Cannot receive emails on a newly created icloud.com alias.

I've created an alias for my primary email which is like {firstname}{lastname}@icloud.com.

The alias is of the format {firstname}.{lastname}@icloud.com.

According to the docs, this should work. But I can see that other folks have had this issue too and it does not seem to have been resolved.

Is there anything else I am missing?

Posted on Oct 9, 2023 3:19 PM

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ryane77

Community Specialist

Oct 10, 2023 12:31 PM in response to bartholomew98

Hey bartholomew98,

We'd like to get you pointed in the right direction for assistance with this one. We recommend using the following link to check for options to reach us directly: Get Support

Kind regards.

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