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How to subscribe to PCWorld.com free email newsletters

After reading the information below, use either your back button or this link to return to the free-newsletters subscription page.

Browse PCWorld's newsletters by clicking the subject-area tabs.

When you decide to include a newsletter in your subscription, click the box beside it to place a checkmark there. You may choose as many newsletters as you wish.

After you've selected all the newsletters you want, on the right side of the page you'll find 'Enter your email address' with a blank field for your address.

Either leave checked or uncheck the box beside 'Please send me information about special deals, new products, and other third-party offers. If you do not wish to receive such mailings, please uncheck this box.'

Under 'Please type the code appearing in the picture', you'll see a four-letter CAPTCHA code in a shaded box. Enter that code in the blank field next to it. (This is a safeguard to prevent automated programs from spamming people with our newsletters.)

Click the Subscribe button.

You'll see a confirmation screen, and a confirmation message will be sent to the email address you entered. If you selected more than 20 newsletters, the email message will have a verification link that you must click to activate your new subscription.

Note: If you're unable to submit the CAPTCHA code successfully, that probably means you have a browser setting or a security software setting that prevents you from interacting with the script used for the CAPTCHA code.

How to change or cancel your newsletters subscription

• Go to the Subscription Changes page.
• Click the link that describes the change you want to make.
• If you're changing your email address, after you submit the change a verification message will be sent to your new email address. You must click the link in that message to activate the address change.

How to add PCWorld newsletters to your email or spam-filter safe-sender list

You can help to ensure that your PCWorld newsletters are delivered to your email inbox by adding them to your "safe" or permitted email sender list (often called a "whitelist"). This usually means simply adding our sending (or 'From') address to your safe list, whitelist, or list of privileged senders.

If you don't find your email provider or antispam utility in the list below, try consulting your provider's Help option.

• On your Gmail page click the Contacts link.
• Click the Add to "My Contacts" button.
• Type pcworld@lm.pcworld.com in the blank field, and click Add.
• (If you wish you can also create a "PCWorld" or "Newsletters" label, and create a filter that automatically bypasses your inbox and moves your PCWorld newsletters into that label, so you can keep them in one place.)

• Go to your AOL Mail inbox page, and click the Contacts link.
• From the drop-down menu select New, choose New Contact from the list, and then click it.
• Next to Contact Name, in the Last Name field type PCWorld.
• In the 'Email 1' box, type pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click the Create button.
• (The fields not mentioned here can be left blank.)

• On your Yahoo inbox page, click the Options link at the top-right corner.
• Select Filters.
• Select Add Filter.
• Type PCWorld in the Filter name field.
• In the sender field accept 'contains' as the default in the drop-down menu. In that blank field enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com, and leave the 'sender match case' box unchecked.
• Leave the 'recipient,' 'subject,' and 'body' fields blank.
• If you want your newsletters delivered to your inbox, pull down the 'Move to Folder' menu and select Inbox.
• If you want your PCWorld newsletters delivered to a special folder instead of to your inbox, select New Folder.
• Click Save Changes, and a 'Move to Folder' dialogue box will pop up. Enter the name of the new folder (for example, PCWorld) and click OK.
• If you've created a new folder, return to your inbox and refresh the screen. The new folder will appear in your folders list.
• IP address: If PCWorld's sending IP address is requested, enter 70.42.185.40 in the field.

• From your Hotmail inbox pull down the Options menu and select More Options.
• Under 'Preventing junk e-mail' select Safe and blocked senders.
• Click Safe Senders.
• In the 'Sender or domain to mark as safe' field, type pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click the Add to list button.

• Add pcworld@lm.pcworld.com to your Outlook contacts list.
• By default, email addresses in your Outlook contacts are considered safe senders by the Junk E-mail Filter.
• Email messages from safe senders are never moved to the Junk E-mail folder.

• Click Address Book.
• Click the Add button.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com in the 'E-mail' block, and click Save.

• If PCWorld newsletters end up in your Junk Mail folder, open that folder in your email account.
• Select a PCWorld newsletter.
• Click Mark as Not Spam. The newsletter will be moved to your Inbox, and future PCWorld newsletters will be delivered there.
• You can also add pcworld@lm.pcworld.com as a contact to ensure that PCWorld newsletters aren't marked as spam.

• Open a PCWorld newsletter to add it to your address book.
• Click the Save Address link next to PCWorld's 'From' address (pcworld@lm.pcworld.com).
• Check the Add to Contacts box, and click Save.

• To add pcworld@lm.pcworld.com to your address book, first open a PCWorld newsletter.
• Click the Comcast Save Address link next to PCWorld's 'From' address at the top of the newsletter.

• Log in to your Cox.net Web email account.
• Click Addresses.
• Click Create Address at the top.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com in the address area to store.
• Click Save.

• Log in to Verizon Online Email via Message Center with your username and password.
• Select Settings from the top navigation.
• Click Email Settings from the left navigation.
• Click Safe Senders, and enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.

• If you're using Cloudmark's SpamNet to filter your incoming email, open your Outlook Inbox.
• On the Cloudmark SpamNet toolbar, click Options.
• Click Advanced.
• Select the Whitelist tab.
• Click the Add button.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com, and click the OK button.
• Click OK.
• Click Yes.
• Click OK.

• Click the Addresses tab.
• Click New.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Under 'Receiving Options' select Accept Mail From This Address.
• Under 'Other Options' uncheck Display in People Picker.
• Click Submit.
• Click OK.

• If you're using MailShield to filter your incoming email, click Friends from the MailShield toolbar.
• Click Add.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click OK.

• If you're using MailWasher to filter your incoming email, select Tools.
• Select Blacklist & Friends.
• On the 'Friends' list click the Friends Add button.
• Select Plain e-mail address.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click OK.
• Click OK.

• Click the Friends tab.
• Click the Email Address tab.
• Click the down arrow to view your Personal Friends List.
• On the right side, choose Add a Friend.
• In the Address box, enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click Save.

• If you're using SpamAssassin to filter your incoming email, search your hard drive for the spamassassin folder, and then open it.
• In that folder open the user_prefs file with a text editor.
• Make a new (blank) line in the file, and enter whitelist_from, followed by pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Save the file and close it.

• If you're using SpamButcher to filter your incoming email, open SpamButcher and click the Configure button.
• Select the Known Senders tab.
• Under 'Known Good Senders and Recipients', click Add.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click OK.
• Click OK.

• Click Filters from the sidebar.
• Click the Approved Senders tab.
• Click Add Filter.
• Type pcworld@lm.pcworld.com under Address.
• Choose Full Email Address under Address Type.
• Select Email Domain.
• Click OK.

• Select Spam Inspector, and then choose Manage Friends List from either the Spam Inspector toolbar or the Outlook menu.
• Make sure Email is selected under 'Add a New Friend'.
• Type pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click the >> button.
• Click Close.

• If you're using Spam Interceptor to filter your incoming email, open Spam Interceptor and select Authentication Lists.
• Click Trusted.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click Add.

• Click on the SpamPal system-tray icon with the right mouse button.
• Click Add to Whitelist from the menu.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click Add.

• Select File, Configure.
• Go to the Friends category.
• Make sure Active is checked.
• Enter pcworld@lm.pcworld.com on a line by itself in the entry field.
• Click OK.

• You probably don't need to whitelist email in Postini unless you find it trapped in Postini's 'Junk' area.
• Log in to your Postini account.
• Determine whether any PCWorld newsletters are listed as Junk.
• If you find some, click the box next to each newsletter to check it.
• Click the Deliver Selected link at the very top of the Junk screen.
• On the next screen, click the Approve Sender checkbox next to the newsletter from pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Click the Approve Selected Senders button.

• If any PCWorld newsletters are being filtered, try adding pcworld@lm.pcworld.com to your Address Book or Contact list.
• If this option is not available, try moving the message to your email inbox or forwarding the message to yourself.
• If PCWorld newsletters continue to be filtered, contact your ISP's technical support to ask how you can be sure to receive all email from pcworld@lm.pcworld.com.
• Domain: If technical support needs to know the domain from which PCWorld newsletters are mailed, it is lm.pcworld.com.
• IP address: If PCWorld's sending IP address is requested, it is 70.42.185.40.