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<blockquote data-quote="AndyClift" data-source="post: 1705421" data-attributes="member: 142515"><p>Just a thought</p><p></p><p>When you start a new email the To box uses smart search so, for example, if I start entering "Sa" Mail will start to list NAMES starting with "Sa" and email address starting with "Sa". The result is that the list will show Sarah as a name and also any email address starting with sarah. If I happen to click on the email address starting with sarah the name shown on the email will be whatever is in the name box in my contacts - and it may not be the sarah I want. Indeed it may not be a Sarah at all.</p><p></p><p>Lets say for example, that I accidentally or through some data corruption had my wife's email address of <a href="mailto:sarah@herserver.com">sarah@herserver.com</a> with the NAME field shown as Mary in Contacts. In my mail program when I start typing sarah one of the suggestions on the list would be <a href="mailto:sarah@herserver.com">sarah@herserver.com</a> but if I clicked on that the To box would show the name associated with the address, i.e. Mary. The email would however correctly go to Sarah's email address. This could be a problem if a "personal" friend called Mary had her email corrupted as <a href="mailto:sarah@herserver.com">sarah@herserver.com</a> in my Contacts. Starting to type either sar or mar in the To box would show BOTH Mary and <a href="mailto:sarah@herserver.com">sarah@herserver.com</a>. Clicking Mar would send to sarah but mary would show in the To box. Let's just hope the resulting message was not too personal.!!!</p><p></p><p>This problem may be a case of going through all your contacts and ensuring that every First and Last name field in each contact is associated with the correct email address.</p><p></p><p>Re sharing contact information with other family members our solution is to have a second Apple ID. We have one called SurnameFamily@iCloud and my wife has her own and I have my own iCloud IDs. The Family address is ONLY used for things we share such as our diary and contacts we have in common. That way, if my wife notes a hospital appointment on the share it updates all our Macs and iPhones but if she changes an email address on her personal contacts it does not change anything on mine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndyClift, post: 1705421, member: 142515"] Just a thought When you start a new email the To box uses smart search so, for example, if I start entering "Sa" Mail will start to list NAMES starting with "Sa" and email address starting with "Sa". The result is that the list will show Sarah as a name and also any email address starting with sarah. If I happen to click on the email address starting with sarah the name shown on the email will be whatever is in the name box in my contacts - and it may not be the sarah I want. Indeed it may not be a Sarah at all. Lets say for example, that I accidentally or through some data corruption had my wife's email address of [email]sarah@herserver.com[/email] with the NAME field shown as Mary in Contacts. In my mail program when I start typing sarah one of the suggestions on the list would be [email]sarah@herserver.com[/email] but if I clicked on that the To box would show the name associated with the address, i.e. Mary. The email would however correctly go to Sarah's email address. This could be a problem if a "personal" friend called Mary had her email corrupted as [email]sarah@herserver.com[/email] in my Contacts. Starting to type either sar or mar in the To box would show BOTH Mary and [email]sarah@herserver.com[/email]. Clicking Mar would send to sarah but mary would show in the To box. Let's just hope the resulting message was not too personal.!!! This problem may be a case of going through all your contacts and ensuring that every First and Last name field in each contact is associated with the correct email address. Re sharing contact information with other family members our solution is to have a second Apple ID. We have one called SurnameFamily@iCloud and my wife has her own and I have my own iCloud IDs. The Family address is ONLY used for things we share such as our diary and contacts we have in common. That way, if my wife notes a hospital appointment on the share it updates all our Macs and iPhones but if she changes an email address on her personal contacts it does not change anything on mine. [/QUOTE]
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