If you send me an
email, please
note that it is your responsibility to ensure that you receive my email
reply. If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) blocks emails at the
server level, which means you don't even know that an email sent to you
has been blocked, there is nothing I can do about it--unless you
include a second email address and/or other contact information.
People
who use AOL, Yahoo, and Hotmail
email addresses often do not receive emails they want. If you use one
of these free email services, be advised that you might not receive my
email response. Your best bet is to "whitelist"
my email address. The easiest way to do this is to add me to your email
program's Contact folder. I will reply to your request from this email
address: mark at markworthen dot com--obviously you need to "translate"
that to legitimate email address format. Thus, just fill in the
following fields into your email Contacts folder as specified--First
Name:MarkLast Name:WorthenE-mail Address:mark at markworthen dot com.
I apologize
for the long explanation but this is a HUGE problem these days.
Unless you own your own web site and you use that site for your email
address, chances are good that you never receive email you actually
want.
If you want to use a
free service, Gmail
(Google E-mail) is your best bet because they don't block email at the
server level (Yahoo used to be good also but they recently started
blocking or delaying emails). However, with Gmail as with every email
program you must check your Spam folder (also
called a Bulk or
Junk folder by other email providers) to see if an email you want ended
up being falsely identified as spam.
If
you currently use an anti-spam program or service, we ask that you take
just a minute or two to add us to your "safe" or permitted email sender
list. This usually involves simply adding our sending address ( mark
at markworthen dot com ) to your Contacts, whitelist,
safelist, or list of privileged senders. This is commonly known as
"whitelisting" a publication.
Please
note that if you do not "whitelist" our email address you might not
receive the information you request.
Also,
please be aware that some ISP's (Internet Service Providers--such as
Comcast, United Online (which purchased NetZero and Juno) SBC
Communications, RoadRunner, Verizon, BellSouth, etc.) have spam filters
on their servers. This means that they filter out emails
before they are delivered to your computer.
Check your ISP's web site to determine if they filter emails at the
server level. If they do, you can often change the default setting and
instruct their computer to let all emails through to your Inbox or you
can regularly check to see which emails they have blocked at the server
level. You usually do this by logging onto a web mail account provided
by your ISP and opening a spam folder to examine which emails your ISP
prevented from reaching your computer. But check with your ISP for
their specific instructions.
For
most email programs, you can simply add mark at
markworthen dot com to your Address Book or Contact
list.
If
that doesn't work or if you'd like to see specific instructions for
your email provider or spam filter, please read them below. The list is
in alphabetical order.
The
following four email programs are used by a majority of people. Click
on the name of the email provider to jump to the whitelist instructions
for it: AOL, Gmail, Hotmail,
or Yahoo!_Mail.
Go to keyword: Mail Controls. Select the screen name we're sending your
the information you request to.
Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.
Version 9.0:
Open your latest the information you request
e-mail. Click the Add Address button (on the right) to add to your
"People I Know" list.
Alternatively, you can just send an e-mail to: mark at
markworthen dot com, and that will add us to your
"People I Know" list automatically. To do this:
Open your latest the information you request
e-mail. Click the Reply button (it's in the top right corner). A new
email window opens with the wrong address in the "Send To" box. Replace
the address in the Send To box with: mark at markworthen
dot com
Click Send Now (in the top right corner). Even if the e-mail you send
doesn't get through to us, the act of sending it does the job of
putting us into your "People I Know" list.
CleanMyMailbox:
If the information you request
is filtered, from the spambox, click on the white "W" icon on the left
column of the mailing. When the pop-up window comes up, simply click
the Add to Whitelist button.
Alternative whitelisting methods:
* Click on the White List button. Add: mark at
markworthen dot com to the bottom of your existing list.
Click the Submit List button.
* Click the Subject White List button. Add: How We Help
You Build a USANA Business Using the Internet to the
bottom of the list on a line by itself. Click the Submit List button.
Cloudmark SpamNet:
Select
Cloudmark | Options... from the Cloudmark SpamNet toolbar in Outlook.
Click Advanced. Go to the Whitelist tab. Click the Add button. Type: mark
at markworthen dot com Click OK. Click OK. Click Yes.
Click OK.
Click
on Contacts (to the left of your Inbox);
then on Create Contact (above Search
Contacts). You will then see the Add Contact form.
The only field required is Primary Email. In the
Primary Email box either copy-and-paste or
type: mark at markworthen dot com
In
the Name field you can type "USANA Distributor" or something like that
but that field is optional. The Notes field is also optional but you
might jot down a brief note to remind yourself that you requested a
free report on Internet marketing and USANA. You do not need to change
the default setting for picture settings. However, you
must click
on Save
to complete the process.
Click the Options link, on the main menu tabs, then Safe List. Type: mark
at markworthen dot com
in your Safe List. If you see a message that should not be in your Junk
Mail folder, click 'This is not Junk Mail' to avoid having e-mail from
the same source sent to the Junk Mail folder in the future.
Mailblocks:
Click the Addresses tab. Click New. Type: mark at
markworthen dot com
Make sure 'Accept Mail From This Address' is selected under Receiving
Options. Uncheck 'Display in People Picker' under Other options. Click
Submit. Click OK.
MailShield:
Click Friends from the toolbar. Click Add. Type: mark at
markworthen dot com Click OK.
MailWasher:
Click
Tools, then Blacklist & Friends. Click Add... on the right, the
Friends list side. Make sure Plain email address is selected. Type: mark
at markworthen dot com Click OK. Click OK.
McAfee Spamkiller:
Click Friends from the sidebar. Click Add. Type: mark at
markworthen dot com Click OK.
oddpost:
Check your 'Probably Spam' folder. If you see that the
information you request was incorrectly filtered out,
select it, and click the 'Move to Inbox and Mark as Not Spam' button.
SpamAssassin:
Add the following entry to your user_prefs file, which is found in the
.spamassassin subdirectory on your web/mail server:
Click the Configure button. Go to the Known Senders tab. Click Add
under 'Known Good Senders and Recipients'. Type: mark at
markworthen dot com Click OK. Click OK.
Spameater Pro:
Click Filters from the sidebar. Click the Approved Senders tab. Click
Add Filter. Type: mark at markworthen dot com
under Address. Choose 'Full Email Address' under Address Type. Select
Email Domain. Click OK.
Spam Inspector:
Select
Spam Inspector, then 'Manage Friends List' from either the Spam
Inspector toolbar or from the Outlook menu. Make sure Email is selected
under 'Add a New Friend'. Type: mark at markworthen dot
com Click the >> button. Click Close.
Spam Interceptor:
Follow the Trusted link under > Authentication Lists. Enter the
email address: mark at markworthen dot com
Click Add.
SpamPal:
Click on the SpamPal system tray icon with the right mouse button.
Click 'Add to Whitelist' from the menu. Type: mark at
markworthen dot com Click Add.
Spam Sleuth:
Select File, then Configure. Go to the Friends category. Make sure
Active is checked. Type: mark at markworthen dot com
on a line by itself in the entry field. Click OK.
Open
your Yahoo! mailbox. Click Mail Options. Click Filters. 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: mark at
markworthen dot com At the bottom, where it says "Move
the Message To:" select Inbox from the pull-down menu. Click the Add
Filter button again.
If the information you request
has been filtered to your "bulk" folder, simply open the message and
click on the "This is not Spam" link next to the "From" field.
Other providers:
If the information you request is being
filtered, try adding mark at markworthen dot com
to your Address Book or Contact list. If this option is not available,
try moving the message to your 'inbox' or forwarding the message to
yourself.
If subsequent messages continue to be filtered, call
or e-mail your ISP's technical support and ask how you can be sure to
receive all e-mail from mark at markworthen dot com.