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jkingy12345 Author

Level 1

9 points

Mail: Name is Holidays in United Kingdom

Hi,

I am using the mail application on my Macbook Pro. I have a gmail account which I use through the mail application, and for some reason it is recognising my email address as "Holidays in United Kingdom", even for people who send me emails which looks horrifically unprofessional.

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/v9cDh48PgmU

This is being discussed over on gmail forums also but I wondered if anyone could provide a solution, note I have tried all the solutions suggested on the linked page which have not resolved my issue.

Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 7, 2015 2:00 PM

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SmathKernow

Level 1

5 points

Posted on Jan 19, 2015 9:45 AM

Me again! So... I have found two potential solutions:

1. Go to your MAC Calendar and de-select the 'holidays in united kingdom' boxes

2. Go to your GMAIL account, select your gmail calendar (found on the top right corner, click on the 9 little square boxes icon, select calendar. Look at the left navigation panel, and click settings in the drop down arrow on 'other calendars'. At the bottom of the list you will see 'Holidays in the United Kingdom' - to the right you will see that you can 'unsubscribe' from this calendar. Do that.

I have undertaken both these actions, so hopefully I have sorted the issue. Unless I write again, assume it's the solution! Hope it works for you.

Thanks

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Jan 19, 2015 8:43 AM in response to jkingy12345

I have this problem too - really annoying and unprofessional looking. Did you get a resolution?

jkingy12345 Author

Level 1

9 points

Jan 19, 2015 9:15 AM in response to SmathKernow

Unfortunately not.

Apr 3, 2015 6:32 AM in response to jkingy12345

I've encountered this issue a couple of times and found it needs to tackled in two ways.

The first is to make sure that your email address has been added to your contact card in Apple's Contacts application. The second step is to compose a new email and let the email addresses populate in the drop down window. Then select holidays in the United Kingdom for your new email. Once selected hover over the name and a disclosure triangle to the right of it will appear. Click the triangle and select "Remove from Previous Recipients List”. Close and re-open Mail and all should be back to normal.

paulo62

Level 1

4 points

Oct 2, 2015 8:26 PM in response to William Lloyd

What else is it going to be? It happens to many users.

Eric Root

Level 10

684,603 points

Oct 9, 2015 11:33 AM in response to jkingy12345

Gmail name comes up as Holidays in the United States

Mail: Name is Holidays in United Kingdom