How to get .me emails NOT forwarded to .icloud

[drsox]

I had an old .me email account that is now full of spam thanks to some unknown Mac software supplier's email list having been hacked. I don't want all this carp to be forwarded to my current un-spammed .icloud account as is the case. How can I get the .me account forever deleted and banished ? Cheers

 

[Mr_Brightside_@]

https://appleid.apple.com ?

 

[tjwilliams25]

Open the Mail app preferences and deselect the .me alias. You can do this on all of your devices, or you can do it universally from http://icloud.com.

 

[drsox]

https://appleid.apple.com ?

Thanks. Sounds like a good idea, but the apple id link only allows for the adding of email addresses. The .me address is listed as an alias of my apple id email - that may be the case, but how to eliminate it remains to be discovered !
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Open the Mail app preferences and deselect the .me alias. You can do this on all of your devices, or you can do it universally from http://icloud.com.

Thanks. Done that. Still remains as far as receiving emails is concerned. See previous post !

 

[ApfelKuchen]

You probably can't have me.com banished, because it's probably one and the same account. Mail sent to yourname@me.com is not being forwarded to yourname@icloud.com - both addresses arrive in the same mailbox (as if your city changed the name of your street). https://support.apple.com/HT201771

If that me.com address is an alias, rather than the main me.com/icloud.com account name, you could delete the alias. https://support.apple.com/kb/PH2622

 

[BrianBaughn]

If it's like mine at iCloud the @me.com address isn't an alias. It's some sort of an alternate email address. Settings for an iCloud email alias do not apply.

Unless someone has been through this before I think you're going to have to call Apple about this one. If they can't switch it off...nobody can. Court Order notwithstanding.

 

[chown33]

If it's like mine at iCloud the @me.com address isn't an alias. It's some sort of an alternate email address. Settings for an iCloud email alias do not apply.

Unless someone has been through this before I think you're going to have to call Apple about this one. If they can't switch it off...nobody can. Court Order notwithstanding.

Maybe there's a way to setup a filter that looks at the To: address for "<yourname.me>" and files it in Junk.

 

[Weaselboy]

Maybe there's a way to setup a filter that looks at the To: address for "<yourname.me>" and files it in Junk.

Good idea. From looking at the rules at iCloud.com, I think this would do the trick.

 

[drsox]

You probably can't have me.com banished, because it's probably one and the same account. Mail sent to yourname@me.com is not being forwarded to yourname@icloud.com - both addresses arrive in the same mailbox (as if your city changed the name of your street). https://support.apple.com/HT201771

If that me.com address is an alias, rather than the main me.com/icloud.com account name, you could delete the alias. https://support.apple.com/kb/PH2622

Thanks. I checked and it's not an alias it's an actual email account, so not so easy to use the dialogues to delete. I'll keep poking away.
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If it's like mine at iCloud the @me.com address isn't an alias. It's some sort of an alternate email address. Settings for an iCloud email alias do not apply.

Unless someone has been through this before I think you're going to have to call Apple about this one. If they can't switch it off...nobody can. Court Order notwithstanding.

Thanks. I agree.
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Good idea. From looking at the rules at iCloud.com, I think this would do the trick.

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Thanks. I think that's happening already as all the emails to .me seems to be put in Junk without any action on my part. I'll tweak it to get it into Trash instead. Yep, that worked fine !