Friday 3 August 2012

Are our e-mails going into your Spam or Junk Folder?

We have started to use e-mail to send information out to our Strollers.
At first, it is likely that our e-mails will go into your Spam or Junk Folder.
To cure this, you should add two email addresses to your Contacts List. 
The addresses are sl.pensioners.association@gmail.com and sl.pa.strollers@gmail.com.
Note: I had the second of these addresses wrong in my first attempt to explain this.

You should also change the filter settings within your e-mail Account to indicate that e-mail from these two addresses should never go to Spam. How to do this may vary depending on which e-mail service you use.
One example is: Within your e-mail system choose "Settings", then "Filters", then "Create new filter". Type sl.pensioners.association@gmail into the From box and press "Create filter with this search". In the next panel tick the box "Never send it to Spam" then press "Create Filter".
Repeat this process to create another filter for sl.pa.strollers@gmail.com for e-mails that come from the Strollers coordinator

Another example, e.g. in Outlook, is: Choose "Actions" from the menu bar, then choose "Junk E-mail" and then "Junk E-mail Options". Click on the "Safe Senders" tab and click the "Add..." button. Put in one of the above Email addresses and click "OK". Click the "Add..." button again and put in the other Email address and click "OK". Then close by clicking "OK" at the bottom of the panel.

I hope you find this helpful and not too complicated. If in difficulty e-mail me at sl.pensioners.association@gmail.com, but my reply might still end up in your Spam / Junk mail.