and keep our notice to you from being eaten by your Spam filter - before you can read it!

Spam is a plague. To keep it from drowning us, we add spam filters. But the spam filters sometimes make mistakes.

That means that your notice about the latest issue of "The Sharing Tree" may be marked as spam, even though you've requested it.

Therefore, I'd suggest you "whitelist" the email addresse it is sent from, thereby telling your email program and/or spam filter to allow emails through from Southern Hills.

Why Whitelist?

Sometimes, your spam filter will just destroy our email to you. Othertimes, it will bounce our mailings back, with requests
for us to respond to challenge/response messages to prevent future
filtering. However, due to the size of our list, it's nearly impossible
for us to handle the volume of such requests.

Either way, you won't be able to read the newsletter!

Therefore, if you currently use an anti-spam program or service, I ask that you
take just a minute or two to add the Southern Hills notices to your "safe" or permitted
email sender list. This usually involves simply adding our sending address
(From:) to your whitelist, safelist, or list of priviledged senders.
This is commonly known as whitelisting a publication.

How to Whitelist

Please refer to the following instructions you can use to
whitelist The Sharing Tree, depending on the email program or filtering solution you use:

AOL

Go to keyword: Mail Controls.
Select the screen name I'm sending your The Sharing Tree to.
Click Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name.

Version 9.0

Open your latest The Sharing Tree 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: info@southernhillschristian.org, and that
will add me to your "People I Know" list automatically. To do this:

Open your latest The Sharing Tree e-mail.
Click the Reply button (it's in the top right corner).
A new email window opens, but it may have the wrong address in the "Send To" box.
If necessary, replace the address in the Send To box with: info@southernhillschristian.org . 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 me into your "People I Know" list.

CleanMyMailbox:

If The Sharing Tree 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: info@southernhillschristian.org to the bottom of your existing list.
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: info@southernhillschristian.org Click OK.
Click OK.
Click Yes.
Click OK.

EarthLink

Earthlink users can whitelist "The Sharing Tree" emails through TotalAccess MailBox (Windows) or with WebMail (Windows or Mac platforms).

Here's how:

Earthlink Using TotalAccess Mailbox (Windows)

• Open TotalAccess and choose the Mailbox
• Click on the Address Button.
• From the File Menu, choose New Company (Domain)
• In the space provided, enter info@southernhillschristian.org and Click Add
• Click Ok
• From the File Menu choose New Contact
• In the space provided, enter "The Sharing Tree" as the name and info@southernhillschristian.org as the email address:  then click Add
• Click OK to add my contact name information.

Also - please make sure that we are not in your Blocked Sender List!

• Click the Protection button in the TotalAccess Task Panel, select spamBlocker, and choose Settings.
• Click the Edit Blocked Sender List button.
• Look through the list, and Click on any address that is from southernhillschristian.org
• Click the Unblock Sender button to unblock this address
• Repeat the steps above. (click on an address, and then the Unblock Sender button) for any southernhillschristian.org addresses.
• Click the Apply Changes button.

Thank you for whitelisting "The Sharing Tree".

Earthlink Using Web Mail (Macintosh or Windows Online)

• Sign in to Web Mail
• Click Address Book
• Click the All Categories pull-down menu and choose Companies (Domains)
• Click the Add button
• In the space provided, enter "The Sharing Tree".com
• Click Allow This Company (Domain) button
• Click the All Categories pull-down menu and choose Contact.
• Click the Add button.
• In the space provided, enter "The Sharing Tree" as the name and info@southernhillschristian.org as the email address:  then click Add
• Click Save Button

Also - please make sure that I am not in your Blocked Sender List!

• Click the spamBlocker in the left menu pane, below your Inbox and other mail folders.
• In the list of tabs along the top part of the screen,click on Settings
• Click on Blocked Sender List (in the lower right part of the screen)
• Look through the list, and Click on any address that is from southernhillschristian.org
• Click the Unblock Sender button to unblock this address
• Repeat the steps above. (click on an address, and then the Unblock Sender button) for any southernhillschristian.org addresses.
• Click Save Button (lower right part of screen).

Thank you for whitelisting "The Sharing Tree".

Also - please make sure that we are not in your Blocked Sender List!

• Click the Protection button in the TotalAccess Task Panel, select spamBlocker, and choose Settings.
• Click the Edit Blocked Sender List button.
• Look through the list, and Click on any address that is from southernhillschristian.org
• Click the Unblock Sender button to unblock this address
• Repeat the steps above. (click on an address, and then the Unblock Sender button) for any southernhillschristian.org addresses.
• Click the Apply Changes button.

Thank you for whitelisting "The Sharing Tree".

Earthlink Using Web Mail (Macintosh or Windows Online):

• Sign in to Web Mail
• Click Address Book
• Click the All Categories pull-down menu and choose Companies (Domains)
• Click the Add button
• In the space provided, enter southernhillschristian.org
• Click Allow This Company (Domain) button
• Click the All Categories pull-down menu and choose Contact.
• Click the Add button.
• In the space provided, enter "The Sharing Tree" as the name and info@southernhillschristian.org as the email address:  then click Add
• Click Save Button

Also - please make sure that we are not in your Blocked Sender List!

• Click the spamBlocker in the left menu pane, below your Inbox and other mail folders.
• In the list of tabs along the top part of the screen,click on Settings
• Click on Blocked Sender List (in the lower right part of the screen)
• Look through the list, and Click on any address that is from southernhillschristian.org.
• Click the Unblock Sender button to unblock this address
• Repeat the steps above. (click on an address, and then the Unblock Sender button) for any southernhillschristian.org addresses.
• Click Save Button (lower right part of screen)

Thank you for whitelisting "The Sharing Tree".

Hotmail:

Click the Options link, on the main menu tabs, then Safe List.
Type: info@southernhillschristian.org 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: info@southernhillschristian.org 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: info@southernhillschristian.org 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: info@southernhillschristian.org Click OK.
Click OK.

McAfee Spamkiller:

Click Friends from the sidebar.
Click Add.
Type: info@southernhillschristian.org Click OK.

oddpost:

Check your 'Probably Spam' folder.
If you see that The Sharing Tree 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:

whitelist_from info@southernhillschristian.org

Save the user_prefs file or move the updated copy to your .spamassassin subdirectory.
If you have no user_prefs file in this subdirectory, create one: http://spamassassin.taint.org/doc/Mail_SpamAssassin_Conf.html
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SpamButcher:

Click the Configure button.
Go to the Known Senders tab.
Click Add under 'Known Good Senders and Recipients'.
Type: info@southernhillschristian.org Click OK.
Click OK.

Spameater Pro:

Click Filters from the sidebar.
Click the Approved Senders tab.
Click Add Filter.
Type: info@southernhillschristian.org 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: info@southernhillschristian.org Click the >> button.
Click Close.

Spam Interceptor:

Follow the Trusted link under > Authentication Lists. Enter the email
address: info@southernhillschristian.org Click Add.

SpamPal:

Click on the SpamPal system tray icon with the right mouse button.
Click 'Add to Whitelist' from the menu.
Type: info@southernhillschristian.org Click Add.

Spam Sleuth:

Select File, then Configure.
Go to the Friends category.
Make sure Active is checked.
Type: info@southernhillschristian.org on a line by itself in the entry field.
Click OK.

Yahoo! Mail

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: info@southernhillschristian.org 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 Sharing Tree 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 Sharing Tree is being filtered, try adding info@southernhillschristian.org 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 info@southernhillschristian.org.

Domain: If they need to know the domain we are mailing from, tell them:southernhillschristian.org

IP Address: If they ask for our sending IP address, tell them: 72.36.149.90