Mail is suddenly cc'ing me when I hit reply all on a message that was originally sent to me

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Mail is suddenly cc'ing me when I hit reply all on a message that was originally sent to me

This is not normal Mail behavior and I think that it may have started with El Capitan. If someone sends me and another person an email, when I hit reply all I should not be added to the cc and get a copy of the email. It should just end up in my sent folder automatically. Why would I want another record of the email in the inbox all of a sudden. Outlook doesn't do this and Mail never did before. I'm using Exchange Server. I saw some comments about aliases not matching but I don't think that's the issue. This just started happening and Tech Support told me it's perfectly normal, which it isn't, and in fact her email did the same thing. This should be fixed.

iMac and Mac Book Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Oct 23, 2015 12:04 PM

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mzc500

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Oct 24, 2016 6:29 AM in response to stevenzac

I had this problem with my exchange account after upgrading to Sierra from Yosemite. Here is how I fixed it. Go into preferences > Accounts. Under the Account Information Tab click on the dropdown beside Email Addresses. Add in any alias that may be associated with your email. (For instance, the actual account is j.doe@email.com but you use an alias of John.x.doe@email.com.) Make sure they are both listed.

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Dec 7, 2016 9:33 AM in response to mzc500

Worked for me. Thanks! Having dual aliases was the culprit (using Exchange).

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Jan 29, 2016 8:05 AM in response to SJobbbs

Has anyone found a solution to this? it is annoying.

I have tried ticking and unticking 'automatically cc'ing myself' to no avail. It has always been unticked. If I leave it ticked it cc's me in twice!

Many thanks

OSX 10.11.1 (El Capitan)

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)

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May 9, 2016 9:04 PM in response to hello mcd

I experienced the same thing after downloading and installing El Capitan today (May 9th 2016) and noticed that the cc box was unchecked even. I shut mail down, opened it back up, and the problem was resolved. No more automatic cc'ing for me.

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stevenzac Author

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Oct 23, 2015 8:38 PM in response to stevenzac

The strangest thing happened tonight. All of a sudden when I would reply all it stopped cc'ing me. I didn't change any settings so I have no idea what fixed the problem.

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krishnag

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Nov 5, 2015 4:17 PM in response to stevenzac

I saw the same behavior today. I went to Preferences > Composing and checked and unchecked "Automatically cc myself". Then I restarted mail app. Now it stopped cc'ing me.

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SJobbbs

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Dec 2, 2015 10:50 AM in response to krishnag

I'm still experiencing the CC to myself when choosing reply all.

I've checked/unchecked and changed bcc/cc to no avail. It sure is annoying, but I'm still on Mavericks.

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Nov 30, 2016 12:11 PM in response to mzc500

this resolved it for me. Something to do with variations on my outlook email. Thanks!

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