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Old 03-05-2012, 19:58
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i'm trying to set up email on my new iPad, and my email address needs to start with "recent:", but the virtual keyboard seems to be context-dependent, and the one that appears while entering email addresses doesn't have a colon, even after pressing the numerical or symbol keys. Anyone else had this problem?
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Old 03-05-2012, 20:18
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You can copy and paste it in. (This used to work anyway, not tested it right now)
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Old 03-05-2012, 20:35
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It seems copy and paste is the only option. If you google the problem you can find no end of forum threads going back to when the iPad 1 was brand new asking the same question. With no other answer bar copy and paste.
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Old 03-05-2012, 22:13
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Thanks for replies. It's weird! The colon is on the normal keyboard.
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Old 03-05-2012, 22:21
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A colon is not technically meant to be in an email so Apple hide it.
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Old 04-05-2012, 12:07
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A colon is not technically meant to be in an email so Apple hide it.
Yes, I've just found that out; I copied and pasted the "recent:" and iPad said "Not a valid email address"
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Old 04-05-2012, 16:08
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Are you sure the recent: bit is part of your email address? I've certainly never seen or heard of a colon in an email address.
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Old 05-05-2012, 14:01
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I'm trying to set up "recent mode" for my Virgin Media mail account, but I now realise I'm probably going the wrong way about it (I'm still getting to grips with the iPad).

Thanks for all replies.
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