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My Weather Inbox ????

I had something show up on my iPhone 6 that looked like it was a normal app. Alas, it doesn't appear to be. It looked all right until it asked to be installed through settings. Now it shows up as an actual email address and it appears that it is spam email. I tried to delete the inbox, and there is no option to delete it. Any ideas from where this came? The host name is 20160104.imap.email? I have turned it off and deleted turned off the server, but I don't want it on my phone. HELP!

Posted on Jan 3, 2016 7:10 PM

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cheryl1004

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Posted on Sep 12, 2017 8:26 AM

For iPhone 6, the Weather Box Configuration Profile needs to be deleted.

Find your profiles in Settings > General > Profiles. Tap Settings > General > Profiles and then delete the Weather Box Configuration Profile.

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JanSKay

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15 points

Jul 10, 2016 4:59 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

Thank you so much! My husband installed a Runtastic Altimeter app that installed that email account which delivered a ton of spammy emails. Really appreciate you reminding me about the profile info to get rid of it! Much obliged.

Jul 14, 2016 2:01 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

Hey Zach - THANKS! I had the same problem, and the emails from WEATHER ALERTS would not stop. Really appreciate the fix. Can't believe companies can hijack your iPhone like this - call me naive. You're great.

Jul 19, 2016 1:45 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

Just happened to me....Thank you Zach...Do you think it necessary to change PW? my phone also uses/needs fingerprint so I think I'm ok, but please let me know. Thanks.

Jul 23, 2016 7:43 PM in response to doncow

Thank you for the help! The solution worked perfectly!

Jul 29, 2016 5:45 AM in response to ZachEAikins18

THANK you!!!

bettina1

Level 1

8 points

Jul 29, 2016 6:02 AM in response to ZachEAikins18

Thanks Zach. It worked. I, too, had this app & email show up on my iPhone 5 and now it is gone. Thank you!

Jul 30, 2016 4:28 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

Thank you SO much. That awful "My Weather" app (that I tried through a banner on The Guardian news site whom I trusted not to accept disreputable advertisers) hijacked my iPhone "Mail" app so that I only saw their Inbox and Gmail Inbox but NO LONGER got to see my critical Gmail "Sent box, Drafts, Folders, etc." The MyWeather app also started sending me many advertising e-mails immediately which was an invasion of my e-mail and disruptive my time. I won't be fooled by them again thinking they are a helpful app approved by The Guardian as one of their paying advertisers.

jwl0201

Level 1

4 points

Aug 23, 2016 10:22 AM in response to doncow

Go to Settings>General>Profile and you'll be able to delete it there.

Aug 23, 2016 12:50 PM in response to jwl0201

My Dad's iPad Air has three of these weather-related email accounts. There is no Profile option under "Settings>General". What to do?

Thank you!

Aug 25, 2016 7:43 AM in response to ZachEAikins18

My Dad's iPad Air has three of these weather-related email accounts. There is no Profile option under "Settings>General". What to do?

Thank you!

Sep 10, 2016 9:23 AM in response to doncow

Fixed. Many thanks.

Sep 27, 2016 1:35 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

Very Helpful....Thanks so much!!!!!

Nov 20, 2016 5:50 AM in response to Monty Cook

well whoever , thanks for help on deleting "weather box"

Dec 9, 2016 5:21 AM in response to doncow

Thanks to all who posted. I just discovered this last night and have been freaking out, too. The weather app was in my profile under settings, but didn't look installed. I deleted it and the "secret" email address disappeared. I have had so many various issues, I'm now wondering how many are attached to this. Do I have continuing security issues. Could they have gotten into anything else?

She1963

Level 1

4 points

Dec 13, 2016 4:11 PM in response to ZachEAikins18

Thank you so much Zach this info helped me to remove this from my phone as well

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