Wrong Name on Outgoing mail

Barnegat · Barnegat #1 (**permalink**)

10-26-2011, 10:46 PM

I'm brand new to Macs and have a MacBook Pro 15 with OS X Lion installed. When i started the computer, I foolishly gave it my legal first name which I just hate. Since it's on my credit card, for legal reasons, I gave it to the computer. Later, I realized I didn't have to do that. So I changed my user name to the name I like to be called. It's the name all my friends know me by and all my clients, too. I just hate the legal name.

So even tho I changed the name on login to the computer with, all my emails go out with my legal name on them! I've looked and looked and cannot find where to change the name so that my emails reflect the name I am known by and comfortable with.

Any suggestions?

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

10-26-2011, 11:14 PM

Did you change your name in Mail, Preferences, Accounts?

Barnegat · Barnegat #3 (**permalink**)

10-27-2011, 12:04 AM

Yes I did that but any email I send arrives with the wrong name showing

???

class77 · class77 #4 (**permalink**)

10-27-2011, 03:02 AM

Have you tried changing your information on your personal card in your
"Contacts" folder? I believe once you change that, it will change the information in "Mail"

Barnegat · Barnegat #5 (**permalink**)

10-27-2011, 04:03 PM

Class77, you've got a lot of class! Wow, I didn't think of that: problem solved!!! Yay! Thank you so much!

class77 · class77 #6 (**permalink**)

10-27-2011, 05:55 PM

glad it worked

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Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 32,032 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	10-26-2011, 11:14 PM Did you change your name in Mail, Preferences, Accounts? Community Guidelines
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class77 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 13, 2009 Posts: 357 Mac Specs: 25" iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iPhone 4	10-27-2011, 03:02 AM Have you tried changing your information on your personal card in your "Contacts" folder? I believe once you change that, it will change the information in "Mail"  24" iMac, 3.06GHz C2D, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 10.6.8  2011 Mac mini, 2.7Ghz i7, 8GB RAM, 750 GB HDD, 10.7.3  iPad3 64GB, iPad2 32 GB  iPhone 4, 32GB  Airport Extreme 5
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Member Since: Oct 13, 2009 Posts: 357 Mac Specs: 25" iMac 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo iPhone 4	10-27-2011, 05:55 PM glad it worked  24" iMac, 3.06GHz C2D, 4GB RAM, 1TB HDD, 10.6.8  2011 Mac mini, 2.7Ghz i7, 8GB RAM, 750 GB HDD, 10.7.3  iPad3 64GB, iPad2 32 GB  iPhone 4, 32GB  Airport Extreme 5
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Barnegat #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 26, 2011 Posts: 3	10-26-2011, 10:46 PM I'm brand new to Macs and have a MacBook Pro 15 with OS X Lion installed. When i started the computer, I foolishly gave it my legal first name which I just hate. Since it's on my credit card, for legal reasons, I gave it to the computer. Later, I realized I didn't have to do that. So I changed my user name to the name I like to be called. It's the name all my friends know me by and all my clients, too. I just hate the legal name. So even tho I changed the name on login to the computer with, all my emails go out with my legal name on them! I've looked and looked and cannot find where to change the name so that my emails reflect the name I am known by and comfortable with. Any suggestions?
	QUOTE Thanks

Barnegat #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 26, 2011 Posts: 3	10-27-2011, 04:03 PM Class77, you've got a lot of class! Wow, I didn't think of that: problem solved!!! Yay! Thank you so much!
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