HT201342 I'm a bit confused. Is the new iCloud email address opt-in or opt-out?

Hello all
I'm a little confused. Is the iCloud opt-in or opt-out? There is nowhere in the message I recived to take any action now, but the wording implies that the email address is reserved for me, if I want it. In other words, if I do nothing, do I get the iCloud email automatically at some point "in a few weeks".
thx

ok thanks, so if I do nothing straight away, they won't free the address up and give it to someone else, correct?

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Thanks for your answer, but perhaps I didn't make myself clear. What I would like to do is change my default email address for iCloud from the old @mac.com address that does not work anymore to the new @me.com that Apple has issued me, or even a gmail account. Why does the iCloud account have to be linked to an email address that no longer works?

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