How does exactly mail syncing on iCloud work?

[comatory]

I still haven't figured out how to properly sync mail. My primary email, calendar and contact service is Google, then I use another 3 IMAP accounts. It works really good via Exchange but I'd like iCloud to sync all these accounts for me without me configuring manually everything on every device.

From what I gather, you must use xxxx@me.com account but does that mean it syncs only mail on that account? Or does it push other mail accounts as well? (I don't want to forward my accounts to xxx@me.com adress).

Please, can someone enlighten me?

 

[Weaselboy]

Your me.com email account will only sync iCloud me.com emails. If you want to use iCloud to sync all your mail you will need to forward all those email accounts to your me.com address.

 

[djshack]

Your iCloud email account IS simply an IMAP account. It does not sync accounts from other services. Rather, what Apple markets is that any device connected to iCloud will sync your iCloud email, as in, email sent to your @me.com address.