, on the main menu tabs, then Safe List.
Type: jessica@designdoodles.com 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 e-mail from the same source sent to the Junk Mail folder in the future.

Mailblocks:

Click the Addresses tab.
Click New.
Type: jessica@designdoodles.com
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: jessica@designdoodles.com
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: jessica@designdoodles.com
Click OK.
Click OK.

McAfee Spamkiller:

Click Friends from the sidebar.
Click Add.
Type: jessica@designdoodles.com
Click OK.

oddpost:

Check your ‘Probably Spam’ folder.
If you see that Newsletters in Focus was incorrectly filtered out, select it, and click the ‘Move to Inbox and Mark as Not Spam’ button.

SpamAssassin:

Add the following entry to your user_prefs file, which is found in the .spamassassin subdirectory on your web/mail server:

whitelist_from jessica@designdoodles.com

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
http://www.cleanmymailbox.com/sa

SpamButcher:

Click the Configure button.
Go to the Known Senders tab.
Click Add under ‘Known Good Senders and Recipients’.
Type: jessica@designdoodles.com
Click OK.
Click OK.

Spameater Pro:

Click Filters from the sidebar.
Click the Approved Senders tab.
Click Add Filter.
Type: jessica@designdoodles.com 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: jessica@designdoodles.com
Click the >> button.
Click Close.

Spam Interceptor:

Follow the Trusted link under > Authentication Lists. Enter the email address: jessica@designdoodles.com
Click Add.

SpamPal:

Click on the SpamPal system tray icon with the right mouse button.
Click ‘Add to Whitelist’ from the menu.
Type: jessica@designdoodles.com
Click Add.

Spam Sleuth:

Select File, then Configure.
Go to the Friends category.
Make sure Active is checked.
Type: jessica@designdoodles.com on a line by itself in the entry field.
Click OK.

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: jessica@designdoodles.com
At the bottom, where it says “Move the Message To:” select Inbox from the pull-down menu.
Click the Add Filter button again.

If Newsletters in Focus 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 Newsletters in Focus is being filtered, try adding jessica@designdoodles.com 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 e-mail your ISP’s technical support and ask how you can be sure to receive all e-mail from jessica@designdoodles.com.

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

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http://www.cleanmymailbox.com/whitelist.html.