E-mail help

To ensure you receive all Mermaid Poker’s emails please follow the instructions below to add MermaidPoker.com to the safe list or permitted sender list of the service or software you use.

FOR EMAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS/ISPs:
AOL 7,8
AOL 9
EARTHLINK
EXCITE/iWon/MyWay
Hotmail/MSN
JUNO
NetZero
Yahoo
SBCGlobal
Google Mail (GMail)
Other

FOR EMAIL CLIENT AND ANTISPAM SOFTWARE:
Cloudmark SpamNet
Mailblocks
Mail Shield
Mail Washer
McAFEE Spam Killer
Norton AntiSpam
Outlook 2003
Odd Post
Spam Butcher
Spam Inspector
Spam Interceptor
Spam Pal
Spameater Pro
Spam Sleuth
Other

FOR EMAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS/ISPs:

AOL 7,8

Place an email ID in your AOL “Address Book”. Here’s how:
1. Go to Keyword Mail Controls
2. Select the screen name to which email is (e.g. “HomeBiz Tip E-Mag”)
3. Now choose “Customize Mail Controls” For This Screen Name
4. For AOL 7.0, include in the section, “exclusion and inclusion parameters”, the domains from which Mermaid Poker email is sent: mermaidpoker.com and mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.
5. For AOL 8.0, choose “Allow mail from AOL Members and addresses listed”
6. Type: mermaidpoker.com
7. Click “Add”.
8. Choose “Ok” displayed at the bottom

AOL 9.0

Add Mermaid Poker email addresses to the buddy list (address book).
Using an email:
1. Open an email from Mermaid Poker
2. Click on the Mermaid Poker address. This will open a new window titled Info.
3. Click on “Add to address book”. This will open another new window.
4. Click “Save”.
Manually:
1. From the top navigation bar, choose “Settings”. This will open a new window titled “AOL Settings: Customize your AOL experience”.
2. Click “Spam Controls” This will open another new window titled “Mail and Spam Controls”.
3. Click “Customer Sender List”
4. Check “Allow only the senders and domains listed below”
5. Type mermaidpoker.com and then click on “Add”
6. Click “Save”
7. Click “Save”
8. Complete steps 1-7 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

EARTHLINK

Using TotalAccess Mailbox (Windows):
1. First you need to get to the Mailbox for TotalAccess, open TotalAccess and choose Mailbox
2. Click on the “Address” button.
3. from the File Menu (click File from TotalAccess Menu), choose New Company (Domain)
4. In the space provided, enter mermaidpoker.com and then click on “Add”
5. Click “Ok” to add the domain name.
6. Complete steps 1-5 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.
Using Web Mail (Macintosh, or Windows Online):
1. Click the “Address Book” link in the left menu pane, below your Inbox and other mail folders.
2. Click the “All Categories” pull-down menu (middle of white screen, in Address Book section below checked items) and choose Companies (Domains).
3. Click the “Add” button (next to the Companies (Domains) category menu).
4. In the space provided, enter mermaidpoker.com
5. Click “Allow This Company (Domain)” button to add the domain name
6. Click “Save” (top right of the screen)
7. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

EXCITE/iWon/MyWay

From the Preferences Page
1. Click on the “Mail Preferences” link while signed into Excite Email. On the resulting page under “Spam Prevention Tools” heading and “Block List” subheading you will find “Safe List” link
2. Click on “Safe List”
3. Type mermaidpoker.com under “Type a single email address (or domain):” heading. Click “Add”.
4. Click “Save” when you’re done.
5. Complete steps 1-4 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.
Please note that if you have set up one or more email filter rules, these will override any Safe List requests. So if an incoming message with an email address or domain name that you included in your Safe List meets any of your filter rules, that message will be filed in the specified filter folder rather than being delivered to your inbox.
From your Bulk Mail Folder
If an email message from mermaidpoker.com has been delivered to your Bulk Mail folder instead of your inbox, you can add mermaidpoker.com to your Safe List by doing either of the following:
1. From the Bulk Mail folder, check the box next to the message’s Sender name. Next, click the “Not Bulk” button. Then select the mermaidpoker.com and click “Save”.
2. From within the email message, click on the “This is not Bulk Mail” link found at the top of that message. (Below the “From” field.) Then select the mermaidpoker.com and mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com. to add to your “Safe List and click “Save”.

Hotmail or MSN:

1. Open your Hotmail mailbox.
2. Click on “Options link”, on the main menu tabs
3. Click on “Junk E-Mail Protection” link
4. Click on “Safe List”.
5. Type mermaidpoker.com in the filed under “Type an address or domain”.
6. Click “Add”.
7. If you see a mermaidpoker.com email 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.
8. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

JUNO:

To Configure your Safe Lists:
1. Click the “Options” button within Email on the Web.
2. On the “Mail Options” screen, click the “Safe Lists” link.
3. The “Options: Safe List” screen will appear, displaying your current Safe List.
4. You can add following addresses to your Safe List by typing an address in the box under “Add Address to Safe List”:
mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com
Click the “Add” button to add the address to the list on the right. When you are finished, click the “Save” button.

NetZero:

1. Click on “Options” (along the second row down, next to Address Book).
2. Click on “Safe List” (in far right column, the third option down under Filtering).
3. In the space provided, Add Address to Safe List, enter:
mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com
4. Click the “Save” button (bottom right of screen) to apply these mail options.

Yahoo:

1. Open your Yahoo mailbox.
2. Click “Mail Options”.
3. Click “Filters”.
4. Click “Add”.
5. In the top row, labelled “From header:” make sure Contains is selected in the pull-down menu.
6. Click in the text box next to that pull-down menu, than enter mermaidpoker.com. At the bottom, where it says “Move the Message To:” select “Inbox” from the pull-down menu.
7. Click the “Add Filter” button again.
8. If the mermaidpoker.com e-mail 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.
9. Complete steps 1-7 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

SBCGlobal:

1. Open your SBCGlobal mailbox.
2. Click “Mail Options”.
3. Click “Filters”.
4. Click “Add Filter”.
5. In the top row, labelled “From header:” make sure “Contains” is selected in the pull-down menu.
6. Click in the text box next to that pull-down menu, than enter mermaidpoker.com. At the bottom, where it says “Move the Message To:” select Inbox from the pull-down menu.
7. Click the “Add Filter” button again.
8. If the mermaidpoker.com e-mail 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.
9. Complete steps 1-7 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Google Mail (GMail):

1. Click ‘Contacts’ in the left-hand side of your screen.
2. Once open, click ‘Create Contact’.
3. Name your contact – Mermaid Poker (or something relevant).
4. Fill in mermaidpoker.com in the ‘Primary Email’ field.
5. Click Save and you’re done.
6. Complete steps 1-5 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

FOR EMAIL CLIENT AND ANTISPAM SOFTWARE:

Cloudmark SpamNet:

1. Select Cloudmark | Options… from the Cloudmark SpamNet toolbar in Outlook.
2. Click Advanced.
3. Go to the “Whitelist” tab.
4. Click the “Add” button.
5. Type mermaidpoker.com
6. Click “OK”.
7. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Mailblocks:

1. Click the “Addresses” tab.
2. Click “New”.
3. Type mermaidpoker.com
4. Make sure “Accept Mail From This Address” is selected under Receiving Options.
5. Uncheck “Display in People Picker” under Other options.
6. Click “Submit”.
7. Click “OK”.
8. Complete steps 1-7 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Mailshield:

1. Click “Friends” from the toolbar.
2. Click “Add”.
3. Type mermaidpoker.com
4. Click “OK”.
5. Complete steps 1-4 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

MailWasher:

1. Click “Tools”, then “Blacklist & Friends”.
2. Click Add… on the right, the Friends list side.
3. Make sure “Wildcard expression” is selected.
4. Type mermaidpoker.com
5. Click “OK”.
6. Click “OK”.
7. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

McAfee Spamkiller:

1. Click “Friends” from the sidebar.
2. Click “Add”.
3. Make sure “All users at a domain” is selected under “Friend type”
4. Type mermaidpoker.com in the address field
5. Click “OK”.
6. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Norton AntiSpam:

1. Start up Norton AntiSpam, Click the “Status & Settings” tab
2. Click “AntiSpam” (middle of the screen).
3. Click yellow “Configure” button (bottom right of screen).
4. Click “Allowed List tab” (the 2nd Tab on the list of tabs).
5. Click “Add” button (lower left).
6. In the Email Address box, enter
mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com
7. Click on “OK”.

Outlook 2003:

1. Start Outlook.
2. On the “Tools” menu, click “Options”.
3. On the “Preferences” tab, click “Junk E-mail”.
4. On the “Safe Senders” tab, click “Add”.
5. In the “Add address or domain” dialog box, type mermaidpoker.com, and then click “OK”.
6. Click “OK” to close the “Junk E-mail Options” dialog box.
7. Click “OK” to close the “Options” dialog box.
8. Complete steps 1-7 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Oddpost:

1. Check your “Probably Spam” folder.
2. If you see that Mermaid Poker email was incorrectly filtered out, select it, and click the “Move to Inbox and Mark as Not Spam” button.

SpamButcher:

1. Click the “Configure” button.
2. Go to the “Known Senders” tab.
3. Click Add under “Known Good Senders and Recipients”.
4. Type mermaidpoker.com
5. Click “OK”.
6. Click “OK”.
7. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Spam Inspector:

1. Select Spam Inspector, then “Manage Friends List” from either the Spam Inspector toolbar or from the Outlook menu.
2. Make sure Email is selected under “Add a New Friend”.
3. Select Domain
4. Type mermaidpoker.com
5. Click the >> button.
6. Click “Close”.
7. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Spam Interceptor:

1. Follow the Trusted link under > Authentication Lists.
2. 2. Enter the mermaidpoker.com
3. 3. Click “Add”.
4. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Spameater Pro:

1. Click “Filters” from the sidebar.
2. Click the “Approved Senders” tab.
3. Click “Add Filter”.
4. Type mermaidpoker.com into an address field
5. Choose “Email Domain” under Address Type.
6. Click “OK”.
7. Complete steps 1-6 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

SpamPal:

1. Click on the SpamPal system tray icon with the right mouse button.
2. Click “Add to Whitelist” from the menu.
3. Type mermaidpoker.com
4. Click “Add”.
5. Complete steps 1-4 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Spam Sleuth:

1. Select “File”, then “Configure”.
2. Go to the “Friends” category.
3. Make sure “Active” is checked.
4. Type mermaidpoker.com on a line by itself in the entry field.
5. Click “OK”.
6. Complete steps 1-5 once more but this time enter mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.com.

Other Email services, clients or AntiSpam software:

If the Mermaidpoker.com e-mail has been filtered to your “Bulk” or “Junk” folder, try adding mermaidpoker.com and mermaidpoker@pokerresponse.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 or SPAM filter technical support and ask how you can be sure to receive all e-mail from mermaidpoker.com