# Device Contacts option missing w/ Chatmail

**URL:** <https://forum.delta.chat/t/device-contacts-option-missing-w-chatmail/3108>\
**Category:** Mutual Help\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [June 5, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/device-contacts-option-missing-w-chatmail/3108 "2024-06-05T07:38:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![maemunman](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/maemunman/32/1740_2.png) [@maemunman](https://forum.delta.chat/u/maemunman)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/device-contacts-option-missing-w-chatmail/3108/1 "2024-06-05T07:38:08Z")

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**Delta Chat version** 1.46.2

**Expected behavior**

Well if you are using a classic email account, there is an option in the settings that enables/disables Deltachat to look at the device’s contacts and make people’s names and photos inside Deltachat to match those in the system contacts.

**Actual behavior**

If you are using a chatmail account, the option is gone. I wonder whether there is a reason for this.

**Steps to reproduce the problem**

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**Screen snapshots**

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**Debug logs**

> **Logs**
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> ```auto
> <!--
> If applicable, debug logs can be copied from within the Delta Chat app: 
> 
> Open the _Settings_ menu -> _About_ -> _version number|Info_.
> 
> Alternatively from the Android system log:
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> ` adb logcat -v time -s DeltaChat `
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> This log contains private data (e.g. mail address, provider information) which shall be removed or anonymised prior to posting.
> -->
> 
> ```

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/device-contacts-option-missing-w-chatmail/3108/2 "2024-06-05T11:17:08Z")

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the reason is that with chatmail, you can only write encrypted messages - which is doable as described eg. at [Instant Onboarding and Instant Message Delivery - Delta Chat](https://delta.chat/en/2024-05-31-instant-onboarding#getting-in-contact-with-human-fellows)

offering random addresses from the addressbook, that probably do not use deltachat, seemed not to be helpful - at least on the first iteration, we did not see a usecase and removed the option for chatmail at [hide IMAP folder options on chatmail by r10s · Pull Request #3050 · deltachat/deltachat-android · GitHub](https://github.com/deltachat/deltachat-android/pull/3050)

to be clear: the option is still available when using a classic email address as a profile.

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**Author:** ![r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/user_avatar/forum.delta.chat/r10s/32/1513_2.png) [@r10s](https://forum.delta.chat/u/r10s)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.delta.chat/t/device-contacts-option-missing-w-chatmail/3108/3 "2026-10-06T15:14:34Z")

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