{"id":2139,"date":"2018-02-19T05:05:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T05:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/?p=25026"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:14:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:14:43","slug":"what-to-do-if-youre-not-getting-my-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/what-to-do-if-youre-not-getting-my-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do if you&#8217;re NOT getting my emails?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">I&#8217;m writing this blog post to tell you what you can do if you are NOT getting my emails!<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you have subscribed to my newsletter or have joined the Sew Many Funky Friends Club and you are NOT getting any emails from me&#8230; something is wrong! You may not have a SPAM FILTER but <strong>your Email Service Provider (ESP) can still block my emails from getting through to your inbox &#8211; even if you WANT to read THEM!<\/strong> This is a very common issue. Unfortunately, it&#8217;s just something that ESPs do because it&#8217;s an easy way for them to apply a &#8216;blanket fix&#8217; to keep you safe from SPAM.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Unfortunately, it also blocks<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong> legitimate emails<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong> ~ like mine!<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Even though you can hardly consider me an internet crook!!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25099\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pauline-at-StitchesCraft3.jpg\" alt=\"Pauline-at-Stitches&amp;Craft3\" width=\"325\" height=\"347\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">How do we fix this?<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To fix this &#8211; you need to do something so your ESP (Email Service Provider) will let my emails get through to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>BUT don&#8217;t worry &#8211; it&#8217;s easy!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You need to add me to your email address book (also referred to as <strong>WHITELISTING<\/strong>) Because I have a business, I have many email addresses that I use for different things &#8211; for example, my email newsletters, and my website have 2 separate emails. This means you need to add each different email to your address book. This can be a PAIN so you also have an option to whitelist a domain (ALL email from one website)!<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"padding: 0px 10px; margin: 30px 10px; border: solid 2px #b41e8e; color: #000000; text-align: left;\"><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are so many ESPs that I cannot know how each one&#8217;s process works but I did a Google search and found the information. For example, this is the result I got when I Googled &#8220;How to whitelist a domain&#8221; for a customer who uses Earthlink for their emails.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.earthlink.net\/webmail\/help\/earthlink\/en_US\/wam6.0\/Earthlink\/spamblocker\/allowing_domains_-_managing_the_whitelist.htm<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #800080;\">So to sum up:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This is something you have to do from your side.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I can&#8217;t force my emails through to you. \ud83d\ude41<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">WHITELISTING my emails or my website domain lets your ESP know that you want ALL of my emails to get through to your inbox every time even if I send you LOTS of emails, actually, especially if I send you lots of emails!!!!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">AND don&#8217;t worry &#8211; when you no longer want to receive my emails &#8211; all you need to do is to click the Unsubscribe Link at the bottom of my latest email to you. (Which by the way is a legal requirement if you want to send business emails.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Sorry, I sound like I&#8217;m a teacher giving a class a lesson in Internet protocol!!! OK, here endeth the internet lesson &#8211; hee! hee!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I&#8217;d really LOVE you to keep getting my emails ~ so give this a try! \ud83d\ude00<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><br class=\"clear\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft\" title=\"Teddy-bear-rings\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Teddy-bear-rings.png\" alt=\"Pauline McArthur - Funky Friends Factory\" width=\"224\" height=\"218\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Bye for now<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">xxx<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong> Pauline<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6592\" title=\"White-Spacer\" src=\"https:\/\/manage.funkyfriendsfactory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/White-Spacer.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"30\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NOT getting my emails? 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