.mac .me mobile me iCloud email switcheroo bananza

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.mac .me mobile me iCloud email switcheroo bananza

Going to try to avoid totally dumping on Apple but they really screwed me up whent they switched my email from .mac to .me back in the mobile me days. Old emails to my .mac address would go to my .me account. When I replied to clients, they got confused as to which email they should use. Then, iCloud hit! Now when I try to search for old emails, only my iCloud account (.me) will show up. Old emails to my .mac account are not searchable. (Thank goodness I had those forwarded to my personal yahoo account!) Reluctantly, I'm trying to switch everything to .me but want to make sure I don't lose emails from clients who were too busy/apathetic/lazy/bothered to update my new unwanted address. I know, it's more of a rant than a question. Sorry.

So... Is there a way to switch everything to .me iCloud without jeopardizing emails directed to .mac? Also, I'm having trouble finding out how to forward the .me emails (iCloud) to my personal address as well. Just in case Apple decides to change my email address again to .fu! Just like Final Cut, they screwed up a good thing.

iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Sep 29, 2012 11:09 AM

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Julian Wright

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Sep 29, 2012 11:17 AM in response to FriendlyDan

If the part before the @ in your @mac.com and @me.com email addresses are the same - then they are the very same email account, and all emails sent to either address end up in the same InBox.

Whether outgoing emails are sent from <yourname>@me.com or <yourname>@mac.com has always been your choice, and is defined in your email application settings by you. Apple have not screwed you up at all. It's entirely in your hands which of the two email addresses you use.

You could've kept using your @mac.com address if you chose to. Your @me.com address was added as an optional extra. Soon, you will also get <yourname>@icloud.com as another optional email address which will also recieve all email address to <yourname>@me.com or @mac.com or @icloud.com

Without more information about how you have configured your email account to store old emails etc it's difficult to advise what you need to do. In theory, if you have archived old emails offline, then all you need to do is move them back to the online mailboxes. Then all your emails will be together and searchable online.

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FriendlyDan Author

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Sep 29, 2012 11:25 AM in response to Julian Wright

Julian, thanks for the reply. I understand about the two being the same. My big problem is that when I search on my iphone for old emails, only the .me.com ones show up. If a client sent it to .mac 7 months ago, it will not appear. Sometimes I need to go back and check something or retrieve information. Also, my .me will not forward. I appreciate your help.

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