Dealing With Spammed Important Messages

Most email providers are now filtering messages sent through form mails and may put your email into a bulk or junk mail folder. To avoid this, here are some of the tips to avoid messages from being filtered.

If you have installed a new spam filter software, make sure you check the settings to allow emails from @tinkerspot.com.

Gmail Users:
Please check your "Spam" folder. If you find our email there, select our email and click "Not Spam.” This will help future messages get through.

To avoid our emails from getting moved to your “Spam” folder:

1. Click Settings in the toolbar beside your email address at the top-right corner of Gmail window.
2. Select Filters tab.
3. Click Create a new filter.
4. Enter @tinkerspot.com inside the From field then click the next step button.
5. Select Never send it to Spam.
6. Click create Filter.

AOL Users:
Please check your "Spam" folder. If you find our email there, select our email and click "This is Not Spam.” This will help future messages get through.

To avoid our emails from getting moved to your “Spam” folder:

1. Click Mail in the toolbar at the top of your AOL window
2. Select Block Unwanted Mail
3. Click Custom Sender List
4. Select Allow only the senders and domains listed below
5. Enter this domain@tinkerspot.com
6. Click Save

Hotmail Users:
Please check your "Junk email" folder. If you find our email there, select our email and click "Not Junk." This will help future messages to get through.

To avoid our emails from getting to your “Spam” folder:

1. Click Mail, then Options (next to the Help link)
2. Click Junk email Protection
3. Click Custom Sender List
4. Click Safe List
5. Enter this domain: @tinkerspot.com
6. Click Add

Yahoo Users:
Please check your "Bulk Mail" folder. If you find our email there, select the email and click "Not Spam." This will help future messages to get through.

Outlook Users:

1. Select Actions from the top menu bar, then select Junk email followed by Junk email Options.
2. Select Safe Senders, then Add.
3. Type @tinkerspot.com and click OK.
4. Type and click OK.
5. Click OK.

Thunder Users:
Please check your "Junk" folder. If you find our email there, select the confirmation message and click "Not Spam." This will help future messages to get through.

EarthLink Users:

1. Open the Address Book (Located to the left)
2. Click Add, once the Address Book loads
3. Type @tinkerspot.com and click save

Verizon Users:

1. Open your Inbox
2. Select Options
3. Open the Block Senders tab (At the top of the window)
4. Locate the “Safe List”
5. Type @tinkerspot.com and click OK

MSN Users:
To avoid our emails from getting to your “Spam” folder:

1. Open Settings: E-mail / Junk E-mail (Located towards the bottom left)
2. Select Junk E-mail Guard
3. Open Safe List
4. Locate “Add people to safe List”
5. Enter this domain: @tinkerspot.com
6. Click Add

McAfee SpamKiller Users:
Open Friends from the sidebar. Select Add, Enter @tinkerspot.com click OK.

Mailblocks Users:

1. Open the Addresses tab
2. Click New
3. Enter this domain: @tinkerspot.com
4. Click Accept Mail from this address
5. Open Other Options, Dsplay in People Picker should not be selected
6. Click Submit
7. Select OK

MailSheild Users:

1. Locate the Friends button on the MailShield toolbar
2. Select Add.
3. Type bookingr@tinkerspot.com and click OK.
4. Select Add.
5. Type @tinkerspot.com and click OK.
6. Click OK.

MailWasher Users:

1. Open Tools
2. Click Blacklist & Friends
3. Locate the friends add button (On the right side)
4. Select Wildcard Expressions
5. Input *tinkerspot.com
6. Select OK

CleanMyMailbox Users:

1. Select the White List button
2. Enter *tinkerspot.com at the bottom of your list
3. Click the Submit List button

Oddpost Users:
To avoid our emails from getting to your “Probably Spam” folder:

1. Locate any mail from the sender you wish to whitelist (Should be in your “Probably Spam” fold)
2. Select the email in question
3. Click on “Move to Inbox and Mark as Not Spam”

Spam Inspector Users:
To avoid our emails from getting filtered you must add us to your Friends list:

1. Locate any mail from the sender you wish to whitelist (Should be in your “Probably Spam” fold)
2. Select the email in question
3. Click on “Move to Inbox and Mark as Not Spam”

Spam Interceptor Users:

1. Click on the Trusted Link in Authentication Lists
2. Enter the email addresses:sales@tinkerspot.com and support@tinkerspot.com
3. Click Add

Spam Sleuth Users:

1. Click File, then choose Configure
2. Open the Friends Category
3. Enter sales@tinkerspot.com on a line by itself
4. Click OK
5. Open the Friends Category
6. Enter sales@tinkerspot.com on a line by itself
7. Click OK

Spam Cop Users:

1. Go to: http://webmail.spamcop.net/ and log into your account
2. Select the Options
3. Select SpamCop Tools (Under Mail Management)
4. Click on “Manage your personal whitelist”
5. Click on “Click here to add to your whitelist”
6. Enter sales@tinkerspot.com on a line by itself
7. Click submit
8. Click on “Click here to add to your whitelist”
9. Enter support@tinkerspot.com on a line by itself
10. Click submit

Spam Assassin Users:

1. Open Friends (Located on the sidebar)
2. Select Add
3. Enter sales@tinkerspot.com
4. Click OK
3. Enter support@tinkerspot.com
4. Click OK

Spam Butcher Users:

1. Open Configurations
2. Locate the “Known Senders” tab
3. Find “Known Good Senders and Recipients”
4. Click Add
5. Enter sales@tinkerspot.com on a line by itself
7. Click OK
8. Click Add
9. Enter support@tinkerspot.com on a line by itself
10. Click OK

Spameater Users:

1. Open Filters
2. Click on the Approved Senders tab
3. Click Add Filter
4. Enter sales@tinkerspot.com in the Address Space
5. Select Full Email Address for Address Type
6. Click Add Filter
7. Enter support@tinkerspot.com in the Address Space
8. Select Full Email Address for Address Type
9. Click OK

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