How to White-List
(add email addresses
to your safe-sender's list)
Email White List
What is
a White List?
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 Caribongo 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 Caribongo.com welcome email or member updates.
As it happens, there's something you can do
to keep your Caribongo emails from falling into the false positive
trap. You can fight the blacklists with a "White List".
That's a way you tell your email program that it's OK to accept
mail from us. So, white list us now, before your delivery is interrupted
or you do not receive your free gift.
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.
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First, add our addresses to your address book (caribongo@mouserver.com
and caribongo@aol.com).
Next, follow the instructions
for your eMail provider or software listed below.
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Mail Programs like Eudora, Outlook/Express
etc. AOL Yahoo Mail Hotmail
Many popular eMail programs, including 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 Caribongo email or want to make sure
you continue to receive your email 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 Caribongo email is email that
you asked for and value. Ask them if they can White List the email
(add the e-mail address to your "Safe Sender's List). They'll
probably ask you for some information about us.
Here's what to tell them:
Sending Address: If they ask for our address, give them the address
of the email (caribongo@mouserver.com andcaribongo@aol.com).
Domain: If they need to know the domain we're mailing from, tell
them :
@mouserver.com
IP Address: If they ask for our sending IP address, tell them:
209.208.25.34
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AOL
If you're using AOL, you can ensure that
your Caribongo.com correspondence is delivered to your Inbox by
setting your Mail Controls. Here's how:
Go to Keyword Mail Controls.
Select the screen name we're sending your Caribongo.com emails
to.
Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.
For AOL version 9.0: You need to add our sending address to
your "People I Know" list.
Open your latest Caribongo.com email.
Click the Add Address button (over on the right) to add
to your "People I Know" list.
For AOL version 8.0: Select Allow eMail
from all AOL members, email addresses and domains.
Click Next until the Save button shows up at the bottom.
Click Save.
For AOL version 7.0: In the section for
"exclusion and inclusion parameters", include this domain:
Caribongo.com
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YAHOO:
To ensure that your Caribongo.com 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:
Open your Yahoo mailbox.
Click Mail Options.
Click Filters.
Next, click Add Filter.
In the top row, labeled From header: make sure contains is selected
in the pull-down menu.
Click in the text box next to that pull-down menu, then enter
the address in the "From" line of your most recent Caribongo.com.
At the bottom, where it says Move the message to:, select Inbox
from the pull-down menu.
Click the Add Filter button again.
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HOTMAIL:
If you are using Hotmail, you can ensure
that MMEHelp.com email is delivered to your Inbox by adding our
"From" address to your Safe List. Here's how:
Click the Options tab.
Select Safe List. (It's under the heading Mail Handling.)
In the space provided, enter the address in the "From"
line of your most recent Caribongo.com email.
Click Add.
When you see the address you entered in the Safe List box, click
OK.
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