Turn off "Updated Calendar/Reminders e-mails"

This is an old thread and the procedures have changed. I am posting this to help people still searching to the solution to this ongoing issue. Here is the new way:

The settings are now tied to Calendar notifications. You need to turn off notifications in Calendar and the reminders will stop spamming you.

1. Log into icloud.com
2. Select the Calendar icon (or select it from the iCloud drop-down at the top left)
3. Select the gear at the bottom of the left column
4. Select Preferences, then Advanced
5. Uncheck "Email me shared calendar updates"
6. Click "Save"

I am surprise that Apple has not been fined thousands and thousands of dollars for vilotating CANSPAM and CASL for not having an "unsubscribe from these messages" link.

Same problem, coming out of the blue since yesterday. I have also unchecked evrything which can be unchecked and "smells" like a notification by email - no success.

APPLE, please help!!!

Yup, this happened to me too. It really kills our sharing as I don't want to receive dozens of emails.

Apple, what is going on?

Same here. Poking around iCloud.com does not reveal any preference that I can change, and the preferences for iCloud on the desktop seem even more minimal.

Same problem! It started this afternoon (Amsterdam time).

Still didn't find an answer on any forum exept that a lot of people experiance the same problem...

Same annoying problem here that started after last week's updates.

Same here. But I'm afraid as usual Apple is not reading and reacting. 😢

Same here, first e-mail 15-3-2012 8:33 Amsterdam time. Tried everything, also re-sharing all accounts. No effect. This morning (16-3) spoke to Apple support: until then it was not a known issue. They promised to call me back today, so lets hope they do with good news...

Apple: please fix this server-side issue.

I'm having this issue as well. My wife and I share a Groceries reminders list and I'm getting an email every time she checks off an item... very annoying.

Can anyone in this post still claim support from Apple without service charge? If yes, please raise the issue to Apple, and share the result in this post. Thank you.

Gerhard

Yes, mine has just started doing this as well (UK). We had a perfectly good thing going on with a family shared calendar nad now we're all getting sprayed with unecessary e-mails. I can't believe some of the ill-advised stuff Apple is implementing these days.

Having the same problem. Very annoying.

One thing that looks promising but is not yet working: if you sign into your calendar on iCloud.com, you'll see that any shared calendar/reminder list has a green circle icon (looks like it's "transmitting") next to it. If you click on that icon, there's a checkbox for this preference:

"Email me when this calendar is changed"

or

"Email me when reminders are updated"

The problem is, unchecking the boxes doesn't stop those emails. In fact, it seems the default is unchecked. I played around with this (check--uncheck--check--uncheck) to no avail.

Another user posted the following in another discussion (link):

"Just got off the phone with an Apple iCal Representative. Here's what we did to fix the problem:

Pulled up the Library folder and dragged the "Caches" folder and dragged it to the trash.

Then, we went into the Preferences folder and deleted anything with ".ical" in it.

That seemed to fix them problem. Hope this helps!"

I haven't tried this yet.

Same exact issue here. Started 2 days ago. Very annoying. I assume something changed server side on iCloud. I don't see how a preference file on my desktop or laptop can possibly fix this.

I too, am experiencing the same problem. Clearly Apple flipped some switch that has caused this annoying feature.

I am also now receiving emails that can't be read on my iphone. The emails are from "no sender", yet I can see and read the emails on my mac. very strange.

Seems to have stopped. Anyone else?