Safelist Addresses, Domains, and IPs in Rackspace Email
Written by Justin Carlson
Updated at December 15th, 2025
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This article explains how to add an email address, IP address, or domain to a safelist in the Rackspace Email webmail interface to ensure that the system delivers important messages to your inbox.
Why use a safelist?
from the address you safelisted to the Inbox so that you do not miss the message. If you need to Blocklist a sender, see Blocklist addresses, domains, and IP addresses in Rackspace Email.
Warning: Safelisting does not prevent a sender from being flagged as spam or being blocked.
Safelist an email address or domain
Log in to your mailbox at mail.mi4p.com
Click your email address in the upper-right corner and select Settings from the menu.
Click Spam Settings on the left-hand side of the pop-up box and then click the Safelist tab.
In the Safelisted Domains & Email Addresses, click Add.
When prompted to Add Safelisted Domain or Email Address, enter the domain or email address you want to safelist in the field under Enter a domain or email address and then click Add.
Confirm that the address now displays in the box under Safelisted Domains & Email Addresses and click Save.
Safelist an IP address
If you need to safelist an IP, follow steps 1-3 in the preceding section and then perform the following steps:
In the Safelisted IP Addresses box, click Add.
When prompted to Add Safelisted IP Address, enter the IP address that you want to safelist in the field under Enter an IP address(or range) and then click Add.
Confirm that the address now displays in the box under Safelisted Domains & Email Addresses and click Save.