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How do I stop Mail.app from emailing alerts?

I use Google's calendar and can view it from Calendar (previously iCal) on my Mac. However, Google's calendar either sends me a SMS text message or an email, or both, depending on how I have my alert set up for the specific event. Before upgrading to Mountail Lion, iCal suddenly started launching Mail.app to send me an additional alert email. I turned that off in iCal. Now with Mountain Lion, the behavior is back, but there's no equivalent setting in Calendar to turn off. How do I stop Mountain Lion from using Mail.app to send me alerts for Calendar events?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion, iPhone OS 5.1.1

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 9:38 AM

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Jul 27, 2012 5:26 AM in response to spstanley

This is driven by Google Calendar and your default notification settings there - follow this and your issue will stop. I agree its annoying and it would be NICe if there was a setting in iCal that let me say "never emil reminders" for a given calendar, but it's not there so you can stop it over in Google.


http://support.google.com/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=37079

Jul 27, 2012 8:27 AM in response to SomeoneAnyone

This won't work for me, because if I turn off emailing notifications in Google Calendar and that does stop Calendar.app from sending me email, it will also stop Google Calendar from sending me email, which means instead of email from two sources for the same event, I'll receive none. I suppose the only thing I can do is deactivate my Google Calendar in Calendar.app, which means I won't see my Google Calendar events in Calendar.app or in Notifications, but at least the email from Calendar.app should stop.

Aug 7, 2012 7:14 PM in response to spstanley

Jesus H....!!!


I was having the EXACT same problem spstanley. After hours searching the web and my computer, YOU are the one that solved my problem. Amazing. As much as I love mac and always will, I am still amazed at times like this, when such a seemingly important setting is hidden away in such a spot that even the most clever mac-nerds would have trouble finding it.


THANK YOU again!!! Lifesaver!

Sep 21, 2012 3:42 AM in response to spstanley

I did this but still I keep receiving email notifications.

Actually, I get 2 for each Calender event I create;


The first email says:

“New Event” added to Agenda...


The second email that comes straight after the first says:

My Calendar text” updated in Agenda




It is also send to all my (6) collegues who I share this agenda with. It drives them nuts. When they add something to the agenda we do not get any emails.


I have been searching for solutions for months now but nothing helps;

- changing the setting through the web version of iCloud.

- disable sharing, change settings and re-invite all people


I have this since iCloud started and have meanhile switched to a new computer and updated the OS numerous times.

It only happens with 1 of my agenda's. I have 6. 4 of them shared and they work smoothly.


Any ideas? They are more than welcome.


Thanks,

Hans

Oct 10, 2012 8:14 PM in response to spstanley

Thanks for the info...I was having the same issue. I have my wife's calendar on my mac so I can see her work schedule and when I added it she started getting emails every day she worked. She was not pleased. I was going through and manually deleting the reminders out of the Calendar app until I found the ignore alerts thing on this forum.


Hope that solves the problem.


Thanks agian.

Oct 11, 2012 6:44 AM in response to spstanley

A twist...


I don't mind the notifications popping up in the righthand corner - it shows me the activity of those in my company's various departments - but I DON'T want the emails clogging up my mailbox.


For anyone in this position... here's what I did. Hope it helps.


1. Create a "rule" in Mail to block these notification emails. Here's how I set it up:


go to Mail / Preferences / Add Rule :


> If [ any ] the following conditions are met:

[ From ] [ contains ] [ "noreply@icloud.com"]


> Perform the following actions:

[ Move Message ] to mailbox: [ Junk ]


2. In iCal...

Leave "Ignore Alerts" UN-checked

Jan 6, 2013 6:47 AM in response to spstanley

This is NOT a solution!


The indicated "This fixed my issue" does not fix the issue. It doesn't stop mail from opening when Calendar gets an event that also has a mailed reminder. It simply stops the reminder from being emailed!!!

If I'm not in front of my iMac, then this doesn't send me an indication ... i.e. if I'm logged into a work computer running windows and even if I have my gmail window open, I still won't get an email reminder.


So your "solution" is not a solution.

Jan 6, 2013 7:00 AM in response to sbHere

sbHere wrote:


This is NOT a solution!


The indicated "This fixed my issue" does not fix the issue. It doesn't stop mail from opening when Calendar gets an event that also has a mailed reminder. It simply stops the reminder from being emailed!!!

If I'm not in front of my iMac, then this doesn't send me an indication ... i.e. if I'm logged into a work computer running windows and even if I have my gmail window open, I still won't get an email reminder.


So your "solution" is not a solution.

So start your own thread, this one is marked solved and will receive little attention.

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