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Unsolicited, unwanted advertising email, commonly known as "spam", has become a big problem. It's reached such proportions that most email services and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have put some sort of blocking or filtering system in place or begun relying on self-proclaimed blacklists to tell the good guys from the bad. We at Great Gift Ideas Etc applaud their intention to protect you from spam, but everyone agrees that the current systems for stopping spam are far from a perfect solution. They often block email that you've requested, but that fits somebody's idea of what spam looks like. The more responsible anti-spam activists are working hard to cut down on these "false positives", but in the mean time, you might unexpectedly find you're not getting your Great Gift Ideas Etc sales, payment, shipping confirmation, and GGIE-Gram emails. As it happens, there's something you can do to keep your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from falling into the false positive trap. You can fight the blacklists with a "whitelist". Whitelist us now, before your email delivery is interrupted. Of course, every email system is different. Below are instructions for some of the more popular ones. If yours isn't here, please contact your ISP's customer service folks for their instructions. (Forward the answer to us, and we might add it!) If you're using some sort of spam filtering or blocking software yourself (in addition to what your ISP provides), we've also listed instructions on how to exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from some of the more popular of those programs. To find instructions for your email provider or software, scroll down or use the handy menu at the right. One thing you can do no matter what email system you're using is to add the address in the "From" line of your most recent Great Gift Ideas Etc email to your address book. | |
| AOL | |
For AOL version 9.0: you can ensure that your Great Gift Ideas Etc email is delivered to your Inbox by adding our sending address to your "People I Know" list.
Alternatively, you can just send an email to the Great Gift ideas Etc "From" address, and that will add us to your "People I Know" list automatically.
Even if the email you send doesn't get through to us (for whatever reason), the act of sending it does the job of putting Great Gift Ideas Etc into your "People I Know" list--and that's what counts. If you're using an earlier version of AOL, you'll need to set your Mail Controls instead. Here's how:
For AOL version 8.0: Select Allow email from all AOL members, email addresses and domains.
For AOL version 7.0: In the section for "exclusion and inclusion parameters", include these domains:
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| Yahoo | |
To ensure that your Great Gift Ideas Etc email is delivered to your Yahoo Inbox (not the Bulk Mail folder), you can instruct Yahoo to filter it to your Inbox. Here's how:
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| Hotmail | |
If you're using Hotmail, you can ensure that your Great Gift Ideas Etc email is delivered to your Inbox by adding our "From" address to your Safe List. Here's how:
Alternatively, you can add the Great Gift Ideas Etc "From" address to your Contacts list:
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| Outlook 2003 | |
If you're using Outlook 2003 for your email, you can make sure your Great Gift Ideas Etc email is delivered to your Inbox by letting Outlook know you consider it safe. There are a few ways you can do this:
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| Earthlink | |
If you're using Earthlink, you can make sure your Great Gift Ideas Etc email is delivered to your Inbox by adding our sending address to your Address Book. Here's how:
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| MSN | |
If you're using MSN version 9 for your email, you can make sure your Great Gift Ideas Etc email is delivered to your Inbox by adding our sending address to your Safe List. Here's how:
For older versions of MSN , you add our sending address to your Safe List like this:
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| Verizon | |
If you're using Verizon for email, you can ensure that your Great Gift Ideas Etc email is delivered to your Inbox by adding our "From" address to your Safe List. Here's how:
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| SpamCop | |
If you're using SpamCop to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your Whitelist. Here's how:
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| SpamAssassin | |
If you're using Spam Assassin to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to the Whitelist in your User Preferences. Here's how:
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| Spamkiller | |
If you're using McAfee's Spamkiller to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your list of Friends. Here's how:
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| Mailblocks | |
If you're using Mailblocks to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your "Accept Mail From" list of addresses. Here's how:
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| MailShield | |
If you're using MailShield to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your list of Friends. Here's how:
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| MailWasher | |
If you're using MailWasher to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your list of Friends. Here's how:
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If you're using CleanMyMailbox to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your Whitelist. Here's how:
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If you're using Oddpost to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by marking it as "Not Spam" -- but only if it has been incorrectly identified as spam in the first place. Here's what to do:
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If you're using Spam Inspector to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your list of Friends. Here's how:
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If you're using Spam Interceptor to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your list of Trusted senders. Here's how:
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If you're using Spam Sleuth to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your list of Friends. Here's how:
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If you're using Spam Butcher to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your Know Senders list. Here's how:
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If you're using Spameater to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your list of Approved Senders. Here's how:
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If you're using Cloudmark's SpamNet to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your Whitelist. Here's how:
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If you're using SpamPal to filter your incoming email, you can exempt your Great Gift Ideas Etc email from the filtering process by adding our "From" address to your Whitelist. Here's how:
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| Others | |
Many popular email programs, including older versions of Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, and Netscape Mail, don't provide a convenient way for you to white-list the folks you want to receive email from. If you're using this sort of email system and you either aren't getting your Great Gift Ideas Etc email or want to make sure you continue to receive it in the future, you can do something about it. Contact the customer service people or the Postmaster at the company that provides your email or Internet connection (your ISP). Explain to them that you asked for and value Great Gift Ideas Etc email. Ask them if they can white-list your Great Gift Ideas Etc email. (Unfortunately, some email systems don't allow white-listing.) If they do white-list, they'll probably ask you for some information about us. Here's what to tell them:
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