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When I click "reply to all" on my iPhone it includes me in the send to list. When I do this Apple Mail it doesn't. Is there a way to turn this off on the iPhone?

iMac 24" 2.4 GHz 4GB ram, MacBook 13.3" 2.1 GHz 1 GB ram, Mac OS X (10.5.2), made the switch in March 2007!

Posted on Jun 2, 2009 12:06 PM

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MPBAMB

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Jun 2, 2009 12:17 PM in response to Bama Gambler

Does your address appear in the Cc or Bcc field?

If it is the latter, go to settings>mail,contacts,calendars> and see if "Always Bcc myself" is turned on, if so, turn it off and you should not be included in the message.

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Jun 2, 2009 12:17 PM in response to Bama Gambler

I don't believe there is a setting for this, but I do not experience the same.

When I select Reply All, the person's address who sent the message is placed in the To: field, and all other recipients for the received message are placed in the Cc: field. My address is not in the To: or Cc: fields.

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Bama Gambler Author

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Jun 2, 2009 1:33 PM in response to MPBAMB

I have a mail account forwarded to my MobileMe account. When I click reply all to one of these message I'm included in the Cc field. When I reply to all on to an email sent to my MobileMe account I am not.

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MPBAMB

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Jun 2, 2009 1:44 PM in response to Bama Gambler

I also have a forwarded account sent to my Mobile me account and it does as you say put my e-mail address in the Cc field.

Thinking about it logically it makes sense that this happens as your forwarded mail has effectively "sent" the message to you and would naturally receive a reply using reply all.

I therefore conclude (and stand to be corrected) that the process is working correctly, and I do not think there would be a way to stop this from happening.

Hope this makes sense and sorry I could not offer a solution.

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Jun 2, 2009 2:33 PM in response to Bama Gambler

This is happening because the message is being forwarded to your MM account - your MM email address is included as a recipient for the recieved message that was forwarded to your MM email account.

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Bama Gambler Author

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Jun 2, 2009 7:24 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Apple Mail seems to handle this scenario just fine. I'm not sure why Mail on the iPhone can't do the same.

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Bama Gambler Author

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Jun 2, 2009 7:25 PM in response to MPBAMB

I don't think it is working correctly, because I have the same exact setup in Apple Mail and when I click reply to all in Apple Mail to a message that was sent to my non-MM account it doesn't include me in the Cc field.

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MPBAMB

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Jun 3, 2009 12:32 AM in response to Bama Gambler

I get the same with Mobile me when logged on at the office using Windows, in that a forwarded message includes me (from my forwarded account) as a "sender".

I follow the logic of this process and it makes sense, but will have a look at the set up on my mail.app on MBP when I get home later, as I don't understand why it is not happening in your mail.app.

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MPBAMB

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Jun 3, 2009 12:54 PM in response to Bama Gambler

Hi Bama,

I have had a look at my mail.app on my Macbook Pro, and when I look at an e-mail forwarded from my non Mobile Me account, and I click reply all, I am included in the Cc field.

This ties in with what I would expect as all areas mail.app/iPhone and Mobile me operate in the same way, but unfortunately does not help you.

I am afraid I don't have any other suggestions as for me it seems to work as I would expect.

Do you have any other accounts set up in Mail?
Is the address in your mail.app the same one as your forwarded e-mail address? if not is it your mobile me address?
There is a setting Mail>preferences>composing>automatically Cc myself - Is that ticked?

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Bama Gambler Author

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Jun 3, 2009 5:16 PM in response to MPBAMB

I have two accounts setup on both my Mac and iPhone - one is MM and one is a work email address. I have it setup to forward the work email to the MM account. So I'm not sure why I have both setup. Anyway I do. When I respond on my mac to an email sent to my work account the Mobile Me is not in the Cc field. When I respond on my iPhone to an email sent to my work account the Mobile Me is in the Cc field. I just made the account inactive on my Mac and did another test email and this time it included the Mobile Me on the Cc field. It knows that I am the Mobile Me user (since it is the only account setup) so I'm not sure why the default is to Cc myself. Doesn't make sense IMO. Oh well.

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Jun 3, 2009 6:27 PM in response to Bama Gambler

If you are accessing your work email account and your MM account as separate email accounts with the iPhone mail client, there is no reason to have your work email account forwarded to your MM account.

Having your work email account forwarded to your MM account is the problem, and you can't reply for forward a message originally sent to your work email account that was forwarded to your MM account from your work email address.

Stop forwarding your work email account to your MM account and test if this resolves the problem.

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Bama Gambler Author

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Jun 3, 2009 7:39 PM in response to Allan Sampson

Two reasons I have it forwarded:

1. the iphone doesn't have a single inbox. I hate having to navigate back to check more mail.

2. I can check all my email (I actually have 3 - work, gmail and MM) all on one website when I using a computer that is not mine. If I didn't have it forwarded then I would have to login to 3 separate websites to check all my mail.

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Jun 3, 2009 7:55 PM in response to Bama Gambler

To each his/her own and that is why there is Baskin-Robbins ice cream - 31 flavors.

A significant downside to this is (at least it would be for me) is when replying to or forwarding a message from your MM account, the email is sent from your MM account. I would not be able to do this nor want to do this with my business account.

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Bama Gambler Author

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Jun 3, 2009 7:56 PM in response to Allan Sampson

I can select which email address and which server I want to send the message from.

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Jun 3, 2009 8:14 PM in response to Bama Gambler

Forgot about being able to change the account a message is sent from, but then the sent message is in that account's Sent mailbox. I would hate having to remember to change the account the message is sent from for every sent message, but to each his/her own. I prefer the Mail.app's blended Inbox mailbox and Sent mailbox, etc. for all email accounts with the ability to open the blended Inbox or Sent mailbox, selecting an account to view messages received or sent by the selected account only, or viewing all messages received or sent by all accounts. Hopefully this is under consideration for the iPhone's Mail client.

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