Some of the features in Outlook include spam filtering and e-mail backup, which may come in handy during widespread e-mail scams. But, I’ve often noticed that e-mail from a person to whom I had replied ended up in the Spam or Junk folder. So your essential e-mail is also at risk of being marked as spam or junk mail. An outlook is an excellent tool for managing your e-mails, but if you’re tired of having your inbox clog up with junk mail, then adding someone to the Safe Senders List will help.
Control your inbox with these simple steps mentioned in the article. Then, add the people you want to ensure you don’t miss e-mails to the Safe Senders List in Microsoft Outlook. You can now relax knowing that you can always read their e-mail without missing them or moving them to unwanted spam. In this article, we’ll guide you on adding e-mail to safe sender list outlook’s settings in a few easy steps.
What is a Safe Sender List? Why do you need to manage one?
The Safe Senders list helps you control which e-mails don’t go into the Junk folder so that you can keep important messages out of the spam folder. In addition, it is a list of e-mail addresses that are known not to send spam or phishing e-mails.
Also, many people make the mistake of sending e-mails to everyone on their contact lists. This will result in many spam complaints and potential litigation if the content in the e-mail campaign has injured the recipient.
A Safe Sender List can be used as a way for you to control where your e-mails are going. While it’s not required for this tactic, having one can help reduce your risk from spam complaints and potential litigation. Either way, the list is essential for an individual and business continuity.
Adding to the Safe Senders List in Outlook
You may be using the Outlook online version or Office Outlook, part of Office 365, Office 2019, or any other version. The process for adding someone to the Safe Senders List is similar across different versions of Outlook but can vary slightly.
- Microsoft Outlook Online
- Office 365 Outlook
Microsoft Outlook Online
- Sign in with your Microsoft Outlook Account.
- Click on the Gear icon located top right on your main Outlook window, then tap on “View all Outlook settings.”
- Next, you will click on the Junk E-mail option. Here, you can set up your Safe Senders List.
- You can see three sections after completing the above step- Blocked senders & domains, Safe Senders & domain, and Safe Mailing List.
- To add someone to the Safe sender’s list- click on the “Add” button under “Safe Senders.”
- Type in the e-mail addresses you want to add to the Safe Senders List and press enter. Now, e-mail is added to the Safe List, and you will directly receive an e-mail in the inbox.
Quick Tip: If you want to add an e-mail that’s incorrectly marked as spam to the safe list, then you can follow the following step to add them to the safe sender’s list:
- Open the e-mail you want to add and tap on the three dots next to “Forward” or “Replay action.”
- Go to the menu, and select “Add to Safe Senders.”
- Once it’s done, the e-mail will go to the Safe Senders List.
Office 365 Outlook
In the desktop version of Outlook, users might experience minor differences in step-by-step instructions for the desktop app vs. the online app. Let’s look into the steps that will help you set Safe Sender’s List in Office 365:
- Open Outlook & click the e-mail account that you want to use.
- Look for the “Delete section” (on the home ribbon) to locate the Junk option. Tap on it, and choose the “Junk E-mail options.”
- This option helps you get out an e-mail address from the junk list and set it to “Safe Recipients.”
- Click on Add to enter the e-mail id or a domain.
- To apply and save the changes, click on the Ok button.
From now on, e-mails from this sender or domain will no longer go to your Junk folder.
Importing and Exporting of Safe Senders Lists
Using the import/export option is an excellent way to safe lists your several e-mail or domains, making it more flexible.
Step-1. Try adding e-mails manually to the safe list.
Step-2. After clicking on the export button, it is available for download.
Step-3. Open the text file, and here you can see domains and e-mail addresses listed in a new line subsequently.
Note- Outlook web doesn’t support this option, so you will have to add each e-mail manually.
More people are using Microsoft Outlook as their primary e-mail client, making it essential for them to have updated address book information. We hope you found this tutorial informative & easy to follow, and it helped you add addresses and domain names to the Safe Senders List in Microsoft Outlook.