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when i send an email (AOL) it states my name and email address.
Is there any way to delete/hide my name from the recipient ?

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  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
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    I'm not familiar with AOL, but there should be a "sender's name" or "your name" field you can change somewhere in the settings.
  • libra10
    libra10 Posts: 19,577 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Might be some useful information here


    https://help.aol.co.uk/articles/aol-mail-mail-settings


    HTH
  • wongataa
    wongataa Posts: 2,705 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    castle96 wrote: »
    when i send an email (AOL) it states my name and email address.
    Is there any way to delete/hide my name from the recipient ?
    Why? I would be suspicious of any email with no sender details and would delete it.

    You could change the name and return email address to blank spaces or underscores. That would do what you want. Your actual details could still be seen in the full headers though.
  • esuhl
    esuhl Posts: 9,409 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    wongataa wrote: »
    Why? I would be suspicious of any email with no sender details and would delete it.

    I rarely set up a sender name for my email accounts. I've never had anyone blindly delete an email just because it didn't have a name attached!
    wongataa wrote: »
    You could change the name and return email address to blank spaces or underscores. That would do what you want. Your actual details could still be seen in the full headers though.

    Why would you delete an email with no sender name, but not one with a different return-path to the sender address?
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