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

lvanness7690 said:
A few of the custom domain emails I added and deleted are still showing up in my mail preferences. I can’t find out any way to get rid of them. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Same here. Apple allows three email addresses under one domain, yesterday I deleted one and added another email (on the same domain). While this deleted email address is no longer visible in the e-mail web interface, it is still available in the iOS e-mail program and I can even send and receive e-mail, even though it was deleted yesterday.
 
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Can you create additional custom email accounts that do not already exist on the domain?

I created one email address when I parked my hosting at another site (1&1). I then moved it to Google Domains but lost the email hosting, which was fine for my purposes. That one email account still exists and, therefore, works with this new iCloud feature.

I'm in a family iCloud account and I'm wondering if it is at all possible to create additional emails for the other members of my iCloud family sharing account in this scenario.

Thanks.
 
pgharavi said:
Can you create additional custom email accounts that do not already exist on the domain?

I created one email address when I parked my hosting at another site (1&1). I then moved it to Google Domains but lost the email hosting, which was fine for my purposes. That one email account still exists and, therefore, works with this new iCloud feature.

I'm in a family iCloud account and I'm wondering if it is at all possible to create additional emails for the other members of my iCloud family sharing account in this scenario.

Thanks.
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After you add the domain you can of course also create new e-mail addresses that didn't exist before.
 
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Weird, I updated DNS records and all seems to have been fine. The only DNS record I can still see is for google site verification, however I still received a calendar invite via Google Workplace.
Any one else experienced this?
 
samwa3 said:
After you add the domain you can of course also create new e-mail addresses that didn't exist before.
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Right, I do actually know that (and got it working). What my poorly-worded question was about was whether I have the ability to make an email address for a family member in my shared iCloud family.

When I click on my domain in the icloud settings, any email address I create is tied to me, personally. What I am wondering is if I can make one that has nothing to do with me so that I can give it to a family member (still using my @domain.com address, of course.

Thanks again.
 
pgharavi said:
Right, I do actually know that (and got it working). What my poorly-worded question was about was whether I have the ability to make an email address for a family member in my shared iCloud family.

When I click on my domain in the icloud settings, any email address I create is tied to me, personally. What I am wondering is if I can make one that has nothing to do with me so that I can give it to a family member (still using my @domain.com address, of course.

Thanks again.
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There’s an option when you first setup the domain to tie it to your own account only, or to share with your family. I’m not aware of a way to change it from one to the other retrospectively after the domain has already been setup. You might need to remove it and start from scratch.
 
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waymarker said:
There’s an option when you first setup the domain to tie it to your own account only, or to share with your family. I’m not aware of a way to change it from one to the other retrospectively after the domain has already been setup. You might need to remove it and start from scratch.
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Now that you mention it, I recall that. Damn. Any obvious downside of nuking the one I setup and trying again? I haven't yet used the one I created for myself for any significant purpose.
 
pgharavi said:
Now that you mention it, I recall that. Damn. Any obvious downside of nuking the one I setup and trying again? I haven't yet used the one I created for myself for any significant purpose.
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No I don’t think so, I’ve nuked and re-added mine numerous times to try (and fail) to fix an unrelated issue 😁. Just note that the “apple-domain=xxxxxx“ TXT record changes every time you remove and re-add the domain, so you’ll just need to update that record in your DNS settings.
 
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waymarker said:
No I don’t think so, I’ve nuked and re-added mine numerous times to try (and fail) to fix an unrelated issue 😁. Just note that the “apple-domain=xxxxxx“ TXT record changes every time you remove and re-add the domain, so you’ll just need to update that record in your DNS settings.
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Looks like it's a no-go in my odd use case: that is, I have only one email address created with the domain and cannot add another. So even when setting up the Apple custom domain as a shared family, because they have no email address to punch in, they can't create a custom domain email of their own. Or at least I don't see a setting on their Big Sur MBP to join or on my Monterey MBP to share the feature with them.

Appreciate the advice, nevertheless.
 
Saturnine said:
Similar. I have a single catch-all. Every site I sign up for, I use sitename@mydomain.com.

If I start receiving spam or other unsolicited mail to a particular address, I know which website leaked my details and can nix the address without having to update my email details at any other websites.
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Any chance you could share a good guide on how to set it up? Can you do the same thing with subdomains for each family member, or you need 1 person = 1 domain for this to work properly?
 
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pgharavi said:
Looks like it's a no-go in my odd use case: that is, I have only one email address created with the domain and cannot add another. So even when setting up the Apple custom domain as a shared family, because they have no email address to punch in, they can't create a custom domain email of their own. Or at least I don't see a setting on their Big Sur MBP to join or on my Monterey MBP to share the feature with them.

Appreciate the advice, nevertheless.
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They need to visit iCloud.com -> settings -> custom domain and choose their own alias

there is no way to configure it from a client device, only in the web version of iCloud.
 
Hi, I have a strange issue regarding DKIM signature. The signature is present in e-mails which are send from iCloud web interface, but not when sending from iOS / iPadOS Mail App...

It is strange that the e-mails I sent two days ago using the Mail App have a DKIM, and those from today do not. Could someone check if they have the same?
 
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Rob__Mac said:
I'm having a strange problem.

I've got email coming through, and can send, but on both of my Macs, one sunning Big Sur, the other on Monterey Beta, there seems to be no way to add a "From:" name - i.e. my full name. Mail comes through without one at all.

In Mail > Preferences > Accounts, in the Email Address dropdown, it simply lists the email address: "mail@domain.com", not "First Last <mail@domain.com>".

Clicking "Edit Email Addresses" takes me to iCloud.com where I can input a Full Name, but this doesn't seem to have any effect on the Mail.app…?
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I've spoken to Apple Support today who are elevating this, apparently I'm not the only person with this problem as it had already been logged…
 
I was able to set up everything, but how do I add this new email to an email app such as Outlook? How do I add family members that are on a different iCloud plan?
 
I still can't understand Apple's position about whether it is possible to use iCloud custom email as an Apple ID.

If it is possible to add custom email to the Apple ID which is already as this custom email address, then why is it not possible to change the Apple ID as iCloud custom email, after I have already added the domain. I do not see the difference from a security point of view or what else.

Some features such as "Sign up with Apple" use email, which is the same name as Apple ID, so I would still like to be able to use a custom domain.
 
anxious-koi-5855 said:
I still can't understand Apple's position about whether it is possible to use iCloud custom email as an Apple ID.
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Works fine for me. So if it doesn't work for you, then that's not a general position of Apple, sounds more like a bug.
 
samwa3 said:
Works fine for me. So if it doesn't work for you, then that's not a general position of Apple, sounds more like a bug.
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Yes it looks like a bug, the problem is that after this bug is fixed, it will no longer be possible to use Apple ID as a personal domain or vice versa.
 
anxious-koi-5855 said:
it will no longer be possible to use Apple ID as a personal domain or vice versa.
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Of course that should be possible. That was already possible before. I have been using "me@mydomain.tld" for my Apple ID for years, and now I moved mydomain.tld to iCloud and it still works. Pretty unlikely for them to now suddenly decide that you cannot use your own domains for your Apple ID anymore when it always worked.
 
samwa3 said:
Of course that should be possible. That was already possible before. I have been using "me@mydomain.tld" for my Apple ID for years, and now I moved mydomain.tld to iCloud and it still works. Pretty unlikely for them to now suddenly decide that you cannot use your own domains for your Apple ID anymore when it always worked.
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There is no problem using your Apple ID as an email address from an external email provider. Also, there is no problem to use an iСloud address if it is not his alias, which is actually an iСloud personal domain address.
 
PinkFlyingDog said:
I was able to set up everything, but how do I add this new email to an email app such as Outlook? How do I add family members that are on a different iCloud plan?
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I've had my two "work" domains working for a few weeks now and everything is peachy in Apple Mail/iOS Mail. However ... Outlook does not appear to be configurable yet. I think this is more of a MS/developer issue that "they" will need to work through in order for it to work with third party apps. I reported this through Outlook's tech support and they indicated they were "looking in to it."

Ken
 
Hi. I'm generally confused about how to make this work and have yet to find a good basic tutorial. My situation is:
  • I have an iCloud+ plan
  • I have a godaddy personal domain
  • I went through the basic setup on the iCloud settings web site and it seemed to properly populate the MX and other fields according to this other poster's image
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  • iCloud settings confirm: "This is the domain that you own and manage as part of your iCloud+ plan."
  • When I try to add an email address, however, I get "There was a problem adding this email address. Try again later." This is for the first email address. To be clear, I have not created that as an email address in godaddy settings or anywhere else. Maybe I need to?
So I cannot seem to get that final step completed. For anyone familiar with godaddy is there somewhere I have to go to first set up that email there? Any suggestions welcomed!

Thank you!
 
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