I have my Gmail account set up on my iPhone as Exchange, to get push email. The issue I am having:
In my Gmail account settings, I have it set to send mail using only my initials, so that when I send a message to someone they will only see (A J) for example. When sending emails from my browser in gmail, this works fine. If I go to my iPhone, and send a response to an email thread, it will send from my full name. Any emails that I send from my iPhone automatically show my full name. Is there some type of account setting for this? I don't want it to use my full name when I send email from the phone. I have looked everywhere and don't see any setting for this. I have also called Apple support and they have no idea.
Anyone able to help?
Update: Problem is solved and here is the fix:
In my Gmail account settings, I have it set to send mail using only my initials, so that when I send a message to someone they will only see (A J) for example. When sending emails from my browser in gmail, this works fine. If I go to my iPhone, and send a response to an email thread, it will send from my full name. Any emails that I send from my iPhone automatically show my full name. Is there some type of account setting for this? I don't want it to use my full name when I send email from the phone. I have looked everywhere and don't see any setting for this. I have also called Apple support and they have no idea.
Anyone able to help?
Update: Problem is solved and here is the fix:
Ok, I just figured out how to correct this problem. You have to log into the gmail website to do this.
-Log into gmail.com
-click on settings on the top
-click on the 'Accounts and Imports' tab
-scroll down and click on 'Google Account settings'
-towards the top left, click on 'edit your personal info'
-here you can change your first and last name. You will need to put something into the Last Name field. You can put in just an initial if you want
-make sure to click SAVE at the bottom
I myself changed the last name to just an initial, and when I sent an email from my iPhone, it now shows just the initial instead of the full last name.
My gmail on my iPhone is set up through gmail's exchange server too, just so everyone knows.