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How to Add Safe Senders and Ensure Important Emails Reach Your Inbox in Fastmail

Fastmail is a powerful email service that allows you to control how your email is filtered. To ensure important emails always reach your inbox, you can add specific senders to a safe list. This guide will walk you through the various methods to effectively manage your emails by setting contacts, filters, and allowlists.

Steps to Add Safe Senders in Fastmail

1. Add Senders to Your Contact List

   1. Log in to your Fastmail account.

   2. Go to the Contacts section from the left-hand menu.

   3. Click on New Contact and enter the email address and details of the sender you wish to add.

   4. Save your changes. Emails from contacts are less likely to be sent to spam.

2. Create a Filter to Allow Specific Senders

   1. In your Fastmail account, click on Settings located at the top-right corner (gear icon).

   2. Select Filters & Rules from the Settings menu.

   3. Scroll down and click on Add new rule under the Custom Rules section.

   4. Under the If section, choose From and enter the email address you want to safelist.

   5. Under Then, select Keep in Inbox. This will ensure that emails from this address aren't sent to spam.

   6. Click Save to activate the rule.

3. Modify Safe Senders List

   1. Navigate to Settings from the gear icon in the top-right.

   2. Select Spam Protection from the list.

   3. Scroll to the Safelist section and click Edit.

   4. Enter the email addresses or domains you want to safelist. Separate multiple entries with a comma.

   5. Confirm by clicking Save.

4. Use Domain Whitelisting

   1. Follow the steps to navigate to Settings.

   2. Go to Spam Protection and find the Advanced Options section.

   3. In the Domain Allowlist, add domains you trust. Emails from these domains are less likely to be marked as spam.

   4. After entering the domains, click Save.

Helpful Tips

Here are a couple of tips to ensure you make the most out of your Fastmail configuration:

• Regularly Review Your Filters: Keep your filters up to date to adapt to new communication needs.
• Check Spam Folder Occasionally: If certain emails are still going to spam, marking them as "Not Spam" can help the system learn.

By following these steps, you can significantly improve the reliability of email delivery in your Fastmail account, ensuring that important emails reach your inbox.