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iCloud+'s New Custom Email Domain Feature Now Available in Beta

crofford said:
I made all of the DNS updates and followed the beta setup instructions that had the verification buttons. When I got to the end it said complete. There were no other instructions. I sent an email to the me@mydomain.com that I had configured and it was successfully forwarded and deposited into my iCloud email account myname@icloud.com. Unless there are other instructions for spoofing the send from account I don't see how you can send something from this new email address. I replied to the email that I sent myself and the send from address is my myname@icloud.com address.
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It's probably an example of some engineer that said we can do a simple forwarding service with custom domains for almost zero cost. Then the marketing guys turned it into something completely different.
 
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crofford said:
I made all of the DNS updates and followed the beta setup instructions that had the verification buttons. When I got to the end it said complete. There were no other instructions. I sent an email to the me@mydomain.com that I had configured and it was successfully forwarded and deposited into my iCloud email account myname@icloud.com. Unless there are other instructions for spoofing the send from account I don't see how you can send something from this new email address. I replied to the email that I sent myself and the send from address is my myname@icloud.com address.
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I just verified by configuring my e-mail in Outlook 2021 where I can get more information for the e-mail header. My e-mails are being delivered directly, no forwarding happening.

But when writing new e-mails or replying I have no option for using my custom domain. Then I only have @me.com and @icloud.com options available.

This seems to be a limitation with the current BETA. There is no forwarding happening for the incoming e-mails. At least not for me.
 
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guilli said:
How did you solve it? I'm having the same issue on Namecheap.
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I blanked out anything I assume was specific to me but hopefully this helps with Namecheap.

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RamGuy said:
I just verified by configuring my e-mail in Outlook 2021 where I can get more information for the e-mail header. My e-mails are being delivered directly, no forwarding happening.

But when writing new e-mails or replying I have no option for using my custom domain. Then I only have @me.com and @icloud.com options available.

This seems to be a limitation with the current BETA. There is no forwarding happening for the incoming e-mails. At least not for me.
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I'm not seeing any forwarding either. For complete transparency here are the headers from Google to custom iCloud domain

To: "michael@michael.band" <michael@michael.band>
X-Apple-Uuid: 37b13037-8c46-4cb0-9bf6-97f5e340ec5e
Original-Recipient: rfc822;michael@michael.band

X-Received: by 2002:aca:171a:: with SMTP id j26mr8042470oii.69.1629920992057; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:49:52 -0700 (PDT)

X-Apple-Action: MOVE_TO_FOLDER/INBOX
X-Apple-Movetofolder: INBOX
X-Dmarc-Info: pass=pass; dmarc-policy=quarantine; s=r0; d=r1
X-Dmarc-Policy: v=DMARC1; p=quarantine; rua=mailto:dmarc@ar-heh.uriports.com; ruf=mailto:dmarc@ar-heh.uriports.com; fo=1:d:s

Received-Spf: pass (spf.icloud.com: domain of me@arheh.com designates 209.85.167.176 as permitted sender) receiver=spf.icloud.com; client-ip=209.85.167.176; helo=mail-oi1-f176.google.com; envelope-from=me@arheh.com

Received: from mr11p00im-smtpin004.me.com by p67-mailgateway-smtp-67f4497d5c-xpmkl (mailgateway 2116B182) with SMTP id 37b13037-8c46-4cb0-9bf6-97f5e340ec5e for <michael@michael.band>; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:50:01 GMT

Received: from mail-oi1-f176.google.com (mail-oi1-f176.google.com [209.85.167.176]) by mr11p00im-smtpin004.me.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3A4CEC88E3B for <michael@michael.band>; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 19:49:57 +0000 (UTC)

Received: by mail-oi1-f176.google.com with SMTP id c79so920614oib.11 for <michael@michael.band>; Wed, 25 Aug 2021 12:49:57 -0700 (PDT)
 
crofford said:
It's probably an example of some engineer that said we can do a simple forwarding service with custom domains for almost zero cost. Then the marketing guys turned it into something completely different.
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That doesn't make much sense. Mails being delivered directly via mx records, or being forwarded to your iCloud inbox doesn't make a dime of difference for Apple. It's not like your e-mails are not being stored in iCloud if they are being forwarded from @yourdomain.com --> @icloud.com.
 
Ruggy said:
Looks like you already have to own the domain which is a bit of a pain as it's a minefield.
They look like they are cheap and easy but at each step you end up paying a bit more: registration, anti spam, database ad-guard etc etc until you realise you are actually paying quite a lot and when you come to renew the prices can turn out to be horrendous because in fact they were all special introductory prices.

I was rather hoping they were going to supply them and make the whole process transparent and easy.
Not so useful then to most private customers.
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I've just discovered Google Domains (domains.google.com) for registering. Super straightforward, and no upsells. I'm not a huge fan of Google, but Network Solutions and Go Daddy were about to drive me crazy with confusing packages and exorbitant costs.
 
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crofford said:
I made all of the DNS updates and followed the beta setup instructions that had the verification buttons. When I got to the end it said complete. There were no other instructions. I sent an email to the me@mydomain.com that I had configured and it was successfully forwarded and deposited into my iCloud email account myname@icloud.com. Unless there are other instructions for spoofing the send from account I don't see how you can send something from this new email address. I replied to the email that I sent myself and the send from address is my myname@icloud.com address.
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What are you using to send the email? If you are running iOS 15 beta, you can send from the mail.app using the custom domain also from beta.icoud.com. From my iPhone running iOS 14 I cannot send using the custom domain.

Has anyone figured out a way to completely disable your iCloud account (me.com or iCloud.com) so you no longer receive email there?
 
lah said:
What are you using to send the email? If you are running iOS 15 beta, you can send from the mail.app using the custom domain also from beta.icoud.com. From my iPhone running iOS 14 I cannot send using the custom domain.
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I don't have the option on beta.icloud.com/mail. But it does show on iOS 15 and iPadOS 15.
 
RamGuy said:
That doesn't make much sense. Mails being delivered directly via mx records, or being forwarded to your iCloud inbox doesn't make a dime of difference for Apple. It's not like your e-mails are not being stored in iCloud if they are being forwarded from @yourdomain.com --> @icloud.com.
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I'm not sure we're on the same page.
The MX record makes the email address a valid DNS-resolvable item on the Internet. There's still not a real mailbox anywhere for me@mydomain.com.
When you send an email to me@mydomain.com apple's mail services take that message and drops it into your myname@icloud.com mailbox.

Are we in sync with that understanding?
 
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I have tried but it cannot verify my current custom email.
I did also try "skip", and added the right settings. I can create a new email abc@mydomain.com, and tested working, but cannot create the current xyz@mydomain.com email with unknown error and asking to try again.

I had to revert back to my current mail provider.
 

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RamGuy said:
I don't have the option on beta.icloud.com/mail. But it does show on iOS 15 and iPadOS 15.
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Interesting... for me, it neither shows up in iCloud Beta nor on iOS / iPad OS (14). So the "send as" just doesn't work for some people right now.

well, it's a beta ;-)
 
Would someone who uses Google Domains be kind enough to post a screenshot of their DNS settings?

My outgoing mail works, but incoming mail fails. And I can't for the life of me figure out what I entered wrong. 😩
 
So I know this isn’t made for small businesses….but would it work? What are the drawbacks, what should I consider, and would I lose leaving google for work?
 
ah...I guess there's a piece I haven't tested yet. Sending from the beta.icloud.com web email interface does allow me to specify the my@mydomain.com as the sender. I sent something from there and I'm waiting on it to come through...it's delayed so far.
 
my current TXT and CNAME setting for the German Hoster "Strato" (rather popular here)... I can receive with these settings.
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And MX:
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tgwaste said:
I still have yet to have Facebook even ask me if I want to allow tracking or any other app for that matter.
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sterumbelow said:
Thanks.

The moment you replied, it started working. Receiving, anyway.

Should I be able to send mail from the new address too? Is that just a case of me waiting for things to update as well?
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Answering my own question:

Yes! If you go to beta.icloud.com, select Mail, go to settings and then composing, make sure your new domain is selected.

Then it will appear on your other devices automatically - both in Mail, and in Mail settings.
 
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