• 21st Sep '19
• By Mathieu Picard
• 16 minutes read

How to Add Emails to Safe Sender List - Gmail, Yahoo! Mail and Other Email Services

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How to add emails to my Gmail safe sender list

Follow these four easy steps to include a contact into your safe sender list. Gmail does not explicitly offer you to ‘whitelist’ contacts, but adding a sender into your contact list does the trick.

Most of the time this is automatically done by Gmail, for instance, if you read or reply to the email. The system tracks your activity and labels the contact as safe if you reply to the message, but in case spam blocking algorithms fail to recognize that the contact in question is actually safe, here is one way to solve this issue.

1. Open the email sent to you by the contact you wish to label as safe. Be sure to check both the inbox folder and junk or spam folder.

2. Click on More Options (three vertical dots) in the upper right-hand corner of the email

3. Click on Add Sender Name to Contacts List.

4. A notification saying ‘The sender has been added to your contacts list’ should appear at the bottom of the screen.

In case you wish to include an email that has been marked as spam, you will first have to Report Not Spam and then proceed with these four steps.

It must be noted that email messages you had received before listing a contact as your trusted email address won’t be transferred to your Inbox. Only those email messages you receive after you add the contact to your whitelist will show up in the Inbox folder.

If you would like to add or exempt entire address lists and customize the settings and labels that they currently have, take a look at the following instructions.

1. You will need to Sign in to Google Admin Console. You should sign in using your administrator account rather than one of your Gmail email addresses.

2. Once you are allowed access to your Google Admin console Home page, go to 

3. Apps → Suite → Gmail →Advanced settings (scroll to the bottom of the page)

4. Click the desired setting, then click Edit.

5. Click Use existing or create a new one.

6. Under Create a new list, enter the name of the list, then click Create.

7. If you wish to use an existing list, click its name.

8. Point to the new list, then click Edit.

9. Proceed to ‘add, edit or delete email addresses’.

10.  Click Save.

How to add emails to my Yahoo! Mail safe sender list

Adding contacts to your trusted Yahoo sender list is fairly simple as your Contact List is simultaneously your Yahoo email safe sender list.

1. Open the email sent to you by the contact you wish to label as safe. Be sure to check both the inbox folder and junk or spam folder.

2. Copy the email address

3. Click the Contacts icon located in the upper right-hand corner of your Yahoo! Mail Inbox Homepage. When you scroll over the first icon, it should say ‘Contacts’.

4. Click ‘Add a new contact’ located below the list of your contacts.

5.  Fill in the contact details and paste the email address you wish to add to your contact list.

6.  Click Save.

And voilà! You have updated your Yahoo! Mail safe sender list.

How to add an email to my Outlook safe sender list

The procedure for adding emails to your Outlook account trusted contacts follows the usual method. To prevent the recipient’s message to go to the Junk folder, you need to update your safe sender list by adding their email address to your whitelist.

1. Open the email sent to you by the contact you wish to label as safe.

2. Click on More Options (three vertical dots) in the upper right-hand corner of the email

3. Click on Add to Safe Senders.

4. Confirm by clicking Ok.

However, it should be noted that when you send messages to contacts that are not Outlook accounts, these contacts are not automatically added to your trusted contacts list. You should change the settings to prevent the recipient’s message from going to the Junk Folder.

1. Locate Settings Icon (Cogwheel) in the upper right-hand corner of your Outlook Inbox Homepage.

2. Scroll to the bottom and click ‘View all Outlook settings’.

3. Click Junk email and scroll down to Safe senders and domains

4. Finally, click ‘Add’ to include the contact to your safe sender list

How to add an email address to my AOL Mail safe sender list

To add an email address to your AOL Mail safe sender list, you must add a contact to your Address book or Custom sender list. Replying to the email will automatically enlist the email address as your trusted contact.

1. Locate the Contacts option on the left navigation bar of your AOL Mail Home Page (under the Trash folder).

2. Click New Contact icon.

3. Type the contact information in the required and optional fields.

4. Scroll to the bottom and click Add Contact.

5. A confirmation message that the contact has been created will appear.

Pro tip

Be sure that you have the latest version of AOL Mail to receive notifications that you have a new email in the Spam folder.

How to add an email address to my Apple iPhone Mail application safe sender list

It might be useful to create a safe sender list in your Apple iPhone Mail App. It is usually sufficient to maintain your email whitelist on your email services like Gmail or Yahoo! Mail, but since people increasingly use their smartphone apps rather than desktop applications to communicate, it is advised to create a trusted contacts list in your Apple Mail app as well.

1.  Open the email

2. Tap the email address or email the user name of the sender (at the top of the screen)

3. Tap ‘Create New Contact’ from the menu at the bottom of the screen.

How to add an email address to my Android Gmail App safe sender list

As previously mentioned, a high proportion of global email correspondence prioritizes smartphone apps rather than desktop applications. This shift towards receiving email messages even when you are on the go triggered the rise in the usage of smartphone email applications.

So, to keep up with the times and embrace the tech-savvy spirit of email communication, take a look at how to easily add email addresses to your Android Gmail App safe sender list:

1. Open the email of the contact you wish to add to your safe sender list

2. Tap the contact name, email or contact card. You might have to click the downward-pointing arrow to reveal the contact name.

3. Tap the ‘Add Contact’ icon located in the top right-hand corner.

How to add an email address to my Mozilla Thunderbird safe sender list

If Mozilla Thunderbird is your preferred email client, the procedure to whitelist an email address is slightly different from other email services, as is its design and layout. However, it is equally simple to update your whitelist once you make slight adjustments in your Account Settings. Once you change your whitelist settings, you will be able to whitelist email addresses as you wish.

1. Click the Menu (hamburger) icon (which is analogous to three vertical dots or a cogwheel icon on other email clients)

2. Locate Options from the dropdown menu and click Account Settings

3. Locate Junk Settings

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4. Tick 'Personal Address Book', then confirm by clicking ‘Ok’.

5. Now you are able to add contacts by clicking ‘Address book’ (in the top bar).

6. Click ‘New Contact’

7. Make sure to choose ‘Personal Address Book’ from the dropdown menu in the ‘Add to’ section.

8. Type the email address you want to include in your safe contacts list under the ‘Email’ field.

How to add an email address to my GMX Mail safe sender list

GMX Mail may be an underdog in the world of email clients, but it is nevertheless on top of lists of best free alternative email services due to the impressive storage it offers to its users and its smart design. Therefore, it is incredibly easy to update your GMX safe sender list.

1. Click the ‘Settings’ option located at the bottom left corner of the page.

2. Select the ‘Whitelist’ option under the ‘Security drop-down menu.

3. Type the e-mail or domain you wish to include to your safe sender list.

Pro tip:

If you want to include newsletters into your safe sender list, it is better to write the whole domain as individual addresses may change with each incoming email. For instance, if you type in anyleads.com, then newsletter@anyleads.com or services@anyleads.com will not be sent to the Spam folder.

How to add an email address to my Zoho safe sender list

Another new yet popular alternative in the world of email providers, Zoho offers you all functions that large email clients provide for free in addition to a few appreciated tweaks like the possibility of creating your own email domain for free. It also includes the standard option that allows you to include an email address to a safe sender list.  

For email addresses

1. Click ‘Settings’ in the upper right-hand corner (Cogwheel icon)

2. Scroll down to ‘Anti-Spam Lists’

3. Click on ‘Email Address’

4. Type the email address in the ‘Add new whitelist email’ field

5. Click the Plus sign on the left to add

For domains

1. Click ‘Settings’ in the upper right-hand corner (Cogwheel icon)

2. Scroll down to ‘Anti-Spam Lists’

3. Click on ‘Domains’

4. Type the domain in the ‘Add new whitelist domain’ field

5. Click the Plus sign on the left to add

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