iCloud Mail Down (12:30PM eastern, Apr 17, 2012)?

This is unaccpetable from iCloud. I think it should be called iCan't.

I contacted Apple directly by ExpressLane and:

• There is a problem with the server
• We are working on it
• Try again in 15 hours, maybe it will be fixed by then

On this issue, and others, Apple is NOT forthcoming:

• It does not notify customers of the problem
• It does not articulated the cause of the problem when contacted
• It does not provide a solution
• It does not contact the customer after 'the fix' to explain what happened, and what the customer might need to do.

There are now several threads about this issue; Apple has us spread all over its message boards and is not providing any information.

Other customers had this problem in March 2012, and created several threads.

Apple ain't what it used to be. 😠

Sure wish I could receive my 50th birthday emails today. You only turn 50 once 😁

Happy birthday Michelle! This is insane. Its been broken for 2 days and not a word.

Happy Birthday Michelle ! I got the error message about the space for my email but the control panel say it is only 400Mb of email usage and I paid for a 20GB service.

Same here, my stoarage is nearly empty but it sent me a "buy more storage" message. Also, it is currently unable to empty trash. Whoever is responsible for deciding NOT to let people know about the iCloud status should be given the boot.

(BTW, Happy Birthday Michelle :-)

Mail still down in London at 14:56 (GMT) & its shocking that Apple's System Status page still states that 'All systems are online'.

Like everyone else, we know there is a problem as it patently obvious when you have 5 IOS devices & not 1 will receive an email from a non Apple e-mail address & the Mail App on iMac is exactly the same. Whats interesting is that i can send a mail from IOS to a non Apple e-mail, just cant receive anything back.

All i ask is that Apple tell me there is a problem without me having to waste my time searching different threads to find an answer.

Poor show Apple, very poor show.

Still down here in western Illinois. But this morning there is a new twist. The iCloud is telling me that my inbox is full. This is impossible since I only have about 40-emails in my inbox at the most.I can send via iCloud email but I cannot recieve new email. My iCal is register changes so I guess that is a positive.

I did the right thing, I disabled iCloud mail on my system.

Apple wants me to buy $40.00 additional icloud-junk-space so I can delete messages stored within iCloud (which I never asked for).

I am soory to say, but it looks like its time to move to Linux, and away from apple.

I have purchased my last crap from Apple!!!

Well that seems a bit reactionary...

I've been w/Apple since day one online and this is the first occurance of a truly nasty problem... It'll resolve.

appearently you have not been affect by the last 4 outages in the crappy-iCloud system

Day #2. I am thinking of making an appointment at the Mac Store's Genius Bar. A lot of us depend on email for work! From the sounds of it though, it's unlikely the Genius Bar will be able to resolve this problem. I have said it before and I will will say it again, "VERY FRUSTRATING"!!!!

Hard to believe that we are all in the "<1 %" of affected iCloud users since reports are coming in world wide.

iCloud: Mail & Notes - Users Affected: <1%

Lol, I noticed that exact same thing. What a joke. Lawdoggies is correct...."Apple is NOT forthcoming". For the life of me, I don't understand the deception. Why not be upfront and honest about it? If they simply acknowledge the situation, I think most people would be understanding. But to ignore our requests for information and updates is not acceptable.

I mainly want to know if my emails that are currently trapped on Apple servers are eternally lost, or simply unable to be forwardered forward to our inboxes. If the mail is gone forever, we have a MUCH larger problem in our hands.