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iPhone sending messages as email
I have an android phone. My friend has an iPhone 14. His Message app is set to “Send as SMS.” But when he sends me a message, I receive an email. The return address on the email is his phone number (...
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Official Support TeamThere's also a remote possibility they've configured iMessage to send from their Apple ID only which might affect how their devices sends to other devices.
On an iPhone tap on: Settings > Privacy and Security > Messages > Send & Receive > Check here to see what they've selected for "send to/from". If their phone number isn't selected, it makes sense they won't notice an issue messaging other iPhones and the issue you've described with your phone.
Thanks, I will check this out on friend's iPhone the next time I see him.
I've just returned from visiting another friend. I found that he recently received 2 emails in which the return address was in the format [email protected]. He assumed they were some kind of spam and filed them in the trash bin without opening them.
