mail and address book names...

[Peruvian]

When using mail with my address book, if a contact has a last name and no first name, the last name appears in the first name place, therefore when sending a mail for example to Jon, it changes the contact to Jon Jon, and this shows up in mail as well..

Does anybody have this issue??? How do i stop this happening...

Thanks P.....

 

[devburke]

That’s weird that that’s happening. Is Jon really the last name? Sounds like a first name. If you put it as a first name, you might not have this issue.

 

[CorvusCamenarum]

Why not just make a placeholder for the first name, say "Q".

 

[GGJstudios]

Why not just make a placeholder for the first name, say "Q".

... or maybe "Mr."

 

[MacVixen]

To tag onto this issue.... does the address book always have to have a first and last name in it?

I find with my husband, who I like to list as "Honey" is my address book always has his name changed to "Honey Verg".... I think it's from when he sends me emails and the address book is trying to "help" me by updating his name? How do I get it to just say "honey"??

 

[GGJstudios]

To tag onto this issue.... does the address book always have to have a first and last name in it?

I find with my husband, who I like to list as "Honey" is my address book always has his name changed to "Honey Verg".... I think it's from when he sends me emails and the address book is trying to "help" me by updating his name? How do I get it to just say "honey"??

No, it doesn't need a first and last name. Just put in "Honey" as the first name, with no last name. It will work fine.
With this in Address Book:

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I get this in Mail:

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The same works if you only want a last name. Put the last name with no first name in Address Book:

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and you get this in Mail:

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[Peruvian]

usually when the first name is empty, the last name seems to get copied to the first name, hence doubling the name...

This only happens when using mail...

 

[Peruvian]

To tag onto this issue.... does the address book always have to have a first and last name in it?

I find with my husband, who I like to list as "Honey" is my address book always has his name changed to "Honey Verg".... I think it's from when he sends me emails and the address book is trying to "help" me by updating his name? How do I get it to just say "honey"??

Similar issue, but mine adds the same name... Not a different one...

 

[devburke]

No, it doesn't need a first and last name. Just put in "Honey" as the first name, with no last name. It will work fine.
With this in Address Book:

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I get this in Mail:

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The same works if you only want a last name. Put the last name with no first name in Address Book:

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and you get this in Mail:

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Why use first name for “Honey” instead of the more appropriate “Nickname” field?

 

[Peruvian]

Why use first name for “Honey” instead of the more appropriate “Nickname” field?

But what difference does it make where you put the name, it shouldnt be adding an extra name without your authorisation..

 

[GGJstudios]

usually when the first name is empty, the last name seems to get copied to the first name, hence doubling the name...

This only happens when using mail...

Not sure why yours is doing that. Mine doesn't, as I illustrated.

 

[devburke]

But what difference does it make where you put the name, it shouldnt be adding an extra name without your authorisation..

Yeah as for your original post, I dunno, I guess it’s a bug. I was able to reproduce it, so it’s not just your system. But when I entered it as a first name, instead of last, everything worked fine, so I’d suggest doing that.