A safe sender is a person, or more precisely an e-mail address, whose e-mail messages are always considered to be okay—not spam—regardless of the content. Sometimes a safe senders list is called a white list. You can create a safe senders list based on your contacts and by entering individual addresses. You can also specify entire domains as safe—for example, all messages from Microsoft.com would be considered to be safe. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Choose Tools?Options from the main Outlook window to display the Options dialog box.
2. On the Preferences tab, click the Junk E-Mail button. Outlook displays the Junk E-Mail dialog box.
3. If necessary, click the Safe Senders tab (shown in Figure 28-2).
4. To add an address or domain to the list, click the Add button.
5. Enter the address (for example, someone@microsoft.com) or the domain (for example, microsoft.com or @microsoft.com).
6. Click OK to add the address or domain to the safe list.
7. To edit or remove a safe list entry, highlight it in the list and then click the Edit or Remove button.
8. Click OK.

FIGURE 28-2
Defining your Safe Senders list.

The other two options in this dialog box are self-explanatory. It is recommended to have the Also Trust E-Mail from My Contacts option selected, because this saves you the effort of entering these addresses manually.

The Import and Export tools are useful if you want to transfer a safe list between Outlook and another e-mail program, or pass your safe list to a friend or colleague. The import/export format is a plain-text file with one address per line.

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