It was actually set to the icloud.com one, not even the mac.com one! I can never get it to show up everywhere as just the me.com one. sigh
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iCloud Who still has a @mac.com?
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Have it, use it, and was such an early adopter I got my own name.
I have the @Mac version of my primary email address and four out of my five aliases also have @Mac as well as @me and @icloud. I have two of my aliases disabled as I've never used them.
Didn't they reduce the number of allowed aliases at some point from five down to three?
When did they stop issuing .mac?
I've never used the @mac.com or @icloud.com addresses, only ever the @me.com ones. I might start using @Mac, having seen this thread
Didn't they reduce the number of allowed aliases at some point from five down to three?
When did they stop issuing .mac?
I've never used the @mac.com or @icloud.com addresses, only ever the @me.com ones. I might start using @Mac, having seen this thread
Aye, same here. I would really like to be able to merge the two as it would make things a bit easier.
I use @mac.om as my main address. When I bought a watch strap from the Apple store the other day the assistant asked me for my email address for the receipt he said "oh! old school!"
The older ones would not be special then.......?It would be cool if they gave a choice of domains not only icloud.com
I don't see any obstacle to making this possible for the Apple, if of course they see the need for it. People are born and die, old people will not be able to feed Apple forever.
You should have had a Mac and email account before 2008 then.
support.apple.com
About your @icloud.com, @me.com and @mac.com email addresses – Apple Support (UK)
Depending on when you created your iCloud account, your iCloud email addresses and aliases may end with @icloud.com, @me.com or @mac.com domains. Learn how these email addresses are granted.
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Oddly, earlier I was not able to. Then, I went to my iCloud account online, to check some settings. Then, I tried to set it via iOS again, and I was able too.
Weird.
So something interesting happened recently.
Back in 2007, when Apple still had emails as a paid service, I created my first Apple account and had given @mac.com username but never had the email service associated to it (was a student… no $) . Since then, I have been using my @mac.com address to login but could never use it to send or receive emails. I made a few calls to Apple to see if that could be activated and used as part of my email address but the response I got was that because I never used the service that email cannot be activated. The Genius guys was very sorry but very nice to me.
So I gave up and sticked with my @icloud.com or @me.com whatever…
Until this week. Somehow, that @mac.con email appeared in my iCloud mailbox and I now can receive and send emails from it!! 15years later. Somebody might have done something in the backend! Thanks Apple guy/gal
Back in 2007, when Apple still had emails as a paid service, I created my first Apple account and had given @mac.com username but never had the email service associated to it (was a student… no $) . Since then, I have been using my @mac.com address to login but could never use it to send or receive emails. I made a few calls to Apple to see if that could be activated and used as part of my email address but the response I got was that because I never used the service that email cannot be activated. The Genius guys was very sorry but very nice to me.
So I gave up and sticked with my @icloud.com or @me.com whatever…
Until this week. Somehow, that @mac.con email appeared in my iCloud mailbox and I now can receive and send emails from it!! 15years later. Somebody might have done something in the backend! Thanks Apple guy/gal
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I just decided to try my @mac.com address, never having ever used it before. I receive monthly icloud storage bills to this account but cannot send to or receive any other email on it. However, my @me.com account works both ways. I just have to configure it to use the icloud backend for the mail server. Never wasted a penny on iTools either. I'm just old enough to have had an @mac.com account when Apple was all but pressing these on you.
My grown daughter's .me.com never worked, Apple Support could not make it work! She is using .mac.com
Since I had that from the beginning, I decided to go back to .mac.com, too.
Since I had that from the beginning, I decided to go back to .mac.com, too.
I still use mine.
Like any well established contact information, it's very hard to change.
And there is a certain amount of prestige in having a short and nice sounding email extension.
Unfortunately I have never liked the .icloud extension - it conjures up visions of spreadsheets, MS word and office furniture.
Like any well established contact information, it's very hard to change.
And there is a certain amount of prestige in having a short and nice sounding email extension.
Unfortunately I have never liked the .icloud extension - it conjures up visions of spreadsheets, MS word and office furniture.
I got my .mac email address as soon as Apple offered iTools. I love it and it is still my primary (private only to friends, banks, airlines).email where anything important goes. I have other accounts, both Apple (non-mac.com) and other providers such as gmail and outlook for junk, politics, etc.
I also got my mom to sign up for itools. She is 86 now and the only email address she has ever has was her first @mac.com. (first initial + lastname). We both love that we're the only people we know with .mac email addresses. Old school mac nerd.
I also got my mom to sign up for itools. She is 86 now and the only email address she has ever has was her first @mac.com. (first initial + lastname). We both love that we're the only people we know with .mac email addresses. Old school mac nerd.
Just arrived at this ancient thread to report, yes I still use my @mac.com email as my main daily address. Not sure exactly when I obtained it, but I opened this macrumors account with it, in 2004, so it's at least that old !! I also opened the same name@gmail.com address for junk purposes, but the mac.com address is still the one I use most.
Edit: lol at my signature here!
2nd edit (Nov 2024) I recently met someone on a dive trip who also still had theirs. Divers are cool and this is the proof.
Edit: lol at my signature here!
2nd edit (Nov 2024) I recently met someone on a dive trip who also still had theirs. Divers are cool and this is the proof.
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