Allowing Emails

Whitelisting allows emails from a certain source, such as emails sent from, to be allowed into your email inbox. 

 Below are directions from popular email providers on how to whitelist an email address.

  1. Go into your account's Filters and Blocked Addresses settings through the settings button (gear) on the right of your mail, then the Settings option
  2. Click on Filters and Blocked Addresses. Click Create a new filter link. It's right above the section for blocking email addresses
  3. In that new window that pops up, type in the From field. This will apply to any email address on the "" domain
  4. Click the link called Create filter with this search >>
  5. Place a check in the box next to 'Never send it to Spam' & 'Always mark it as important'
  6. Click Create a filter to save the changes
  7. Make sure that the following message appears 'Your filter was created'

 Mac OS X Mail

To whitelist all email from a specific domain in the Mail app in Mac OS X or macOS:

  1. In the Mac OS X Mail top menu, click Mail Preferences
  2. Click the Rules tab
  3. Click Add Rule
  4. Type "Whitelist:," in the Description field to identify the new rule
  5. For the conditions, set the first dropdown menu item to any, so that it reads: If any of the following conditions are met
  6. In the next two dropdown menus, select From in the first, and Ends with for the second
  7. In the text field following Ends with, enter

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