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Wrong sender name in Inbox Apple Mail.

In Apple Mail, in the Inbox every mail from a specific sender shows the wrong sender name.

While opening the mail, the name above is correct. How is that possible, rather how can I fix this?

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Posted on Nov 16, 2017 10:51 AM

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Posted on Nov 16, 2017 11:13 AM

pmulleners wrote:


In Apple Mail, in the Inbox every mail from a specific sender shows the wrong sender name.

While opening the mail, the name above is correct. How is that possible, rather how can I fix this?

Try the advice listed in: Rebuild mailboxes - Apple Support

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Nov 17, 2017 5:18 AM in response to pmulleners

If you receive a mail from some sender example whose contact name is " maintenance " but their complete mail address is different say example@gmail.com , when ever you receive a mail from them it will be shown as " maintenance " .

And inspite of displaying complete mail address it will show only " maintenance " .


And you compose a mail to their mail address by composing a new mail in mail application and fill up the credentials and click on send button , it will move from your mail app , after sometime if you again forward this mail to " maintenance " it will show like this .

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The small star is your real name or what ever name you have decided that is added in address book , thats the reason star ( real name ) and " maintenance " are showing different .

Wrong sender name in Inbox Apple Mail.

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