The difference based on my interpretation of the article is that with this, iCloud will act as your email server, like G Suite or some VPS hosted somewhere. You will redirect your mail DNS to iCloud now, instead of G Suite Google servers.
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iOS 15.4 Beta Adds Support for Setting Up Custom Email Domains With iCloud Mail
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I have two Apple IDs, for example, one that I use for family things, and one that I use for my developer account. The developer account is a custom domain and I cannot add that one to iCloud, unfortunately.
Sounds like a Display Name issue. Were you able to change this?I've set it up (a few times already…), but still can't get the recipient to see my name instead of my email address in their inbox.
So, they get an email from name@domain.com, rather than the nicer and usual First Name Last Name in the mailbox.
This works fine with with the iCloud email address, or works fine with my custom domain if I email from the iCloud web UI.
But nothing works from Mail app on iPhone or Mac
Go to your iCloud.com account in a browser, then navigate to Preferences:
From here go to @Accounts -> your custom email domain -> edit the Full Name (Display Name) in here:
My experience so far has been that any existence of the email address already being in Apple makes it unusable for the custom domain. I've had this problem with both my family email domain and a business domain that I haven't used for years. I suspect that a good 50% of the people that are going to be very interested in this will experience the same problem and I have to wonder if Apple anticipated that.
Load up both mailboxes in Mail.app, and drag+drop. Simple as that!
This is a shrewd move from Apple.
I'm still trying to work out the best solution for the retirement of Gapps Legacy. I'm crossing my fingers google come up with some sort of 'Personal' package but failing that I'm going to have to migrate over to iCloud instead. Not sure what to do with 7GBs of historical email data though.
I'm still trying to work out the best solution for the retirement of Gapps Legacy. I'm crossing my fingers google come up with some sort of 'Personal' package but failing that I'm going to have to migrate over to iCloud instead. Not sure what to do with 7GBs of historical email data though.
You have to own the domain so you van change some TXT and MX records. They’ll point to the iCloud servers so all your emails are handled by Apple’s servers.
Possible benefits: maybe you trust Apple more to handle your mails, price is ok and you can use your own addresses in FaceTime etc.
I tried it out yesterday and I could receive mails but cloud not send them. I’ll try again in a couple of months.
Edit: was an answer to @Infinite Jest ‘s post.
Possible benefits: maybe you trust Apple more to handle your mails, price is ok and you can use your own addresses in FaceTime etc.
I tried it out yesterday and I could receive mails but cloud not send them. I’ll try again in a couple of months.
Edit: was an answer to @Infinite Jest ‘s post.
I tested and got successful DKIM alignment when sending from myaddress@icloud.com, using the Desktop Mail.app. Does it only not work when using a custom domain?
I have been using iCloud mail since about 2009, when it was still MobileMe. Never had any problems, and custom domain has been working perfectly for a few months now.
I would argue that it unlocks you a bit more from their ecosystem. Since you own the lease on the domain, you can just migrate it away to any other service and set up all of the same email aliases and no one will know the difference.
I've found that the best method for transferring emails is to use Google Takeout to create an MBOX file of all emails that can be directly imported into Apple Mail on a Mac. You then select all mails in the imported folder and copy or move them to your iCloud mail inbox.
Apple Mail's "Smart Mailbox" feature is equivalent to Gmail filters and they can be created to figure out where everything is from there.
I tried the alternative direct folder copy method via IMAP but that proved to be more trouble than it was worth. Was accidentally duplicating emails, or accidentally not copying certain emails over, etc.
It only refreshes if you get a new push email or open the app. This has been a common complaint for years:
Year 2020 and still no iCloud Mail Read Status Auto Sync. What has to happen in the world for Apple to change their mind?!
Dozens of complaints, suggestions, reports to Apple over the years. Nada. Millions of apps are able to auto sync read status across devices: Gmail Facebook Instagram Deliveries eBay Hell, even Apple’s Messages auto syncs it.
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I personally don’t find Apple’s Mail app with Exchange as my backend syncs status well either. Even after opening the message on the device and closing the app the Mail app will still show a notification for a while. I also don’t find Messages to be reliable at all for syncing read status between my iOS/iPadOS devices and macOS. I frequently have unread messages when I open my Mac.
I would like to try setting this up, but the “Custom Email Domain” setting under “iCloud Mail” on both my iPad and my iphone don’t seem to do anything. Right-arrow spirals for a moment or two, and then becomes an arrow again. Any suggestions?
Updating with an attention-seeking video of my iPhone screen! Eager to hear if anyone else is getting this or knows what I might do.
Updating with an attention-seeking video of my iPhone screen! Eager to hear if anyone else is getting this or knows what I might do.
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Hang on what?
So I am on legacy GSuite and thought this was going to solve my problem. However I have been using my gsuite name@domain email address as my apple account email. So I can’t do this? Is this for real?
I'm not sure exactly what problem s/he ran into since I had a somewhat similar setup and was able to use custom domain mail. This was my situation before:
Apple ID 1: This is my primary Apple account, and I use the associated Apple mail address (<myname>@mac.com) all the time.
Apple ID 2: My secondary Apple account from when I lived in the US (wanted a separate account for stuff I bought from AppStore etc in the US). This account's ID was <myname>@<customdomain>.net which was a legacy GSuite mail address.
So moving from GSuite to Apple custom domain mail associated with my Apple ID 1, I had to update Apple ID 2 since I of course couldn't use the same mail address in two Apple IDs. Fix: Login to Apple ID 2 account and simply add another mail address (actually used a standard Gmail address I rarely use for it), and then switch to using that as my account ID mail address, and then removing the <myname>@<customdomain>.net mail address from that account. I then switched over to using Apple custom domain for <customdomain>.net. End result:
Apple ID 1: This name has both <myname>@mac.com & <myname>@<customdomain>.net as mail addresses tied to the account (actually, a bunch of others as well for another custom domain I have, but that's besides the point).
Apple ID 2: Now called <my regular plain Gmail address>. All songs/movies/apps are of course still there. I did need to re-login with the new account name on my iPad but that was all.
Maybe the poster with the problems had some other setup, but at least this one worked fine
I switched from GSuite legacy to iCloud+ recently with my own domain being mydomain.com and my AppleId being user@mydomain.com. Everything worked fine for me.
But the real question is: why would anyone setup iclouds custom domain feature from within the icloud settings menu on iPhone? I mean, changing the settings of my live DNS entries is something I would not do on a mobile website…
But the real question is: why would anyone setup iclouds custom domain feature from within the icloud settings menu on iPhone? I mean, changing the settings of my live DNS entries is something I would not do on a mobile website…
I had an old AppleID associated with a custom domain that I deleted so I could use it iCloud+ custom domains. Fail. Even after deleting that account completely, when I try adding it, it still says it’s associated with an AppleID and it isn’t.
Nor a long deactivated AppleID. If it has ever been associated with an Apple ID – no dice.
In my case, I probably at one point used my main email address to sign up for Apple forums, which requires you to use an Apple ID. I never used it for an Apple ID outside this (no purchases, no email, iCloud stuff, nothing). I deleted its association with Apple ID and yet I can not add it to iCloud, which has been something I've wished for for many years instead of merely using it as a forwarding address to my iCloud email account.
Which in practice means that people who email my real email gets replies from my iCloud email addresses.
Which in practice means that people who email my real email gets replies from my iCloud email addresses.
Questions I have for those with more experience:
I don’t want to use the @me.com and @icloud.com addresses that are attached to my Apple ID. Until this point I’ve had Mail turned off in iCloud settings on all devices to disable that account. If I have to turn on iCloud Mail to use my custom domain, can I still disable the @me.com/@icloud.com mailboxes so they don’t appear in Mail.app? Does the custom domain replace the iCloud one?
Does Apple provide IMAP settings so you can set up your email in other mail clients?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: How do you disable the auto-tagging MacRumors?! All these users with me, me.com, or icloud for usernames are killing me here.
I don’t want to use the @me.com and @icloud.com addresses that are attached to my Apple ID. Until this point I’ve had Mail turned off in iCloud settings on all devices to disable that account. If I have to turn on iCloud Mail to use my custom domain, can I still disable the @me.com/@icloud.com mailboxes so they don’t appear in Mail.app? Does the custom domain replace the iCloud one?
Does Apple provide IMAP settings so you can set up your email in other mail clients?
Thanks in advance.
Edit: How do you disable the auto-tagging MacRumors?! All these users with me, me.com, or icloud for usernames are killing me here.
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Hey Apple ! Please add Catch All Feature !
The iOS 15.4 beta that was introduced today expands support for the custom email domain feature available for iCloud+, adding an option to set up a custom domain with iCloud Mail directly on the iPhone.
If you go to Settings > Apple ID > iCloud, "iCloud Mail" is now a tappable option and it includes a section for setting up a Custom Email Domain.
Prior to now, custom domains were able to be set up with iCloud Mail, but Apple's iCloud.com website was required to get it working and there was no option to set it up right on the iPhone or iPad.
Setting up a custom email domain requires a paid iCloud+ storage plan, which is priced starting at $0.99. The feature is designed to allow a custom email address like "johnny@appleseed.com" to be used for sending and receiving emails using iCloud Mail. Though the custom domain feature uses iCloud Mail, emails will be addressed to and sent from the custom domain.
Each iCloud user can add up to five custom domains to iCloud Mail, and members of a Family Sharing group can also use those domains. Email addresses that are currently used with the custom domain are supposed, and there's also an option to set up new email addresses with the domain.
Custom Email Domain settings on the iPhone and iPad will make it much easier to use custom email addresses. It's worth noting that this same feature is also available on the Mac under the System Preferences > Apple ID > iCloud Mail, but it does not yet appear to be functional.
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