newlatrobe
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Q: iCloud email without using the iCloud

I just created a new iCloud email address.  However, I would prefer not to use the iCloud to upload/download messages.  When I disable 'Mail' in System Preferences - iCloud, my new email mailbox goes away.  I saw this page:  iCloud: Mail server settings for email clients - Apple Support and suspect the answer may lie in setting up the mail server settings by hand (Mail - Preferences - Accounts).  Is this the correct approach, or is there another way?  I am running Yosemite on an iMac.  Thanks!

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)

Posted on Jun 24, 2016 5:40 PM

by LACAllen,Solvedanswer
LACAllen LACAllen
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A:

The correct approach is to either leave iCloud and perhaps only Mail active in Preferences, OR add the iCloud mail account by hand.

 

Enabling Mail in the iCloud preferences is a convenience. This is automatically setup for servers, ports etc. If you leave iCloud totally OFF, you can add the Mail portion manually to most clients using those directions.

 

But why?

 

There is no need to use "the iCloud" to use mail.

Posted on Jun 24, 2016 9:41 PM

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  • by FoxFifth,

    FoxFifth FoxFifth Jun 24, 2016 6:39 PM in response to newlatrobe
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    Jun 24, 2016 6:39 PM in response to newlatrobe

    You may want to explain further. Why would you think that it is possible to use an iCloud email address without using iCloud?

  • by LACAllen,Solvedanswer

    LACAllen LACAllen Jun 24, 2016 9:41 PM in response to newlatrobe
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    Jun 24, 2016 9:41 PM in response to newlatrobe

    The correct approach is to either leave iCloud and perhaps only Mail active in Preferences, OR add the iCloud mail account by hand.

     

    Enabling Mail in the iCloud preferences is a convenience. This is automatically setup for servers, ports etc. If you leave iCloud totally OFF, you can add the Mail portion manually to most clients using those directions.

     

    But why?

     

    There is no need to use "the iCloud" to use mail.

  • by newlatrobe,

    newlatrobe newlatrobe Jun 24, 2016 9:53 PM in response to LACAllen
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    Jun 24, 2016 9:53 PM in response to LACAllen

    Thanks for your help, LACAllen!  New email address established without a smidgen of data transiting the iCloud!

  • by LACAllen,

    LACAllen LACAllen Jun 24, 2016 10:11 PM in response to newlatrobe
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    Jun 24, 2016 10:11 PM in response to newlatrobe

    ummm, you're welcome, but I'm afraid to break this to you... that email is on "a" cloud. You're just not looking at it on icloud.

     

    Big difference. All IMAP based mail sits on someone's cloud, and has before we started using the term cloud. We simply called them servers "back then"

     

    Not sure why you seem to feel safer this way.

  • by FoxFifth,

    FoxFifth FoxFifth Jun 25, 2016 7:05 AM in response to newlatrobe
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    Jun 25, 2016 7:05 AM in response to newlatrobe

    newlatrobe wrote:

     

    Thanks for your help, LACAllen!  New email address established without a smidgen of data transiting the iCloud!

    Go to https://www.icloud.com/ and you may find otherwise.