I have an @mac.com email address that I have used since day one. Someone has been using my @icloud.com address consistently for the past two years. Can i disable the @icloud.com email address, keeping the @mac.com?
They are in effect the same address, so this is not possible. You could set up a Rule in the Mail page at icloud.com to move all messages to the @icloud.com address to the Trash, from where they will be automatically deleted after a week. Co to the Mail page, click on the cogwheel icon at bottom left and choose 'Rules'.
I assume that you've set up a strong password and two-factor authentication so that at least the miscreant cannot receive messages at that address - presumably he's been using it to set up accounts and the return email from the businesses are coming to you? That's the usual problem, where some idiot thinks he owns someone else's address (it sounds strange, but it happens quite a bit).
They are in effect the same address, so this is not possible. You could set up a Rule in the Mail page at icloud.com to move all messages to the @icloud.com address to the Trash, from where they will be automatically deleted after a week. Co to the Mail page, click on the cogwheel icon at bottom left and choose 'Rules'.
I assume that you've set up a strong password and two-factor authentication so that at least the miscreant cannot receive messages at that address - presumably he's been using it to set up accounts and the return email from the businesses are coming to you? That's the usual problem, where some idiot thinks he owns someone else's address (it sounds strange, but it happens quite a bit).
Yes, you should do it on the iCloud web page. Do you not see this? -
Thank you Roger. That's what I suspected. I have already created that rule in my mail app but it is inconsistent (which I don't understand?). Some do go to the trash while others are still showing up in my junk folder. All have the @icloud.com extension. Is it different if I do this on the icloud.com web page? If so, there is no cogwheel on the lower left of the mail page. Or anywhere on that page. Under "account settings" I am finding no Rules option.
Thank you for the screen grab. I had that bar covered. One question. How is creating this rule at the web page (which i never use) different from creating it in the mail app?
And one more on a slightly different topic that has perplexed me and I cannot find a solution online: blocked email addresses continue to show up in my mailboxes. They show as blocked but why do they not go to the trash or not show up at all?
Many thanks for your help Roger. I appreciate it.
You're applying the rule at an earlier stage, and so moving to the Trash takes place online rather than on your computer. As to blocked addresses I'm not sure about that, but using the same Rule online, for messages From instead of To, would probably be the best way of handling it.
Disable @icloud.com email while keeping @mac.com?
