After a long day of coding HTML, my brain has sort of turned to mush. So the odds of great eloquence here today are rather low. But I thought I might discuss "white listing." After I can stand to code more HTML again, I’m going to put the following information on our subscribe pages for our ezines. With the release of AOL version 9, white listing has become a big issue.
So what is white listing you ask? White listing is one way combat spam by telling your e-mail program about the stuff you DO want in your inbox (as opposed to black listing, which ditches the stuff you don’t want). Many Internet services, such as AOL, are moving to white listing, which means you may miss some e-mail you actually want to receive.
So to ensure you get our ezines, you need to add the LogicalExpressions.com domain to your "trusted" list of senders.
Here’s how you do it in a few popular programs:
* AOL: Click "This is Not Spam" or place the domain LogicalExpressions.com in your Address Book.
* Yahoo!: If our ezine ends up in your "bulk" folder, open the message and click on the "Not Spam" button above the header information. Then follow the steps to confirm that messages from LogicalExpressions.com should be delivered to your Inbox.
* Hotmail: Click the "Options" link next to the main menu tabs. Under "Mail Handling" select Safe List. Enter LogicalExpressions.com and click Add to include it in the list.
* Other Email Spam Filters and Software: Either enter the domain LogicalExpressions.com in the filter’s whitelist or if you find the e-mail in a "junk" folder, add the From address to your address book or contact list.
I’m not actually opposed to whitelisting. In fact, one of the best features of my e-mail program (Courier) is the ability to do white listing. This feature was sorely lacking in it’s predecessor, Calypso and I can’t believe how much easier it is to deal with my e-mail now that I’ve set up a white list.
So white listing is great, if you ask me. But I also humbly request that you please put us on yours 😉