The attached pic says it all. How did the bottom three options end up on this computer in Internet Accounts and how do I get them out of there? It feels sketchy to me. This is on a friend's computer that she asked me to help her with something else, but I spotted this while helping her troubleshoot.
MacBook Air (M1, 2020)
I can’t find any settings that would modify this list. My guess is that it’s built on the fly based on the Mac location. For instance, in the US, the list shows AOL and Outlook.com instead of the Chinese providers you show.
Do you know of any reason the Mac would think it’s somehow tied to China? A recent trip there?
I can’t find any settings that would modify this list. My guess is that it’s built on the fly based on the Mac location. For instance, in the US, the list shows AOL and Outlook.com instead of the Chinese providers you show.
Do you know of any reason the Mac would think it’s somehow tied to China? A recent trip there?
Those are well-known Chinese email providers. I imagine that the Mac offers them as potential choices because the Mac is (or was) somewhat using a Chinese location (perhaps even a time zone) or Wi-Fi access point.
A long shot: open Terminal (in the folder Applications > Utilities), execute the following command (which is longer/larger than the screen displays - copy and paste its entirety) by taking care to replace "[your username]" with the actual username of the logged on user:
defaults read /Users/[your username]/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.mail/Library/Preferences/group.com.apple.mail.plist
Copy the output of Terminal and paste it in your reply using the "Additional text" icon in the reply toolbar:
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Is there any way to remove the account options from China?
Yes. The user has travelled to China in the past.
Strange account options in Internet Accounts
