How to Add Approved Senders to Hotmail

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Here is how to add an email address to your Hotmail account to ensure that it is always approved and not sent to the spam folder.

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Key in your password, etc., as required.
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This is located at the top right part of your screen (below your email address).

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You're done!

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How do I access and use Safe Sender for Hotmail.co.uk?

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Click Home, then Junk, then Junk Email Options, then Safe Senders and add addresses there. This is for Outlook 2016.

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Go to your page and click your profile. Click Settings, then Mail Settings.

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