You come across some pretty interesting information. You sign up to learn more and wait patiently for you email as promised. But then time goes by and you realize there is no email in your inbox. Now you're confused and wondering where's the information you were promised?
This issue is a frustrating problem, not only for you, but it creates an issue with me.
My goal here at BetterU is to inspire, inform and teach you on a daily basis how to make the necessary changes you need to grow intentionally and make progress towards your life goals. This is difficult to do if you are not getting
But how can that happen if you never receive the information?
Worse, it makes us look like we don't care - and we absolutely do - because you did not receive what was promised.
However when it comes to email, it's not uncommon for them to land in the spam folder, as we receive so many on a regular basis. Sometimes you will find that you did received your email as promised. It just was not where you expected it to be.
This it a problem I want to help you avoid. In this article you will find instructions for Gmail, Outlook.com, and Yahoo! Mail on how to whitelist an email address, to ensure that you receive the value you expect and are not left out of the loop.
I don't want to you to worry about FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out). So take a moment to follow the instructions for your given email provider to properly whitelist our, or any, email address.
Got it?
You can get the emails you want by whitelisting an email address with Gmail, Outlook.com or Yahoo! Mail.
This guide explains how to do that.
Why you are not receiving the emails
Services like Gmail, Outlook.com and Yahoo! Mail block email to protect you from unwanted or malicious email such as phishing, scams and spam. In this case, they are mistaking email that you want for email that you don’t want.
If ask your email provider to unblock or whitelist an email address, email from that address will be more likely to get through. Here is an explanation of how to do that for Gmail, Outlook.com or Yahoo! Mail.
How to whitelist an email address with Gmail
Sign in to your account at Gmail.com and do the following:
Add our email address to your contacts
Add the email address that is sending you email (ex. coach@betterulife.com) to your Gmail Contacts. Google will usually deliver email from addresses that are in your Contacts.
Mark messages as ‘Not spam’
If Gmail has marked emails you wish to whitelist as spam, tell Gmail the emails are not spam. Here's how:
In Gmail, navigate to the spam folder.
Search for emails containing the domain you wish to whitelist (ex. coach@betterulife.com).
Select all the emails shown.
Click More and then Not spam.
Create a filter for the address
Create a filter to tell Google to whitelist email from a domain or online group.
Click the cog (gear) icon in the top-right corner, and then Settings
Click on Filters and then Create a new filter
Either:
enter the domain of the email you want to whitelist in the "From" field or,
enter the email address of the website you want to whitelist in the "To" field
Click Create filter with this search
In the box headed When a message arrives that matches this search select Never send it to spam
Click the Create filter button
To whitelist all email from a domain, enter the domain in the From field
To whitelist an online group, enter the group email address in the To field
Tips:
Do not enter email addresses in both the From and To fields as Gmail will only filter in emails that meet both criteria.
In both the From and To fields, you can enter either a specific email address or an entire domain.
To enter multiple domains in each field separate them with OR as in “coach@betterulife.com OR betterulife.com”
How to whitelist an email address with Outlook.com
For Outlook.com, Windows Live Mail, Hotmail and MSN Mail, sign in to your account at Outlook.com and do the following:
Add the address to your contacts
Add the email address that is sending you email (ex. coach@betterulife.com) to your Outlook.com Contacts. Outlook.com will usually deliver email from addresses that are in your Contacts.
Add the address to your safe senders
Click the cog (gear) icon in the top-right corner and then More mail settings
Select Safe and blocked senders and then Safe senders
Add the domain of the email you want to whitelist to the list of Safe senders
Return to Safe and blocked senders and then select Safe mailing lists
Add the email address of the online group you want to whitelist to the list of Safe mailing lists
To whitelist all email from a domain, add the domain to the list of safe senders
To whitelist an online group, add the group address to the list of safe mailing lists
Tips:
In both the Safe senders and Safe mailing lists, you can enter either a specific email address or an entire domain
In both the Safe senders and Safe mailing lists, you can enter multiple domains or email addresses
Visit Outlook.com’s to get more help.
How to whitelist an email address with Yahoo! Mail
Sign in to your account at Yahoo! Mail and do the following:
Add the address to your contacts
Add the email address that is sending you email (ex. coach@betterulife.com) to your Yahoo! Mail Contacts. Yahoo! will usually deliver email from addresses that are in your Contacts.
Create a filter for the address
Mouse over the Settings menu icon and select Settings
Click Filters and then Add
Enter a Filter Name
Either:
enter the domain of the email you want to whitelist in the Sender field, or
enter the email address of the online group you want to whitelist in the Recipient field
Select Inbox as the folder to deliver the email to.
Click Save and then click Save again.
To whitelist all email from a domain, enter the domain in the Sender field
To whitelist an online group, enter the group email address in the Recipient field
Tips:
Do not enter email addresses in both the Sender and Recipient fields as Yahoo! Mail will only filter in emails that meet both criteria
In both the Sender and Recipient fields, you can enter either a specific email address or an entire domain
Create a new filter for each domain or email address you want to whitelist
See also Yahoo! Mail’s help on an email was wrongly filtered as spam.
Feedback on this guide
If you found this guide useful, or you can see an improvement that is needed, I would love to hear from you. Please email me your feedback at coach@betterulife.com. I'd love to hear from you.
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