@mac.com email address

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@mac.com email address

Hi all,

I cant find out what .....@mac.com can be used for...

I have been given this email account but I don't know how to use it or where to use it?

can i use it as a personal email address? can I setup this email account as one of the accounts in my Mail application?

also when I try to send an email from one of my email account to this @mac.com one, i get the message the=at this email address does not exist...

can anyone help please

thank you

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2), MacBookPro

Posted on Jan 27, 2010 6:58 AM

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Jan 27, 2010 7:15 AM in response to EhsanVar

That's the old name of the MobileMe service (it was previously called ".Mac" (pronounced "dot-Mac"). The mail domain still works and those with MobileMe accounts will receive mail regardless of whether the mail is addressed to username@mac.com vs. username@me.com.

It's a subscription-based service which includes email as well as many other services.

See: http://www.apple.com/mobileme/

Apple offers free trials of the service and part of the "out of the box experience" of buying a new Mac has an offer to try ".Mac" (now called "MobileMe") So if someone took advantage of this it would explain why you are seeing a .mac email address on your system. But if whoever opted to take advantage of the trial never purchased the annual subscription (or discontinued it) it would explain why you get an error message with the mail account when you try to use it.

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