| EMAIL CONFIGURING FOR PC USERS |
| Email Client |
Whitelisting an Email Address
This way uses the build in Address Book features of the Mail Client. |
Whitelisting an Email Address or Domain using Rules
Conditions for most clients are sender, domain, keyword, sender, recipient, or subject. |
| PC/Thunderbird 2.0 |
- Click on the Address Book button.
- Make sure the Personal Address Book is highlighted.
- Click on the New Card button.
- This will open a new Card window with 3 tabs to add information in.
- Under the Contact tab fill in the persons first and last name and then copy and paste or type the address you wish to whitelist into the email field.
- Click OK.
- or -
- Open an email from the sender.
- Click on the arrow next to the senders email address.
- Click on Add to Address Book.
- Edit the user’s entry.
- Click OK
Next you need to whitelist your Personal Address book:
- From the mail Thunderbird screen, select Tools > Account Settings...
- Select Junk Settings
- Make sure that there:
- Is a check mark in the box next to Do not mark mail as junk if the sender is in:
- The drop down menu lists Personal Address Book.
Click OK. |
- Click on Tools > Message Filters...
- Click New...
- Name your new filter
- Enter your criteria for filtering.
- Under Perform these actions: choose Move Messages to - Inbox.
- Click OK.
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| PC/Outlook 2007 |
- On the tools menu, click Options.
- On the Preferences tab, click Junk Email.
- On the Safe Senders tab, click Add.
- In the Add Address field, copy and paste or type in the address that you wish to whitelist.
- You can also put check-marks in the boxes next to Also trust email from my Contacts. and/or Automatically add people I email to the Safe Senders List
- Click OK.
To add a Contact:
- Click on Tools > Address Book.
- Choose Contacts.
- Click on File > New Entry.
- Highlight New Contact and click OK.
- Enter the contacts information
- Click on the floppy disk icon to Save & Close.
- or -
- Open an email from the person you wish to whitelist.
- Right-click the sender's email address.
- Click on Add to Address Book.
- Edit the persons contact information.
- Click OK.
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- Click on Tools > Rules and Alerts.
- Under the Email Rules tab, choose your Inbox to Apply changes to this folder:
- Click on New Rule...
- Under Step 1 highlight the option that represents your criteria.
- Under Step 2 edit the rule by clicking on the underlined links. Click on specified folder, highlight Inbox and click OK.
- Name your rule.
- Click Next > for more options or click Finish.
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| Outlook XP/2003 |
- Click on Tools > Address Book.
- Choose Contacts.
- Click on File > New Entry.
- Highlight New Contact and click OK.
- Enter the contacts information
- Click on the floppy disk icon to Save & Close.
- or -
- Open an email from the person you wish to whitelist.
- Right-click the sender's email address.
- Click on Add to Address Book.
- Edit the persons contact information.
- Click OK.
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- Click on Tools > Rules and Alerts.
- Under the Email Rules tab, choose your Inbox to Apply changes to this folder:
- Click on New Rule...
- Under Step 1 highlight the option that represents your criteria.
- Under Step 2 edit the rule by clicking on the underlined links. Click on specified folder, highlight Inbox and click OK.
- Name your rule.
Click Next > for more options or click Finish. |
Outlook Express 6.0
(Windows 2000 or XP) |
- Click on the Address Book icon.
- Click on New > Contact.
- Enter the contacts information.
- Click OK.
- or –
- Open an email from the person you wish to whitelist.
- Right-click the sender's email address.
- Click on Add to Address Book.
- Edit the persons contact information.
Click OK. |
- Click on Tools > Message Rules > Mail...
- Select the Condition for your rule. Place a check-mark next to Where the From line contains people.
- Select the action for your rule. Place a check-mark next to Move it to the specified folder.
- In the rule description section, click on the underlined values to edit the rule criteria. Click on specified folder to deliver mail to your Inbox.
- Name the rule
- Hit OK.
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Windows Mail
(Windows Vista) |
- Click on Tools > Junk Email Options...
- On the Safe Senders tab, you can manually enter email addresses that will never be treated as spam.
- You can also choose to put a check-mark next to Trust email from my Windows Contacts and/or Automatically add people I email to the Safe Senders list.
- Click on Apply and OK.
To create a Windows Contact:
- On the main Mail window click on Tools > Windows Contacts.
- Click on New Contact
- Enter the person’s information and email address to whitelist.
- Click OK.
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- Click on Message > Create Rule From Message...
- On the New Mail Rule screen select the conditions for your rule.
- Under Select the Actions for your rule: place a check mark next to Move it to the specified folder.
- Under Rule Description: click on the underlined information to edit it. Click on specified folder and
- Name the filter.
- Click OK.
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| Netscape Mail 7.1 |
- Click on Window > Address Book.
- Click on New Card.
- Enter the persons contact information.
- Click OK.
- or -
- Open an email from the person you wish to whitelist.
- Right-click the sender's email address.
- Click on Add to Address Book.
- Edit the persons contact information.
- Click OK.
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- Click on Tools > Message Filters...
- Click New...
- Name the filter.
- Choose your criteria for the filter.
- Under Perform these actions: put a check mark next to Move to folder: - <your user account> > Inbox.
- Click OK.
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| Eudora 6.2.5 |
- Click on the Address Book in the toolbar.
- Click on the New button.
- Enter a Nickname for the entry.
- Fill out the users name and email addresses that you would like to whitelist.
- Close the Address Book.
- Click Save in the Save changes to Address Book? dialog box.
- Click on Tools > Options...
- Click on Junk Mail on the left pane
- Make sure there is a check-mark in the box next to Mail isn't junk if the sender is in an address book.
- If you place a check-mark in the box next to Put Non Junk-ed senders in address book, you will not have to manually enter each entry.
- Click OK.
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- On the main Eudora screen, click on Tools > Filters.
- Click New.
- Under Match make sure there is a check-mark in the box next to Incoming.
- Note: if you place a check-mark next to Manual, you will have to manually run the filter by going to Special > Filter Messages on the main Eudora screen.
- Enter the condition that you want.
- Under Action, choose Transfer to In.
- Close the Window.
- Click Yes to save the filter.
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| EMAIL CONFIGURING FOR Mac USERS |
| Email Client |
Whitelisting an Email Address
This way uses the build in Address Book features of the Mail Client. |
Whitelisting an Email Address or Domain using Rules
Conditions for most clients are sender, domain, keyword, sender, recipient, or subject. |
| Thunderbird |
- Click on the Address Book button.
- Make sure the Personal Address Book is highlighted.
- Click on the New Card button. This will open a new Card window with 3 tabs to add information in.
- Under the Contact tab fill in the persons fIrst and last name and then copy and paste or type the address you wish to whitelist into the email field.
- Click OK.
- or -
- Open an email from the sender.
- Click on the arrow next to the senders email address.
- Click on Add to Address Book.
- Edit the users entry.
- Click OK
Next you need to whitelist your Personal Address book.
- From the mail Thunderbird screen, select Tools > Account Settings...
- Select Junk Settings
- Make sure there is a check mark in the box next to Do not mark mail as junk if the sender is in: and that the drop down menu lists Personal Address Book.
- Click OK.
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- Click on Tools > Message Filters...
- Click New...
- Name your new filter
- Entire your criteria for filtering.
- Under Perform these actions: choose Move Messages to - Inbox.
- Click OK.
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| Mail |
- Open an email from the sender.
- Click on the arrow next to the senders email address.
- Click on Add to Address Book.
- or –
- Click on your Address Book icon in the dock.
- Click on File > New Card.
- Add the persons, contact information to the new card.
Click the Edit button to save the entry. |
- In Mail, click on Mail > Preferences.
- Click on the Rules tab.
- Click on Add Rule.
- Give your rule a name (example UH Helpdesk).
- Choose your conditions to filter on.
- Under the actions section you also have many options. The option to ensure that you receive this message in your inbox would be: Perform the following actions: Move Message - to mailbox - Inbox.
- Click OK.
- Mail will ask you if you want to apply your rules to messages in your open mailboxes. Click Yes.
- Make sure that this rule is executed before any other rules such as color coding that might act on this
- message by dragging it to the top of the rules list.
- Close the rules window.
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| Entourage |
- Click on Address Book in the left pane.
- Click on New > Contact.
- Add the persons' name and email address.
- Click on Save & Close.
- or –
- Open an email from the person to whitelist.
- Right-click (or control + click) the sender's email address.
- Select Add to address book from the menu.
Click Save. |
- Click on Tools > Rules.
- Click on New (IMAP) or (POP) depending on which you are using.
If you are not sure which you are using click on Entourage > Account Settings... It should list your email account and whether it's IMAP or POP.
- Give your rule a name.
- Under Add Criterion, choose criteria for your rule.
- Under Add Action, select Move Message - Inbox.
- Make sure there is a check mark in the box nex to Enabled.
- Click OK.
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| Netscape Mail 7.1 |
- Click on Window > Address Book.
- Click on New Card.
- Enter the persons contact information.
- Click OK.
- or –
- Open an email from the person you wish to whitelist.
- Right-click (or control + click) the sender's email address.
- Click on Add to Address Book.
- Edit the persons contact information.
- Click OK.
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- Click on Tools > Message Filters...
- Click New...
- Name the filter.
- Choose your criteria for the filter.
- Under Perform these actions: put a check mark next to Move to folder: - <your user account> > Inbox.
- Click OK.
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| Eudora 6.24 |
- Click on the Address Book in the toolbar.
- Click on the Entry button.
- Enter a Nickname for the entry.
- Fill out the users name and email addresses that you would like to whitelist.
- Close the Address Book.
- Click Save in the Save changes to "Address Book"? dialog box.
- Click on Eudora > Preferences.
- Click on Junk Mail on the left pane
- Make sure there is a check-mark in the box next to Mail isn't junk if the sender is in an address book.
- If you place a check-mark in the box next to Put Non Junk-ed senders in address book, you will not have to manually enter each entry.
Click OK. |
- On the main Eudora screen, click on Special > Make Filter...
- Under Match make sure there is a check-mark in the box next to Incoming.
Note: if you place a check-mark next to Manual, you will have to manually run the filter by going to Special > Filter Messages on the main Eudora screen.
- Place the dot next to the condition that you want and enter the criteria.
- Under Action, Put the dot next to Transfer to Existing - Inbox.
- You can optionally add more detail under Add Detail.
- Click on Create Filter.
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