Where is the setting to stop email addresses from automatically being added to People if they are not in Contact list already
stop auto add contacts
- Thread starter Groucho
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Using K-9 but the stock HTC is still set up. Didn't check there for setting. Maybe thats the answer. Going to take a look now.
Nope. Can't find anything in HTC Mail or Gmail that sets "unknown" email addresses to automatically be added to People. There is a "Save to Contacts" option in Phone Settings (add unknown numbers to People after call) but I do not have that checked. This is happening with email I send from K-9 or Gmail that is a reply to a name not in my Contents.
I have discovered since starting the thread that it cannot be done. Went over to HTC Community where there is a long discussion. Apparently Google has done this so they can capture addresses to boost there Buzz numbers which will in turn increase the advertising revenue. I am not a Buzz user but I guess if you open a Buzz account it loads all of your Google contacts whether you do it on a phone or PC. If this is the real reason I find it really intrusive and while am a big Google fan this has diminished my respect a bit. There is no easy way to group these unwanted contacts, you just have to go through your list and "seek and destroy". Maybe if Google gets enough complaints they will stop the process but I have little faith it will be anytime soon.
Apparently in KitKat (android 4.4) this is a new "feature." It's a known issue and people are complaining about it but getting no attention.
There are a couple of annoying hacky (but functional) workarounds here:
[Q] KitKat issue syncing contacts on an exch… | Android Development and Hacking | XDA Forums
And if you know any google employees, beg them to join in here:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61979
There are a couple of annoying hacky (but functional) workarounds here:
[Q] KitKat issue syncing contacts on an exch… | Android Development and Hacking | XDA Forums
And if you know any google employees, beg them to join in here:
https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61979
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