White-List Your International Living Postcards and E-Letters

Use White-listing to Make Sure You Get Your
International Living Postcards and E-letters

Unsolicited, unwanted advertising e-mail, commonly known as "spam", has become a big problem. It's reached such proportions that most e-mail services and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have put some sort of blocking or filtering system in place or begun relying on self-proclaimed blacklists to tell the good guys from the bad.

We at International Living applaud their intention to protect you from spam, but everyone agrees that the current systems for stopping spam are far from a perfect solution. They often block e-mail that you've requested, but that fits somebody's idea of what spam looks like. The more responsible anti-spam activists are working hard to cut down on these "false positives", but in the mean time, you might unexpectedly find you're not getting your International Living Postcards and E-Letters.

As it happens, there's something you can do to keep your International Living Postcards and E-Letters from falling into the false positive trap. You can fight the blacklists with a "white-list". White-list us now, before your delivery is interrupted.

Of course, every e-mail system is different. Below are instructions for some of the more popular ones. If yours isn't here, please contact your ISP's customer service representatives for their instructions. (Forward the answer to us, and we might add it here!)

One vital thing you can do that helps no matter what e-mail system you're using is this: add the address in the "From" line of your most recent International Living Postcard or E-Letter to your address book.

To find instructions for your e-mail provider or software click on the appropriate option below:

Yahoo
Hotmail
AOL
Outlook
Outlook Express
Eudora
Netscape Mail
Others

Yahoo!

To ensure that your IL Postcards and E-Letters are delivered to your Yahoo Inbox (not the Bulk Mail folder), you can instruct Yahoo to filter it to your Inbox. Here's how:

  • Open your Yahoo mailbox.
  • Click Mail Options.
  • Click Filters.
  • Next, click Add Filter.
  • In the top row, labeled From header:, make sure contains is selected in the pull-down menu.
  • Click in the text box next to that pull-down menu, then enter the address in the "From" line of your most recent International Living Postcard or E-Letter.
  • At the bottom, where it says Move the message to:, select Inbox from the pull-down menu.
  • Click the Add Filter button again.

Thank you for white-listing International Living Postcards and E-Letters.

Hotmail

If you are using Hotmail, you can ensure that your International Living Postcards and E-Letters are delivered to your Inbox by adding our "From" address to your Safe List. Here's how:

  • Click the Options tab.
  • Select Safe List. (It's under the heading Mail Handling.)
  • In the space provided, enter the address in the "From" line of your most recent International Living Postcard or E-Letter. Click Add.
  • When you see the address you entered in the Safe List box, click OK.

Thank you for white-listing International Living Postcards and E-Letters.

AOL

If you're using AOL, you can ensure that your International Living Postcards and E-Letters are delivered to your Inbox by setting your Mail Controls. Here's how:

  • Go to Keyword Mail Controls.
  • Select the screen name we're sending your International Living Postcards or E-Letters to.
  • Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.
  • For AOL version 7.0: In the section for "exclusion and inclusion parameters", include both of these domains:
    • @youreletters.com
    • @agoravip.com
  • For AOL version 8.0: Select Allow email from all AOL members, email addresses and domains.
  • Click Next until the Save button shows up at the bottom.
  • Click Save.

Thank you for white-listing International Living Postcards and E-Letters.

Others

Many popular e-mail programs, including Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, and Netscape Mail, don't provide a convenient way for you to white-list the folks you want to receive e-mail from. If you're using this sort of e-mail system and you either aren't getting your International Living Postcards and E-Letters or want to make sure you continue to receive your International Living Postcards and E-Letters in the future, you can do something about it.

Contact the customer service representatives or the Postmaster at the company that provides your e-mail or Internet connection (your ISP). Explain to them that the International Living Postcards and E-letters are e-mail that you asked for and value. Ask them if they can white-list International Living Postcards and E-Letters. They'll probably ask you for some information about us. Here's what to tell them:

  • Sending Address: If they ask for our address, give them the address in the "From" line of your most recent International Living Postcard or E-Letter.
  • Domain: If they need to know the domain we're mailing from, tell them both of these:
    • @youreletters.com
    • @agoravip.com
  • IP Address: If they ask for our sending IP address, tell them both of these:
    • 65.202.132.10
    • 65.244.99.30

Thank you for white-listing International Living Postcards and E-Letters.