Delete individual email address suggestion?

camner · 24 Sep 2019, 01:41 AM

FM helpfully (usually...) provides email address suggestions (when composing an email) based on previous addresses (sent or received) that are NOT in the FM contact list.

For me, a number of those suggestions are obsolete addresses, and I find myself at time accidentally selecting the wrong one from the list of suggestions.

Is there a way to delete individual suggested email addresses?

janusz · 24 Sep 2019, 03:03 AM

This isn't FM specific. For a general solution applicable in Windows see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1220341 (AFAIK this works with other browsers too)

camner · 24 Sep 2019, 03:58 AM

Sorry...I wasn't specific enough in my question; I'm sorry for the omission. I was asking the question with respect to the FM iOS app.

@janusz: I appreciate your taking the time to reply.

misc · 24 Sep 2019, 05:02 AM

Hi Camner,

this is strange. Usually the Fastmail iOS app (as well as the Fastmail web client) only suggests contacts from your (Fastmail) address book, I just verified this on my phone. Are you sure the suggested addresses aren’t in your FM contacts? Do you have "Auto-save contacts" turned off in Settings → Preferences → Advanced Settings, Section "Compose & Reply"?

Cheers,
Michael

camner · 24 Sep 2019, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by misc

Hi Camner,

this is strange. Usually the Fastmail iOS app (as well as the Fastmail web client) only suggests contacts from your (Fastmail) address book, I just verified this on my phone. Are you sure the suggested addresses aren’t in your FM contacts? Do you have "Auto-save contacts" turned off in Settings → Preferences → Advanced Settings, Section "Compose & Reply"?

Let me check this. Thanks.

camner · 24 Sep 2019, 11:44 AM

It turns out that on one of the 4 devices on which we use FM, the Auto Save Contacts WAS turned on, which probably explains what happened.

Thanks.

24 Sep 2019, 01:41 AM	#1
camner Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 642	Delete individual email address suggestion? FM helpfully (usually...) provides email address suggestions (when composing an email) based on previous addresses (sent or received) that are NOT in the FM contact list. For me, a number of those suggestions are obsolete addresses, and I find myself at time accidentally selecting the wrong one from the list of suggestions. Is there a way to delete individual suggested email addresses?

24 Sep 2019, 03:03 AM	#2
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,943	This isn't FM specific. For a general solution applicable in Windows see https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1220341 (AFAIK this works with other browsers too)

24 Sep 2019, 03:58 AM	#3
camner Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 642	Sorry...I wasn't specific enough in my question; I'm sorry for the omission. I was asking the question with respect to the FM iOS app. @janusz: I appreciate your taking the time to reply.

24 Sep 2019, 05:02 AM	#4
misc Essential Contributor Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Germany Posts: 251	Hi Camner, this is strange. Usually the Fastmail iOS app (as well as the Fastmail web client) only suggests contacts from your (Fastmail) address book, I just verified this on my phone. Are you sure the suggested addresses aren’t in your FM contacts? Do you have "Auto-save contacts" turned off in Settings → Preferences → Advanced Settings, Section "Compose & Reply"? Cheers, Michael

24 Sep 2019, 11:44 AM	#6
camner Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 642	It turns out that on one of the 4 devices on which we use FM, the Auto Save Contacts WAS turned on, which probably explains what happened. Thanks.