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The term “whitelist” is opposite the term “blacklist”, and means that you are telling your email system to allow the emails you want to come through to you.  Otherwise they can get lost and you will miss important info about camp.

How to Whitelist
Camp Electric Emails

Gmail

Step 1: Add the email address to your Contacts.

  1. In the Gmail screen (or any Google screen), click on the Google Apps icon at the top-right (9 dots in a square) and choose Contacts (you may need to click ‘more’ or scroll to see it).

  2. Use the “Create contact” button on the left to create a contact with the email address you want to whitelist and save.

Step 2: Set up a filter never to send emails from the email address to the Spam folder.

  1. In the Gmail screen, click on the Settings gear on the top-right.

  2. Select “Settings.”

  3. Click on the “Filters and Blocked Addresses” tab.

  4. Click on the “Create a new filter” link.

  5. In the pop-up screen, locate the “From” field, and enter the email address you’d like to whitelist. For example, if you want to whitelist all email addresses from a specific domain, type “@” followed by the domain name (ex. @websitecreationworkshop.com). Then click on the “Create filter” button.

  6. Check “Never send it to spam” and click on the “Create filter” button on the next screen.

Yahoo

  1. Click on the Settings gear on the top-right.

  2. In the pop-up screen, click on “More settings.”

  3. Select the “Filters” tab.

  4. Click on “Add new filters” under “Your filters.”

  5. Name the filter and enter the email address you’d like to whitelist in the “From” field (you get to choose a filter criterion here as well).

  6. For “Choose a folder to move to,” select “Inbox” and Save.

Outlook (includes Hotmail, MSN, and Windows Live)

  1. Click on the gear on the top-right, then choose “View all Outlook settings.”

  2. Click on “Mail” – “Junk email.”

  3. Under “Safe senders and domains,” add the email address you’d like to whitelist. To add a domain, enter the domain name (ex. websitecreationworkshop.com)

  4. Hit “Enter” to save the settings.

AOL Mail

  1. Add the email address you want to whitelist to your address book. To do so, click “Contacts” on the left of your inbox screen.

  2. Click on the “New contact” Icon.

  3. Add the contact information on the next screen.

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