Adding domains to safe senders list - O365 / Intune

Users may receive phishing emails that display an 'Unverified' warning next to the sender's name or email address, as shown below:

To resolve this, you can add the domain(s) to the Safe Senders List.


Configuring Office 365/Intune Settings

Below are two options for configuring safe sender settings:

Option 1: Configure via Microsoft Endpoint Manager

  1. Go to the Microsoft Endpoint Manager Admin Center: https://endpoint.microsoft.com
  2. Create a new Settings Catalog policy for Windows devices.
    • Platform: Windows 10 and later
  1. Configure Outlook Settings:
    • Search for: Junk E-mail Protection
    • Enable: Enable Junk E-mail Protection
  2. Search for Safe Senders in the Outlook configuration options and enable the following settings:


 

  • Specify path to Safe Senders list (User)
  • Specify full path and filename to Safe Senders list (User)
  • Add email recipients to users’ Safe Senders Lists (User)
  • Set the policy to Enabled, and provide the path to your txt file (e.g. C:\ProgramData\eskonr\outlooksafesender\safesenders.txt).

Option 2: Deploy Registry Settings via PowerShell Script

Sample Registry Path:

PowerShell

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Options\Mail" `
-Name "SafeSendersList" -Value "newsletter@trustedsource.com;@yourdomain.com" 

Steps

  1. Create a PowerShell script with your Safe Senders list.
  2. In Intune, go to Devices → Scripts → Add.
  3. Upload the script and assign it to your target group.
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