Picture icon in Mail account?

I have a new iMac -- first time Mac user. When I set up my Mail account, I selected a picture icon that is visible in the top right corner of all of my sent emails. I want to change (perhaps delete) the picture, but now I can't find where that setting is! Will someone please remind me what I did. 🙂 Thanks in advance.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.7)

Posted on Jun 1, 2009 12:45 PM

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Jun 28, 2009 7:06 AM in response to dznsln

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As stated above, look in Address Book for your "Me" card with your information on it. There is a picture there that is the same as what you see in the upper right hand corner of a new message when you are composing it, or when viewing mail addressed to and received by you. It is not transmitted with your outgoing messages. It is fluff and glitter for your "benefit" only. Yes, hard copy print would be a problem. So if you don't like looking at your picture, or don't want it on paper copy printouts of messages, then I think that you can either edit your "Me" Address Book card to delete the picture, or else I know for sure that you can delete your "Me" card from Address Book altogether, and then you'll no longer get the annoying little picture in your new compositions window.

Personally, I already know my own contact information so I deleted my "Me" card in its entirety, although I did export a VCF card of it that I use as one of my email signatures, before I did so.

Aug 11, 2009 11:53 AM in response to dznsln

Hi--I've been trying to change my Mac Mail picture too. I've changed the "Me" card in the Address book and I've also changed it in System Preferences/Accounts. I even deleted the original picture out of Photo Booth's folder, and yet the original picture still persists when I check my messages. Why is this so? Is there a preference somewhere I need to trash or something? Why won't that picture go away?

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