Email verification codes not arriving

Most online accounts require the user to verify their email address by sending an email to your iCloud account. Recently I tried to set up two new accounts but the verification codes sent to my iCloud email address never arrived. I requested multiple codes and checked my junk file, but no luck. After doing some searching, I found this workaround that works. I thought I would pass it along because I see that others in the Community have had this problem.

If your first code does not arrive, go to you iCloud email account and select Settings and Mail Forwarding. Turn on forwarding and then enter a new address for which incoming will be forwarded. I used a gmail account that I don't ofter use. This worked great, and then I turned off forwarding.

Hope this helps others with this problem.