Safelist us to stay up-to-date on Casco Bay • Friends of Casco Bay

We use our Casco Baykeeper boat to collect seasonal data on the health of Casco Bay. In 2023, for the first time, we are partnering with Bigelow Laboratories to test for PFAS in the Bay. Make sure you hear about all of our exciting work like this by adding Friends of Casco Bay to your email’s safelist!

We know you love Casco Bay and want to stay up-to-date on our work. Please take 5 minutes to follow the directions below and “safelist” us to help ensure you always receive our emails.

“Safelisting” is tech-jargon for telling your email service – Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, etc. – that you always want to see our emails. Email services can mistakenly block some messages or send them to your spam or trash folder. Even if you currently get emails from us, you may not be receiving all of our emails.

Safelisting Friends of Casco Bay will ensure our emails always end up in your inbox. You will also be helping other Friends of the Bay to see our emails, too. That’s because safelisting sends a message to email services that we are a reputable organization.

Below are safelisting instructions for some of the most common email services. If you do not see your email service below, you may be able to find instructions by Googling the name of your email service and the word “safelist.” You can also contact your email service and ask them to help you.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Development Director Sarah Lyman at slyman [at] cascobay [dot] org.

Thank you for helping us and ensuring you are up-to-date with all things Casco Bay!

(If you don’t already get our emails, don’t worry! You can sign up, here).

How to add us to your safe senders’ list if you use Gmail

Because so many Friends of the Bay use Gmail, we created this video to walk you through how to use filters to make sure you receive all emails from us at Friends of Casco Bay.

Log in to your Gmail at gmail.com.
Select the gear icon at the upper right of your inbox and click or tap “See all settings”.
Select “Filters and Blocked Addresses” from the navigation options at the top. Scroll down.
Click “Create a New Filter”.
In the pop-up window, enter @cascobay.org in the “From” field.
Click “Create filter” (not the blue search button).
In the next window, check “Never send it to Spam”.
Also, check “Categorize as:” and select “Primary”.
Click “Create filter”.
Once you are done, you will see the new filter show up in the list of filters.
Click the Gmail logo in the upper left to navigate back to your inbox.

How to add us to your safe senders’ list if you use Yahoo

Select the Gear icon in the upper right corner of your inbox
Click “More Settings”.
Select “Filters” from the left navigation menu, then click “Add new filters”.
In the Add a new filter form, give the filter a name (Friends of Casco Bay Email). Under “From”, leave “contains” and enter @cascobay.org. Make sure “Match case” is not checked. Select “Save” twice to activate the new filter.
The filter now appears in the list of filters in the Filters window.
To see screenshots of these steps, see this article: https://www.lifewire.com/set-up-filter-yahoo-mail-1167129

How to add us to your safe senders’ list if you use Outlook

Go to the Home tab in Outlook.
Look for the “Junk” icon and click it.
Then select “Junk Email Options”.
In the Junk Email Options dialog box, go to the “Safe Senders” tab.
Click “Add”.
In the Add address or domain dialog box, enter @cascobay.org.
Click “OK”.
The email address or domain appears in the Safe Senders List.
Click “OK”.
To see screenshots of these steps, see this article: https://www.lifewire.com/add-address-domain-safe-senders-outlook-1173760

How to add us to your safe senders’ list if you use Xfinity/Comcast

Select the gear icon in the upper right corner and click or tap “Settings”.
Click “Filter Rules”, under Mail in the left navigation pane, then the “Add New Rule” button.
Make the Rule Name “Friends of Casco Bay Email”. Select “Add condition” and choose “Sender/From”.
In the “Contains” field, type @cascobay.org.
Select the “Add action link” then “Keep”. Save the new rule.
Once you are done, you’ll see your new filter show up under Mail Filter Rules in Xfinity Mail settings.

How to add us to your safe senders’ list if you use iOS (Apple) Devices – iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch

Open an email from Friends of Casco Bay.
Click “keeper [at] cascobay [dot] org” in the header of this email.
Select the option to create a new contact or add to an existing contact.

How to add us to your safe senders’ list if you use Android devices and do not use Gmail

Open an email from Friends of Casco Bay.
Click the picture, our Friends of Casco Bay Logo, in the header of the email.
Select the option to add to your contacts. It may be an icon of a person with a “+” next to it.
Complete all the steps to add the contact.

How to add us to your safe senders’ list if you use Apple Mail

Open an email from Friends of Casco Bay.
While you have the email open, click “keeper [at] cascobay [dot] org” in the header of the email.
Click “Add” to finish.

How to add us to your safe senders’ list if you use AOL Mail

Click Contacts in the right toolbar.
Click “Add Contact”.
Enter “keeper [at] cascobay [dot] org” (and additional contact information, if you wish).
Click “Add Contact” button in the pop-up to finish.