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iPhone texting via Eircom.net - How does this happen?

Dinarius · 2014-06-09 11:34:46

I have an iPhone 4s and so does a friend of mine. When I send him a text, at the top of the window, on his phone, is not my name or number (as he has them in Contacts) but MyName@eircom.net - i.e. my email address. He doesn't have my email address in Contacts, yet I appear to be sending him texts this way. How is this so?…

09-06-2014 11:34am

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Dinarius

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I have an iPhone 4s and so does a friend of mine.

When I send him a text, at the top of the window, on his phone, is not my name or number (as he has them in Contacts) but MyName@eircom.net - i.e. my email address.

He doesn't have my email address in Contacts, yet I appear to be sending him texts this way.

How is this so? Not that it really matters, just curious.

Thanks.

D.

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#2 09-06-2014 11:51am

davo2001

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It's using iMessage not SMS.

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#3 09-06-2014 12:05pm

guil

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To fix it go to settings>messages. Scroll down to send and receive and make sure only your phone number is ticked for send from.

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