How to Add Approved Senders to Hotmail

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Here is how to add an email address to your Hotmail account to ensure that it is always approved and not sent to the spam folder.

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  1. Step 1 Open your Hotmail account.
    Key in your password, etc., as required.
  2. Step 2 Click "Options".
    This is located at the top right part of your screen (below your email address).
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  3. Step 3 Click "Safe and blocked sender" under "Junk e-mail".
  4. Step 4 Click "Safe senders"
  5. Step 5 Enter "email address".
  6. Step 6 Click "Add to list".
  7. You're done!
    Step 7 Check it's operational by seeing that all the right boxes are checked.
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    How do I access and use Safe Sender for Hotmail.co.uk?
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    Click Home, then Junk, then Junk Email Options, then Safe Senders and add addresses there. This is for Outlook 2016.
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    Where can I find this in my Outlook settings?
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    Go to your page and click your profile. Click Settings, then Mail Settings.
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Things You'll Need

  • Hotmail account
  • Email addresses you don't want to go to spam

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