Incoming iCloud.com Mail Going to Wrong Mailbox
I have multiple Apple devices (macOS, IOS), and this happens on all of them.
I have an iCloud account using a Gmail address, and it's been working fine for years (the cloud allows for syncing of contacts, calendars, etc.). I also have an icloud.com email address, and I have set up my Apple devices to use that icloud account for mail only.
What is 'bizarre' to me is that when someone sends an email message to my icloud.com email address, the email is actually put it the gmail inbox of the mail client (not in the icloud inbox) - but the email actually shows that it was sent to my icloud.com address. Fortunately, when I attempt to reply to that email, the email goes out via my icloud.com email address (even though the incoming message was put in the gmail inbox).
My icloud.com inbox is always empty - even when I use a browser and go to iCloud.com and look at my mail.
Is this 'designed' behavior, or is this a design flaw? It seems confusing tom me.
I 'may' decide to move all of my devices to my icloud.com 'cloud', but I would want to make sure first that I don't lose everything that I am currently synchronizing.
Thanks.
MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.14