Safe list, address book, mailing list... what's the deal?

posted by  kevyn (54)  8 months ago (www.little.org)

Receiving mail from friends shouldn’t involve searching through a bunch of potency
ads in your junk e-mail folder.  If you want to make sure you receive these messages
you need to tell the Hotmail server who your friends are (only you can decide if you
want to receive mail from your friends).  There are a few lists provided in Hotmail
to help you “safe list” mail you’d like to receive: your contact list, safe list and
mailing lists list (say that three times fast).

Why so many lists?  Here’s a good way to view the lists:

Contact