safelist

English

Etymology

safe +‎ list, because the emails are "safe" from being reported as spam.

Noun

safelist (plural safelists)

  1. (Internet, marketing) A list of e-mail addresses whose owners have agreed to receive promotional email.
    Hypernym: whitelist

Verb

safelist (third-person singular simple present safelists, present participle safelisting, simple past and past participle safelisted)

  1. (Internet, marketing, transitive) To mark (an e-mail address or a domain) as having agreed to receive promotional email.
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