How can a person new to computing get an iCloud account?

I'm trying to help someone get set up on a new iMac. They would like to get started with email, browsing, etc. Its obvious that as a new Mac user it would be best to get them set up with an iCloud email address. Thats where the fun starts...
In order to get an iCloud email address, it seems you must be set up on iCloud, even if you just want to get an email address for personal use. Fine. I'll get them set up and then turn off all the nonsense they'll never use.
So, go to set up an account, and it requires the person to have an AppleID to get established. Ok....
I go to set up the AppleID, and it requires the person to provide an email address. And it can't be an Apple domain based email account.
So now my head is spinning. A person who plunks down over $2k on a computer - on my advice - can't get an email address out of Apple without providing an AppleID, which can't be gotten without an email address, which can't be an Apple based email.
I can't think of a way out of this for them. I got my ID based on my mac.com email address, and those are long gone. How do I get this person established?

Get them a free Yahoo email address and use that to form the Apple ID.
Alternatively it is possible to create an Apple ID as a new iCloud email address, as detailed in this post:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/22283348#22283348
Personally I think it's preferable if the ID isn't an iCloud address, since if your account goes wrong in some way Apple can contact you through an address which isn't accessible only through the faulty account; but either method will work.

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