What Does Email Whitelisting Mean?
Whitelisting — or safelisting — is a method where you create an approved or safe-sender list that prevents emails from ending up in your junk folder.
This lets email service providers know that you trust certain email senders, like East Idaho Insider, and ensure emails are marked as “not spam.”
Select the email service you use to learn how to whitelist an email:
How To Whitelist An Email In Gmail
Let’s see how to whitelist an email in Gmail:
Log in to your Gmail account.
Select the gear icon in the top-right corner of the screen and click “See all settings” from the drop-down menu.
Pick the tab “Filters and blocked addresses” from the top menu to see your existing filters and blocked senders.
Select the “Create a new filter” button and enter east-idaho@mail.beehiiv.com to whitelist in the “From” field.
When finished, click “Create filter,” and then check “Never send to spam” to successfully whitelist every email the filter applies to.
How to whitelist an email in the Gmail mobile app
While you can’t access your filters and block addresses on Android or iPhone, you can add a sender’s email address to your contact list, thus giving them access to send you emails.
If you want to filter your Gmail spam folder properly, it’s best to do it on a computer.
Here’s how you can whitelist emails on an iPhone:
Go to your spam folder, track down the email you want to whitelist and click on it.
At the top of the email, you should see a square gray box with the option to “Report as not spam.”
By clicking this button, you let Google know you consent to receive emails from this sender.
Alternatively, you tap the three dots in the upper right corner and select the same option.
Now let’s see how you can whitelist an email on Android:
Open the “Contacts” app.
Select the “Create contact” option at the bottom left.
Enter the name East Idaho Insider and the email address east-idaho@mail.beehiiv.com and connect the right account.
When done, click “Save” to add contact.
How To Whitelist An Email In Outlook
In resent years, Microsoft has ensured safelisting your favorite addresses or domains is as easy as pie.
Let’s see how to whitelist an email in Outlook:
Click the “Settings” (or gear icon) option in the top right corner after logging into your Microsoft Outlook account.
From the pop-up settings menu, select the “Mail” option.
Select “Junk email” from the submenu.
Enter east-idaho@mail.beehiiv.com to add to safe senders, then choose “Save.”
How To Whitelist An Email In Yahoo Mail
Here are the whitelisting instructions for Yahoo Mail:
Navigate to “Settings,” located on the right side of the screen.
From the drop-down menu, select “More Settings.”
Click on “Filters” to access your filters.
Hit the “Add New Filters” button and enter the east-idaho@mail.beehiiv.com to whitelist.
Click “Save” to finish the process.
How To Whitelist An Email In AOL
AOL, short for America Online, is a free email service provider requiring no special software.
Since it’s mostly a web service, you can simply access your AOL account on your favorite browser.
Regarding whitelisting, you only need to add specific emails to your address book to successfully create your whitelist since AOL considers your contact list safe.
Let’s go through it step-by-step:
Select “Contacts” from the left menu.
Click on the three buttons at the top right and select the “Add a new contact” button.
Enter east-idaho@mail.beehiiv.com in the email field, then click the “Save” button located at the bottom to add the contact.
How To Whitelist An Email In Apple Mail
Technically, Apple Mail is both an email service provider and an email client through which users can check and receive emails from different accounts.
You can add your Gmail or AOL account to iCloud Mail and view all the emails these accounts receive in a single app.
For the Apple Mail app, you can do the following:
Open the app and go to the “Mailboxes” screen.
Go to the “Junk” folder and find the spam email you want to whitelist.
Swipe left on the specific email and select the gray box with the three buttons.
Tap the “Move to Inbox” button to “whitelist” your emails.
Moving on, to whitelist emails in iCloud email, here’s what you need to do:
Sign in to your iCloud account.
Go to “Contacts.”
Click the plus icon on the screen’s bottom-left corner, then select “New Contact.”
Enter east-idaho@mail.beehiiv.com in the email field and click the “Done” button in the bottom right corner.