How to Whitelist an Email Address in Gmail

If you're using Gmail as your email provider and Gmail occasionally sends a legitimate message to spam, you can whitelist the email for all future communications to ensure delivery.

Whitelist Email Addresses in Gmail Using a Browser

 

  1. Click the Settings button (the cog icon in the top-right corner of the screen)

  2. Click "See all settings" button from the resulting drop-down menu.



  3. Navigate to the tab labeled "Filtered and Blocked Addresses" to access information about your existing filters.

  4. Select "Create a new filter" and enter the emails or domains you want to whitelist.

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  5. To whitelist a single email address type the entire address, such as name@gmail.com. To whitelist every sender from a specific domain, like Happy Dog's, type the domain preceded with the @ symbol, such as "@happydoghosting.net." This will tell Gmail to approve every message from Happy Dog, preventing it from going to spam. Click "Create filter" to approve the new filter.



  6. Check the box "Never send to Spam" to whitelist every email within the filter, then click the blue "Create filter" button.

 

Whitelist Email Addresses in Gmail Using the Gmail Mobile App

  1. Open the Gmail application.
  2. Navigate to the Spam or Junk Folder.
  3. Click on the message you wish to view.
  4. Select the option "Report not spam".
  5. You will now receive messages from this sender as normal.

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