I’m trying to move two domains from GoDaddy but not real sure what I’m doing. One domain had 5-7 CNAME entries with “secure server.net” which I know is GoDaddy info. My question is does all the extra entries need to be removed and only the iCloud info left?
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iCloud+'s New Custom Email Domain Feature Now Available in Beta
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Remove everything related to your old mail provider, not all the entries in DNS are related to e-mail. Do you have a website?
Okay, that’s done but there are three entries I can’t remove…two NS and a SOA that I can’t remove. The NS are name servers that I can change further down.
No emails attached to these domains yet, I will be setting up all new. I have another domain but it has 5 boxes tied to it…I wanna practice with the other 2 before moving it. It’s over 15 yrs old and I don’t want to lose anything.
I’m trying to move 2 domains from GoDaddy, and I have my setting looking exactly like this but I keep receiving spf errors….please advise.
It actually will only accept registered domains. It took me forever to figure out why Lastname.Family wasn’t working, but after purchasing the domain and waiting a minute or so, it was accepted as valid.
Repeated my setup of the own e-mail-domain after deleting and reissuing all emails. I waited to switch the MX server to iCloud until the very end and was surprised the emails being instantly added to my apple.id, and for one domain the very even populated into the alternate emails of beta.icloud.
Mails can be sent and received from these accounts - but - the still arrive in the normal (not-iCloud mailboxes). I can still check them and answer using the ionos-webmailer
Checking domain health on MXtoolBox shows finally only three warnings on my domain - no errors
so the whole thing stays to be a mystery for me ...
Mails can be sent and received from these accounts - but - the still arrive in the normal (not-iCloud mailboxes). I can still check them and answer using the ionos-webmailer
Checking domain health on MXtoolBox shows finally only three warnings on my domain - no errors
3 Problems
| Category | Host | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| smtp | mx02.mail.icloud.com | Reverse DNS does not match SMTP Banner |  More Info |
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| smtp | mx01.mail.icloud.com | Reverse DNS does not match SMTP Banner | More Info |
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| dns | domain.de | SOA Expire Value out of recommended range |
so the whole thing stays to be a mystery for me ...
Can anyone please let me know how to find my "Personal TXT Record provided during setup"? I don't remember seeing one. It appears it is something Apple gives you, so it was not given during the setup of my domain but of this redirect. But I can no longer get back into the Manage Custom Domain page where I assume I might find it, iCloud just crashes back to the main login screen with an error message. Thanks.
Thanks for that. So you get that once your email address has been verified... I actually can't get past the Verify part, keeps telling me to try later. For days. I thought it was because I hadn't put in this TXT info.
I never received that email, yet my email is working OK. I don't have the details of that first TXT record.
EDIT: Scrap that, I do have that record setup, however I did not receive the setup email so it must have been displayed on the setup screen.
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I'm getting crazy - it worked a few hours ago and suddenly again the "too many hops" ...
Must be definitely on apple side ...
Must be definitely on apple side ...
Make folders and set up a rule for each email address to go into that folder. Then it is like having multiple inboxes.
Yea just a little haha fml,
the biggest pain is that my emails are working as I’m the family plan manager.
My wife tho, we get that error when I try login to create her custom email on beta.iCloud.com 🙈😱😱
The issue that I am having, which others have commented on, is: adding my domain was a breeze. For whatever reason, for which I will kick myself after posting, I decided to delete the domain and then re-add it. It still added successfully, but this time, my email hello@mydomain.com would not populate in beta.icloud.com or on my ios 15 device. The domain and usernames are registering into my MacMail which is not on beta. I created a new username testing@ and that populates across all devices. All to say, once you transfer the domain, do not delete any users until this gets fixed. If anyone has any ideas on how to fix, I would love to hear.
Give it a few hours, I had the same problem with an old Apple ID that I used on one of my domains, I couldn't use it as an email alias as well.
I logged into that account, and changed the email address to another gmail account. For the first few hours I got an error when adding the email address, but eventually it cleared out and I was able to add it back.
I logged into that account, and changed the email address to another gmail account. For the first few hours I got an error when adding the email address, but eventually it cleared out and I was able to add it back.
It's been two days now. I created a new user name "test123" and it populated on all devices. Then I deleted it and it disappeared as expected. Then I added it again and it will not show anywhere except on my MacMail which is not on beta.
Same error here too creating custom emails for family. The error occurs when she logs in directly to the beta iCloud website and when she uses the link in her email.