Abraham Girt

Q: Can I use iCloud Mail for business?

I don't want to use Gmail for business Emailing because it snoops on your Emails. Can I use iCloud for business Emails?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Mar 7, 2015 3:17 PM

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  • by Abraham Girt,

    Abraham Girt Abraham Girt Apr 3, 2015 1:17 PM in response to Ergolad
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    Apr 3, 2015 1:17 PM in response to Ergolad

    Thank you! I 'think' I get it... I'll use iCloud Mail alases for business email?

  • by Abraham Girt,

    Abraham Girt Abraham Girt Apr 3, 2015 1:32 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Apr 3, 2015 1:32 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Okay, I think I got it... Change the outgoing sever from IMAP to SMTP? Then I can choose a custom outgoing server in Mail app? Okay, if someone received the email, in the from area, would say: "Abe @ AbeGirt .com"?

     

    Hope I got it!

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Apr 3, 2015 2:01 PM in response to Abraham Girt
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    Apr 3, 2015 2:01 PM in response to Abraham Girt

    Outgoing servers are always SMTP. IMAP is one of the incoming server methods.

     

    Set your iCloud email account up manually. For the incoming server use these settings:

     

    • Server name: imap.mail.me.com
    • SSL Required: Yes
      If you receive errors when using SSL, try using TLS instead.
    • Port: 993
    • Username: The name part of your iCloud email address (for example, emilyparker, not emilyparker@icloud.com)
    • Password: Your iCloud password

     

    For the outgoing server use the settings for your domain's email service.

  • by Abraham Girt,

    Abraham Girt Abraham Girt Apr 3, 2015 5:40 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Apr 3, 2015 5:40 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Okay, here's what I got. Do everything you said, then do this:

     

    Screen Shot 2015-04-03 at 5.27.26 PM.png

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Apr 3, 2015 11:40 PM in response to Abraham Girt
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    Apr 3, 2015 11:40 PM in response to Abraham Girt

    It looks as if what you should do is first to set up your domain email in Mail. Then set up the iCloud mail account in the usual way, and having done this go to Mail Preferences>Accounts (not Mail>Accounts) and select the iCloud account. Set the SMTP server using the drop-down menu to your domain and check 'Use only this server'.

     

    Screen Shot 2015-04-04 at 07.37.53.jpg

     

    (This is Mail on Mavericks, I don't know if Yosemite is the same.)

  • by Ergolad,

    Ergolad Ergolad Apr 4, 2015 2:04 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Apr 4, 2015 2:04 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    You don't even need to set up your domain email in Mail.app. Just add it as an additional Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) for the iCloud account you set up. You'll see the option to "Edit SMTP Server List" at the bottom of the drop down menu that you mentioned. Set it up per your domain provider's instructions.

     

    Personally I recommend associating a separate iCloud address to each domain email. You can sign up for multiple iCloud accounts. If you would like an iCloud only account, I'd dedicate one to just that and not muck that up with any personal/business domain stuff.

     

    Abraham, there's no need to create Alias accounts to accomplish anything we've been discussing. As a matter of fact, doing so will prevent you from using those aliases as fully functional, standalone accounts in the future.

  • by Abraham Girt,

    Abraham Girt Abraham Girt Apr 4, 2015 5:14 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Apr 4, 2015 5:14 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    By the way, the image you showed me is OS X Mavericks!


    So all I have to do is what you said, then click "Edit SMTP Server List..." and do the following:Screen Shot 2015-04-04 at 5.12.33 PM.png

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Apr 4, 2015 11:59 PM in response to Abraham Girt
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    Apr 4, 2015 11:59 PM in response to Abraham Girt

    Yes.

  • by Abraham Girt,

    Abraham Girt Abraham Girt Apr 5, 2015 11:59 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Apr 5, 2015 11:59 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    1 more question. Do you replace the "Server Name" section with your domain server name? ...The server name used for your email forwarding in your domain?


    I don't really know. Please tell me, thank you!

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Apr 5, 2015 12:40 PM in response to Abraham Girt
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    Apr 5, 2015 12:40 PM in response to Abraham Girt

    You will need the SMTP server address for your domain email, which if you don't have to hand your service provider will tell you.

  • by amg1957,

    amg1957 amg1957 Apr 5, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Apr 5, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Perfect.  Thanks Roger and Ergload.  This made it super simple.  I added the extra SMTP server, kept icloud and my current domain.  Great solution.  Thanks so much.  Apple should make this a regular "product"!

  • by amg1957,

    amg1957 amg1957 Apr 5, 2015 3:54 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Apr 5, 2015 3:54 PM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Roger

    One odd thing, since I added the Google account to Mail there are some icloud messages that go to my junk folder that aren't marked Junk.  I tried everything including reseting junk settings, changing the setting to leave junk mail in the inbox, and so far nothing is working.  I guess I could delete the google account from my Mail app since now all outgoing mail uses that SMTP server anyway.  But it's nice to have it there in case I want to check the folders.  Have you seen this before?

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Apr 6, 2015 12:48 AM in response to amg1957
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    Apr 6, 2015 12:48 AM in response to amg1957

    This action is probably taking place on the server - quite apart from the junk filter in your Mail application, there is a junk filter built into the iCloud mail server. I quote from their Help:

     

    Click the Junk folder in the sidebar.

     

    Select a message, then click the Not Junk button in the top right of the message window.

     

    The message is moved to your Inbox. Subsequent email messages from the same sender are no longer automatically marked as junk.

  • by Abraham Girt,

    Abraham Girt Abraham Girt Apr 6, 2015 11:35 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1
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    Apr 6, 2015 11:35 AM in response to Roger Wilmut1

    Is this answer about this issue, or someone else's issue?

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Apr 6, 2015 11:40 AM in response to Abraham Girt
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    Apr 6, 2015 11:40 AM in response to Abraham Girt

    It's in regard to amg1957's question

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