How to Whitelist or Blacklist Email Senders in AOL

How to Whitelist or Blacklist Email Senders in AOLHow to Whitelist or Blacklist Email Senders in AOLTechnology often seems to have a mind of its own. Its supposed to make your life easier, but quirks can actually cost you time and opportunities, such as missing important emails because they go to your spam folder. It may be hours or even days before you think to check that folder. But this is easy enough to fix. You can weie liste a sender or an entire domain personenname to make sure certain emails are sent to your inbox and nowhere else. A whitelist is a list of approved entities with authorized access to your inbox. Whitelisting is adding an email address to your Contacts list toensure emails from that sender are recognized and received in your inbox. Whitelisting or Blacklisting an Email Sender in AOL You must add the email address or corporate domain of the sender to your address book or custom sender list to make sure email gets delivered to your AOL inbox. To whitelist a c ontact in AOL, click Contacts on the left navigation bar of your inbox screen. Then, click the New Contact icon on the top bar and add the new contact information to the required fields. Once completed, click the Add Contact button at the bottom. To blacklist a contact in AOL, click the drop-down menu under Options, which appears in the upper right corner of your inbox, and select Mail Settings. Then, click Spam Settings on the left menu of your screen to add the contact to your blocked list. Whitelisting Senders and Domains Using AOL Webmail Replying to an email from a sender you want to whitelist will automatically add the list as a safe sender if youre using AOL webmail. Email from that domain will then be delivered straight to your inbox. The software will recognize that its not spam. Mass or BulkEmails AOL says it cooperates with individuals and organizations who send bulk emails, but only if those emails are solicited. AOL will recognize certain IP addresses automatica lly because AOL has its own whitelist. If you dont want these emails or didnt solicit them, you can notify AOL or you can effectively blacklist them or any other email you dont want to receive. Go to Spam Controls to blacklist someone, just as you would if you wanted to allow an email. Then click Block email from and enter the name of the sender. Click add and save. Or, on more recent versions of AOL, you can click on the Report Spam or Notify AOL link right there on the offensive email. AOL Will Alert You Upgrade to the most recent version of AOL if youre not already receiving alerts when emails land in your spam folder. If all else fails, AOL will let you know that something new has arrived. If youve been waiting for an email that is not appearing in your inbox, this is effectively a reminder to check your spam folder. You can even tell AOL how often you want to receive these alerts.