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You have completed PART 1 of the subscription process but you must complete PART 2 to receive the email course/newsletter.

PART 2: You have been sent a confirmation email that contains instructions on how to confirm your email address (simply clicking on a link to confirm the email is legit).

This is an important process to protect both you and I from spam – so please, go look for the email now (this usually takes 1-2 minutes but could take as long as 15 minutes) and follow the instructions within. If you can’t find it – it may be in your junk folder. The confirmation email (after opening) looks like this:

If you cannot find the email please read the instructions below, complete the necessary steps and try subscribing again.

Once you have completed the confirmation you will receive a link to download the 7 deadly mistakes student’s make and how to avoid them PDF document and link to a 45 minute podcast seminar from the VCE expo in 2008.

Please note – hotmail users seem to have to follow the steps below more carefully than other users.

To ensure the safe and consistent delivery of your mini-course to your inbox you should ensure that our emails/website is “whitelisted” – that means that we are a “safe sender” and not spam.

You can do this according to your type of email account by following the instructions below:

GMAIL: To ensure that our emails are received go to your GMail account.
1.) Open the account
2.) Check to see if the email is in the Inbox – this is where the email contents should be if not…
3.) Go to the Spam folder and click on the email once to highlight.
4.) Then click on the box that says this is “not spam”.
5.) You’re done! That should be all…if our emails routinely don’t make it through set up a filter.

YAHOO: To ensure the e-mails are delivered to your Yahoo inbox (not the Bulk Mail or Junk Mail folder), you can instruct Yahoo to filter it to your Inbox. Here’s how:

1.) Open your Yahoo mailbox
2.) Click Mail Options.
3.) Click Filters.
4.) Next, Click Add Filter.
5.) In the top row, labelled From Header:, make sure contains is selected in the pull-down menu.
6.) Click in the text box next to that pull-down menu, then enter the address in the “From” line of your most recent e-mail alert. (Please select the e-mail address from the list provided)
7.) At the bottom, where it says Move the message to: select Inbox from the pull-down menu.
8.) Click the Add Filter button again.

HOTMAIL: If you are using Hotmail, you can ensure that your e-mail alerts are delivered to your Inbox by adding our “From” address to your Safe List. Here’s how:
1.) Click the Options tab.
2.) Select Safe List. (Under the heading Mail Handling.)
3.) In the space provided, enter the address in the “From” line of your most recent e-mail alert.
4.) Click Add.
5.) When you see the address you entered in the Safe List box, Click OK.

MICROSOFT OUTLOOK:
1.) Open up Microsoft Outlook
2.) Go to “Actions” Tab then click on “Junk Email”
3.) Select Junk Email Options
4.) Select the “Safe Senders” Tab
5.) Click “Add” Or right click on the email and select “this is not junk mail” (if it has been sent to the Junk Mail folder)