When I send an email from my Yahoo account to an iPhone user my name appears in the email. How to make that stop?

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When I send an email from my Yahoo account to an iPhone user my name appears in the email. How to make that stop?

I have three of my email addresses set up in mail on my iPhone. I seldom actually check my email via my phone (except when out of town). I typically use a brower runing Linux. Why is it that my name appears in the from field when I send a message to an iPhone user that is not one of my contacts? I sent a message to a customer support in China, and now they know my name. This is unacceptable.

Oh, let me guess you will delete this question like you do all the rest of my questions?

iPhone X, iOS 12

Posted on May 31, 2020 1:52 PM

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phredog Author

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Jun 5, 2020 7:57 PM in response to FoxFifth

The Yahoo "send name" is my nickname, and that is what I want to use. If I email someone using an Android phone, browser, etc, my nickname appears in the "from" field. But if I send an email to anyone using an Apple product it shows my real name on my credit card that I used with my Apple account. Nobody seems to know how to fix that.

I recently sent a tip to a news reporter. I was shocked when she emailed me back and asked me if she coudl quote me with my real name. I had no idea that I have been brodcasting my real name since 2012. I have sent many tips to the newspapers and even to the police (trying to be a good citizen).

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FoxFifth

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May 31, 2020 2:28 PM in response to phredog

Possibly the following: https://help.yahoo.com/kb/sending-yahoo-mail-sln28072.html

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phredog Author

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Jun 25, 2020 11:15 AM in response to phredog

I fixed it! Yayyyy!

I have multiple devices. Only one of them had my real name under Settins>Name PhonenumberEmail. After I changed it to match my nickname, the issue went away.

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May 31, 2020 2:35 PM in response to phredog

Consider: Use email aliases on iCloud.com https://support.apple.com/en-nz/guide/icloud-ipad/mm6b1a490a/icloud

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FoxFifth

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Jun 6, 2020 8:49 AM in response to phredog

See the "Gmail, Hotmail, and other accounts" section of the following: https://www.macworld.co.uk/how-to/mac-software/change-email-sender-name-apple-mail-3682378/

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When I send an email from my Yahoo account to an iPhone user my name appears in the email. How to make that stop?

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