What is "Whitelisting of email addresses" and why should you do it?

Your email server is getting too clever for its own good.

It (or some boffin behind the scenes) has decided that because an email addressed to you comes from a certain address, or domain or contains certain keywords, then it is spam and you really don't want to see it.

Well that could be true, but there is also a greater chance that it is something you signed up for and you do want to see it; and you can always delete or unsubscribe. So lets tell the boffins at email servers where to get off this "I know better than you" train and start getting the emails we actually want to receive.

If you signed up for something from Beautiful Feet Task Force and are not seeing messages or notification messages in your email inbox you may not have our addresses white listed.

This is what you need to do to fix it.

Types of messages that may be sent to your email from the BFTF network. (depending on what you signed up for)

Harvest newsletter
Special event notifications
Combined churches events
Guest speakers available in your area
Advance Notice Team Trips

Africa Network BFTF
Welcome
Friend requests
Private message notifications
Comment notifications on:-
your wall, your blogs, your forums, your groups
your photos, your video

Invitations to groups or events
Items shared with you

Registration confirmation for Pulpit Rock Training

Pulpit Rock Training email training messages

Pulpit Rock Special training events

Network News (monthly)

Special messages

Member advertising

Ministry Training School

Administrative Materials

Special admin advice

links to videos

Certificates

Growing African Christian Leaders facebook group:-

Confirmation message to join 10 Day Challenge

10 day Challenge training emails

Leadership Special events

White Listing the address means, your email server (Yahoo, Gmail, Hotmail etc) recognises the address that this message comes from and says it is legitimate and puts it in your inbox. If the addresses are not white listed you may miss some or all of the above types of messages that keep you informed. Depending on which ones you have signed up for.

These email servers have been getting too clever for their own good over recent years and often designate such messages to your spam box (which many people never even look at) therefore never see their notifications.

Solution

Open your email account and make sure you have white listed email addresses that you have been told come from BFTF. That is, you have told your server that you want messages from these addresses in your inbox, not spam box.

If you find any in your spam box you can usually drag them to your inbox and that may train the server where to put them in the future.

Check you spam filter periodically for things that might be in their that should not be.

How to Whitelist an Email in Gmail

Click the gear icon in Gmail and select "See all settings" from the Quick settings menu.

Navigate to "Filters and Blocked Addresses" in the top menu.

Select "Create a new filter."

Add a specific email or a whole domain in the "From" field.

Click "Create filter."

Check "Never send it to Spam" in the checkbox.

Click "Create filter."

More information can be found at this site

https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/email-whitelist#what-is

which also includes detailed instructions with pictures and how to white list for Outlook, Yahoo, AOL.

Here's to getting the right stuff in your inbox.

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