Thanks for reply. I've managed to sort the problem by deleting my work email account from my iphone. Now those hundreds of strangers are no longer suggested as possible recipients - whew!
> On 9 Jul 2014, at 02:00, Christopher Chaltain <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can try going into the Contacts app and clicking on the Groups button at > the top of the screen. Make sure your university account is not selected and > see if that helps. > > I assume your university is running Exchange and you selected contacts when > you added that account to your iPhone. > >> On 07/08/2014 02:06 PM, Ioana Gandrabur wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm not sure I understand how adding a mail account would add contacts to >> icloud. I thought it just adds mailboxes. >> If the work contacts are in icloud you should see them in the contacts app >> somewhere. Maybe they are in a speciffic group? >> If so you could remove them if you have a computer that's also synked to >> icloud? >> >> Hope you get this solved. >> >> Best, >> >> Ioana >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 2:52 PM, Harry Bell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I made a big mistake when I added my university workplace email account to >>> the Mail app on my iPhone 5s running ios 7.0.2: I did not ensure that >>> icloud would not sync all my workplace contacts. I realized my mistake a >>> couple of minutes later and changed iCloud setting so it should no longer >>> sync my workplace email contacts - but too late! Now, though the Cpntacts >>> app on my iphone still only shows my personal contacts, whenever I compose >>> an email and begin to type in the name in the To edit field suggestions pop >>> up of literally hundreds of people at the university I have never met or >>> heard of before! How can I stop all these names appearing and go back to >>> only having my personal Contacts as suggestions? Any advice welcome! >>> Thanks >>> Harry >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. >>> All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any >>> questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a >>> member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators >>> directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list >>> can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any > questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a > member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators > directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list > can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
