"Email Whitelisting" is used to describe the act of allowing an email to reach your inbox. This is helpful if you want to make sure a certain business' email doesn't go to your spam folder. Whitelisting is typically accomplished by adding the sender to your contact list in your email client.
Below you'll find step-by-step instructions to whitelist a sender in common email clients and providers.
Apple iPhone / iPad
- Open the email.
- Tap the sender's name in the From line.
- On the next screen, tap Create New Contact.
- Tap Done.
Microsoft Outlook 2013
- Right-click on the email that you would like to add to your safe sender list
- Hover over Junk and then click the option Never Block Sender.
Android
- Tap to open the email.
- Tap the icon next to the email address.
- Tap OK.
Apple Mail
- Right-click on the sender's email address.
- Select Add to Contacts or Add to VIPs.
Gmail
- Click and drag the email into the Primary tab.
- Click Yes to confirm
Outlook.com (formerly Hotmail)
- Open the email.
- Click the Add to contacts link
Yahoo! Mail
- Right-click the email.
- Select Add Sender to Contacts.
- Click Save.