Optimize Your Outlook Inbox with Safe Senders

This article explains using the Safe Senders feature to decide who can send mail to your inbox in Outlook.

The new Outlook app in Windows 11 is a redesigned and updated version of the popular email and calendar management software. It has a modern user interface and new features make it easier to stay on top of your emails and appointments.

The app has many features, including support for sharing a calendar, changing language, date, and time format, public a calendar, showing week numbers in Outlook calendar, deleting your search history, export your search history, adding or removing events from emails to your Calendar, switching to dark mode, link preview, sound alerts for notifications, turn on or off notifications when Outlook is closed, turn on or off incoming email alert sounds, customizing Calendar alerts, sharing your work hours and location, and more.

The new Outlook also lets you use the Junk email settings to select how Outlook should handle new messages you get. You can choose the Standard or Strict mode.

In Standard mode, mails identified as possible junk mail will automatically be sent to the Junk email folder.

The Strict mode uses the Safe Sender and Domain list to decide who is allowed to send mail to your inbox. All other messages are delivered to the Junk email folder automatically.

Decide who can send mail to your inbox in Outlook

As mentioned above, you can set up Outlook to automatically send mail to your junk email folder and only allow those in your safe sender list to be sent to your inbox.

Here’s how to do it.

First, open the Outlook app by clicking on its icon in the Start menu or searching for it in the taskbar search box.

Once Outlook is open, click on the Settings gear icon at the top right of the menu bar.

Select Mail from the left menu in the Settings pane, and click Jumk email on the side panel.

In the Settings dialog, under Incoming mail handling, select one of the options:

• Standard – Mail identified as possible junk will be automatically moved to the Junk email folder.
• Strict – This uses your Safe Senders and Domain list to decide who is allowed to send mail to your inbox.

When you select the Strict setting, you should also add emails and domains to the Safe senders and domains at the bottom of the settings panel to get emails from those allowed to be sent to your inbox.

When you’re done, click the Save button.

That should do it!

Conclusion:

• The new Outlook app in Windows 11 brings a revamped user interface and updated features for improved email and calendar management.
• Users can leverage the Safe Senders feature to control who can send mail to their inbox, reducing the influx of junk mail.
• By selecting the Strict mode, users can use the Safe Senders and Domain list to determine which emails are allowed into their inbox, sending all other messages to the Junk email folder for added convenience and security.
• Configuring the Safe Senders and Domains list in the Outlook app allows users to effectively streamline their inboxes and ensure that important communications are readily accessible.