Whitelisting is the process of adding an email (i.e, Felix) to an approved sender list, so emails from that sender are never moved to the spam folder. Instead, when a recipient whitelists an email address, they are confirming that they know and trust the sender. This tells an email server (like Gmail) to move messages to the inbox directly. It’s that simple.

Whitelisting an e-mail sender on Gmail

First, find the email you received from the sender you want to whitelist, and start by adding the sender to your contact list. Then, create a custom Gmail filter. To do so, click on the gear icon, and select Settings. 

Select filters and blocked addresses from the navigation bar at the top of the page, then click on the create a new filter link.

 Add the email address you’d like to whitelist in the “From” field, then click Create filter.

Finally, check never send it to spam, (optional: select always mark it as important), then click create filter. From there, you will be good to go.

Whitelisting an e-mail sender on Outlook

1. Select a message from the sender. Click through the following links to whitelist the sender: Home > Junk > Never Block Sender or Never Block Sender’s Domain

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2. Select a message from the sender. Right-click the selected message and choose Junk > Never Block Sender from the dropdown menu. From there, a dialog box will notify you that the selected address has been added to your safe senders list.

Whitelisting an e-mail sender on Mac Mail

Apple has always done things their own way, and whitelisting is no exception. Here are our quick steps for whitelisting a sender in Mac Mail.

1. Select Mail > Preferences
2. On the top of that window, click the Rules tab, then select Add Rule
3. Set up the rule (use the following settings as an example):
   1. Description: CB&A
      If [any] of the following conditions are met: [From] [contains] [@cblohm.com] Perform the following actions: [Move Message] to mailbox: [Inbox]
4. Next, click OK to save the rule.