Shared Email Address within a Custom Domain

[Godel_I]

I have a custom domain which I use through Apple Mail/iCloud without any difficulty; it works like a charm. What I'd like to do is add an email address to that domain and share access to it with my spouse.

So, the address would have the format "meandmyspouse@customdomain.com," and we would both be able to access the Inbox via our iCloud mail accounts.

This is achievable, right?

 

[Bigwaff]

This is achievable, right?

I don’t think so. From what I understand, iCloud custom domain email addresses are treated like aliases for your iCloud email address… “one inbox” for all email addresses. Unless you and your spouse use the same iCloud account and share the “one inbox”, you won’t be able to access email sent to custom domain email addresses.

 

[Cyby-CyberDog]

Creating an alias ( meandmyspouse@customdomain.com) and a forwarder to forward all incoming mails to your wife’s mail address might be worth trying.

Not really an elegant solution with a shared inbox . . .

 

[Bigwaff]

Not really an elegant solution with a shared inbox . . .

Yes. If possible to configure, would allow receiving email…. I assume OP is interested in sending email from the custom email domain as well. Perhaps I shouldn’t assume.

 

[BrianBaughn]

Just a quick look at the documentation leads me to believe that it's not like having a domain email hosted at Office 365 (for example) where you can add addresses for $4/month and then access those emails via Exchange on as many devices as you wish.

Easiest and cheapest would be to create a free Gmail (johnandjane.doe@gmail.com) set up as IMAP or free Outlook (johnandjane.doe@outlook.com) set up as Exchange.

 

[Godel_I]

Creating an alias ( meandmyspouse@customdomain.com) and a forwarder to forward all incoming mails to your wife’s mail address might be worth trying.

Not really an elegant solution with a shared inbox . . .

This might be my solution, but I wasn't certain if I could forward an isolated alias from the custom domain without forwarding everything from the domain.

 

[Godel_I]

Yes. If possible to configure, would allow receiving email…. I assume OP is interested in sending email from the custom email domain as well. Perhaps I shouldn’t assume.

Primarily, this will be read-only. We won't need to be able to send messages from the shared address.

 

[Godel_I]

Just a quick look at the documentation leads me to believe that it's not like having a domain email hosted at Office 365 (for example) where you can add addresses for $4/month and then access those emails via Exchange on as many devices as you wish.

Easiest and cheapest would be to create a free Gmail (johnandjane.doe@gmail.com) set up as IMAP or free Outlook (johnandjane.doe@outlook.com) set up as Exchange.

If I take the Gmail or Outlook route, can my spouse and I use the Mail app to read the Inbox, or would we access it through the web-based interface?

 

[BrianBaughn]

If I take the Gmail or Outlook route, can my spouse and I use the Mail app to read the Inbox, or would we access it through the web-based interface?

Both work fine with the Mail app. They should also work with Calendar and Contacts if you need either of those.

I think that Outlook (because of Exchange) would "push" emails immediately. Gmail is on "fetch" and sometimes comes in a little slower.

Also, as Outlook uses Exchange I think there's the old "can't move emails from an IMAP to an Exchange" iOS/iPadOS bugaboo that I experience with my Office 365 Exchange account. I have to do that on my Mac.

However, I use Google because of the calendar features. I have a Google account just for calendar and contacts and don't use the mail…as my domain email is hosted by Office 365.

 

[Godel_I]

Thanks to all who offered help with my question.

I ended up using Apple Mail's Rules feature to forward all incoming mail addressed to "myspouseandme@ourprivatedomain.org" to my spouse's Inbox. So far, so good, as we both get a copy of the incoming messages.

A bit of a kluge but solved the use case. Appreciate all of you...