Avoid spam but still ensure you receive our mailings and
"Hot Item Finder Newsletter"

1) If you use Hotmail, MSN or AOL: Add the email addresses

dave@mainlistserv.com
support@hotitemfinder.com
news@hotitemfinder.com

to your "Safe List"

2) If you use Yahoo or Netscape: Create a "filter" to ensure our newsletter ends up in your Inbox and not the Junk Mail or Bulk Mail folder

Step by step instructions:

Creating a filter in Yahoo!

- Open your Yahoo e-mailbox. On the right hand side of your screen you will see "Mail Options." Click on this. Look for "Filters" and click it - next click on "Add Filter".

- Name the filter anything (i.e. "HIFnews")

- Under the heading "if all of the following rules are true ..." go to the top row labeled "From header." Next to this you will see drop down menu. Select "contains" & type in "@mymailserv.com".

- At the bottom it says "Move the message to:", select Inbox from the pull-down menu. Then left click on the "Add Filter" button at the bottom.

-To ensure you get all mail we send (not just the newsletter) use the above four steps to add another filter that detects and forwards to your Inbox all mail from "@hotitemfinder.com" (just change step 3).

Hotmail and MSN

Ensure "Hot Item Finder" newsletter is delivered to your Inbox by adding our "From" address to your "Safe List."

- Open your Hotmail of MSN e-mailbox. On the menu bar running across the top of your inbox you will see an item labeled "Options." It is the second last item to the right. Left click on "Options."

- In the new screen which opens, under "Mail Handling." Scroll down the page until you come to the item called "Safe List." Left click on this item.

- Type in the e-mail addresses:

dave@mymailserv.com
support@hotitemfinder.com
news@hotitemfinder.com

and click on the "Add" button,

When you see the address you entered in the Safe List box, left click on the button "OK."

AOL

- Go to Keyword Mail Controls.

- Select your screen name

- Left Click "Customize Mail Controls For This Screen Name."

For AOL version 7.0: In the section for "exclusion and inclusion parameters", include both of these domains:

@mainlistserv.com

@hotitemfinder.com

For AOL version 8.0: Select "Allow email from all AOL members, email addresses and domains."

- Left click on "Next" until the Save button shows up at the bottom.

- Left click on "Save."

Netscape version 7.0

Create a filter for messages from us by left clicking on the Mail icon you see on the menu bar when you open Netscape as your browser.

When in the Mail window:

- Select any issue of "Hot Item Finder Newsletter"

- Open the "Message" menu, and choose "Create Filter From Message."

- You will see the "Filter Rules" dialog box. Using our email address,

dave@mainlistserv.com
support@hotitemfinder.com
news@hotitemfinder.com

Netscape will pre-fill the filter name, the filter matching criteria, and the filter action (Move to folder).

- Either choose your Inbox in which to store the incoming messages from us, or create a new folder and call it "HIFnews"

- Click on "OK" to confirm your settings. Do you see the "Message Filters" dialog box, where you can create, delete, or edit message filters?

- Click on "OK" in the "Message Filters" dialog box. The filter begins filtering incoming messages from us as soon as you click OK, sending them either to your Inbox or to a separate box labeled "HIFnews".

Microsoft Outlook

- Open Outlook. In your Inbox, look for an e-mail message from MyMailServ.com or HotItemFinder.com. Click on this message once.

- Go up to the Navigation menu and point your mouse to Tools. Left click on Tools and a drop down menu will open. You may see two arrows pointing downwards - if so click on these. You will see an item called "Organize." Click on this.

- In your Inbox, you will see a menu with the title "Ways To Organize Inbox." At the top of this menu, you will see "New Folder ..." Click on this.

- A new dialog box will pop up on your screen called "Create New Folder." In the "Name" field simply type in "HIFnews" Click on "OK." A new pop up will appear asking whether you want to create a short cut on your "Outlook Bar."

- If you use the Outlook Bar to access the folders in your Inbox then left click on "Yes." If not, and you simply left click on "Inbox" to move around, then left click on "No."

- You will notice in your "Ways To Organize Inbox," Outlook has filled in the necessary items, and all you have to do is simply left click on "Create." By doing this you are instructing Outlook to create a new rule, causing the existing message and all future messages from "mainlistserv.com" or "hotitemfinder.com" to go into the sub-folder you just created in your Inbox called "HIFnews"

The next time you receive a message from us Outlook will automatically cause it to go into the mail box you created. You can then read the message at your pleasure.

Others

- Contact the customer service representative or the Postmaster at the company that provides your e-mail or Internet connection (your ISP). Explain to them that HotItemFinder.com is e-mail that you asked for and value. Ask them if they can white-list HotItemFinder.com for you. They'll probably ask you for some information about us. Here's what to tell them:

- Sending Address: If they ask for our address, give your contact this email address:

dave@mainlistserv.com
support@hotitemfinder.com
news@hotitemfinder.com

- Domain: If they need to know the domain we're mailing from, tell them both of these:

@mainlistserv.com

@hotitemfinder.com

Please do make sure that your mail server or ISP is not accidentally keeping hotitemfinder.com or mymailserv.com emails from you. You can use these same concepts to allow other emails through as well.

Sorry for the inconvenience, but these circumstances are beyond our control. All we can do is work together with the ISPs to shut out the REAL spammers and let the good email through!

Yours in business and success,

David Guindon
www.DaveGuindonSupport.com