In short, iCloud Mail is still only a solution for individuals and families, not for organizations. Services like FastMail offer many more, though you have to pay for additional users. You can set up five unique domain names with an iCloud Mail account, but each person can have only three unique addresses per domain, all of which deliver to that person’s iCloud inbox.Although the article’s steps look reasonable, we haven’t tested them with thousands of messages, so proceed at your own risk and be sure to verify that messages have transferred correctly. Macworld UK explains how to use the Mail app on the Mac to move messages from Gmail to iCloud, which should work for any email account set up in Mail. Apple does not currently provide any tools to transfer existing email messages from another email provider to your iCloud account.
I explain how to get around that catch-22 below.
You can send outgoing email from a custom email address only with the betas of macOS 12 Monterey, iOS 15, and iPadOS 15, not from currently shipping versions of Apple’s operating systems.(There are other reasons to not rely on iCloud Mail as your main email service that I’ll outline below.) Do not move your primary email domain to iCloud Mail yet, since the feature is still in beta.You can now test custom domain support on the iCloud beta site. Things to Know Before You Move Your Email Address You can migrate your email address to any other email service provider that supports custom domains.It looks more professional-you’re not just one of hundreds of millions of iCloud users.It enables you to customize your email address.However, if you own a custom domain name, like or, many email services let you use that domain for your email address. Likewise, if you use a free Gmail account, your address is along the lines of For instance, if you use iCloud Mail, your address will be something like (or or even if you’re old-school cool). What does that mean? Most people use free email services like iCloud Mail and Gmail, where all email addresses use a pre-specified domain. How to Set Up Custom Email Domains with iCloud MailĪpple is now testing an iCloud Mail feature that power users have requested for years: custom email domains. #1611: OS updates, RIP iPod touch, iCloud Drive shared folder data loss risk, KDEConnect links iPhone to Linux.#1612: OS suggestions, new accessibility features, higher cellular prices, Chrome OS Flex for old Macs, Memorial Day hiatus.#1613: M2 MacBook Air and 13-inch MacBook Pro, long-awaited features coming to OS, watchOS 9, TidBITS website changes, tvOS and HomePod update.#1614: 2022 OS system requirements, WWDC 2022 head-scratcher features, travel tech notes from Canada.#1615: Why Stage Manager needs an M1 iPad, Limit IP Address Tracking problems, Citibank cryptocurrency confusion.