what to know
- Click Mail > Preferences > Rules > Add Rule . In the Description field, enter a name .
- Set the conditions to any , From , and Ends with . In the next text field, enter the domain you want to safelist ( @domain name ).
- In Do the following , set the drop-downs to Move Mail and Inbox .
This article describes how to safelist domains in the Mac OS X Mail application, which allows mail from specified domains to pass directly through. Instructions apply to Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) and later.
To safelist all email from a specific domain in the Mail app on Mac OS X or macOS:
In the Mac OS X Mail top menu, click Mail > Preferences .
The keyboard shortcut is Command+, (comma).
Click the Rules tab.
Click Add Rule .
Type a name (for example, "Safelist: example.com") in the Description field to identify the new rule.
For Conditions, set the first drop-down menu item to any so that it reads: If any of the following conditions are true .
In the next two drop-down menus, select "From" in the first menu and "Ends with" in the second menu.
In the text field ending with , enter the domain name you want to be safelisted. Include the ampersand " @ " before the domain name to make the filter specific - for example, to safelist all messages from the example.com domain, but not including messages that may come from one of its subdomains (e.g. @subdomain.example.example. com) ), enter "@example.com" in the field.
Click the plus sign next to the last condition to add another domain with the same condition, thus adding more domains to the safe list.
In the Do the following section, set the drop-down to: Move mail and inbox .
You can specify a different mail folder if needed.
Click OK to save the rule.
Close the rules window.
The order in which you set the rules matters. Mail executes them in order, moving down the list. This is important to consider because some messages may meet the conditions established in multiple rules you create, so you need to consider the logical order in which each rule will be applied to incoming messages.
To ensure that the rule you just created to safelist a domain executes before other rules that might apply the same message, click and drag the rule to or near the top of the rules list.
For example, if you have a filter that color-codes certain messages based on keywords in the subject, move your domain safelist rule above that label rule.
By default, spam filtering is active in the Mail application. You can find these settings by following these steps:
In the Mac OS X Mail top menu, click Mail > Preferences .
Click the Spam tab.
You can customize spam filtering settings, including specifying where spam goes and defining exemptions for spam filtering.
Click Reset to return spam settings to their default values.
