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Ummm, why are people saying you can message on an e-mail address? This is ridiculous. It is using the Apple ID which MIGHT be the persons primary e-mail address, but not necessarily the one that you normally associate with them.

It checks to see if the email address is associated with a device compatible with iMessage.
 
Lol way to open yourself up to spam....

Ummm, why are people saying you can message on an e-mail address? This is ridiculous. It is using the Apple ID which MIGHT be the persons primary e-mail address, but not necessarily the one that you normally associate with them.

actually I created a email address specifically for iMessage I can disable it whenever I feel like it.

But I understand your concern.
 
Not everyone will think to do that. Someone already ha problems earlier in the thread

yes I had observed this this morning in a group chat with people being in meetings and university classes.

people need to realize that we all have bounderies with iMessage and people should respect that.
 
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