The Big Back Yard

AVOID LOSING MY MESSAGES TO SPAM FILTERS

Be sure to WHITELIST me to make sure you receive my messages:

Gmail users: Check your SPAM folder also check SOCIAL and PROMOTIONS tabs. Move us to your PRIMARY inbox.

To do that on your phone: Tap the three dots at the top right, select "Move to," then choose "Primary."

On desktop: Drag any email from me to the "Primary" tab at the top left of your screen.

Apple Mail users: Tap our email address at the top (next to "From:" on mobile) and select "Add to VIPs."

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more Hints to insure that my email gets through

Spam is a big problem in the world of internet communications. Nobody likes it and it's good that most email systems do as much as they can to filter it out, even as spammers keep getting more and more creative at finding ways to evade such filters. Here are some hints to keep legit messages from being lost.

If you specific system is not listed it will probably still have some similar method. Adding "dean@big-back-yard.net" to your address book or contact list usually helps. Also if there is some option to mark our messages as "Not Spam" or "Not Junk" that should do the trick. Here are some examples:

Gmail

Check spam folder: If you find our email in your Gmail spam folder, open it and click "Not Spam".

Check the Promotions Tab: Our emails may land in your PROMOTIONS or SOCIAL tab. Drag the email to the PRIMARY tab.

Add to Contacts:

Open an email from us.

Hover over our name at the top of the email.

Click "Add to Contacts" when the pop-up appears.

Yahoo! Mail

Add to Contacts:

Open an email from us.
Click on the three dots in the top-right corner.
Select "Add Sender to Contacts" from the dropdown menu.

Create a Filter:

Click on the gear icon and select "More Settings."
Go to "Filters" and click "Add new filters."
Enter our email address under "From" and choose "Inbox" as the destination folder.
Click "Save."

Outlook

Add to Safe Senders:

Click on the gear icon in the top right and select "View all Outlook settings."
Go to "Mail" > "Junk email."
Under "Safe senders and domains," click "Add" and enter our email address.
Click "Save" to confirm.

Mark as Not Junk:

If our emails land in your Junk folder, right-click on the email.
Select "Mark as not junk."

AOL mail

Add to Address Book:

Open an email from us.
Click on the sender's name.
Select "Add Contact" and fill out the required fields.
Click "Add Contact.

Mark as Not Spam:

If our email is in your Spam folder, open it.
Click on "Not Spam" at the top of the email.

Hotmail/Outlook.com

Check junk folder:

If our email is in your junk folder, open it and click "Not Junk".

Add to Safe senders list:

Go to Settings > Mail > Junk email.
Under Safe Senders, enter our email address.
Click Save.

ProtonMail

Add to Contacts:

Open an email from us.
Click on the sender's name and select "Add to contacts."

Mark as Not Spam:

If our email is in the Spam folder, open it.
Click "Not Spam."

Thunderbird

Add to address book:

Open the email.
Click the From address.
Select Add to Address Book.
Click Create Contact, then Save.

Mark as not junk:

Open the email in your Spam folder.
Tap More options (three dots).
Select Remove from Spam.

AT&T WebMail

Create a filter:

Select Options.
Select Filters.
Click Add Filter.
In the top row labeled From Header, select contains from the drop-down menu.
Enter our email address.
Under Move the message to, select Inbox from the drop-down menu.
Click Add Filter again.

Mail.com

Add to contacts:

Open the email.
Click the Plus symbol on the sender’s email address.
Add the first/last name of the sender.
Add the first/last name of the sender.
Click Ok.

Final reminder

Regularly check your spam or junk folders and mark my email as Not Spam if it ends up there.

I hope this helps

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