Can you explain Apple's incomprehensible directions for iCloud personal domain setup?

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Can you explain Apple's incomprehensible directions for iCloud personal domain setup?

I've been forwarding mail for decades, but I've finally found one I cannot grasp, and it's good old Apple's. When I try to forward my single personal domain account to iCloud, it seems to start well by automatically finding the domain, but then things get jiggy.

I'm instructed to sign in to the registrar and "follow their steps." Follow what steps? I did sign in and no "steps" appeared. Is Apple trying to get me to obtain the server info, which is easily done? It doesn't seem so. Without a clear explanation, I can't make it out of the gate. Why would Apple not provide clear instructions? Help, por favor.

Posted on Oct 14, 2021 2:57 PM

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virtualware_sweden

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Oct 18, 2021 4:47 AM in response to Satchmo

You need to configure the DNS settings for e-mail at your domain registrar. Exactly how to do this differ from registrar to registrar. General information about the settings you need to add or modify is found here: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212524 and your registrar may be able to help you with the DNS configuration based on the information at above link.

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Oct 19, 2021 9:19 AM in response to Satchmo

Frankly, the $2.38 a month that I will have to pay for Outlook Mail seems vastly preferable to trying to wade into the iCloud Mail quagmire for now. I'd have to delete my DNS settings in Google Domains, and then hope that I can enter Apple's iCloud settings appropriately. A crap shoot and not a risk I'm willing to take with my email. There's zero support either at Apple or Google's end.

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Oct 19, 2021 7:50 AM in response to virtualware_sweden

Since my original post I’ve switched my domain registrar from GoDaddy to Google. No help. Apple’s domain settings do not easily square with what Google Domains needs. I’ll have to stick with Outlook, which is exactly what I was trying to avoid.

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Can you explain Apple's incomprehensible directions for iCloud personal domain setup?

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