ICloud email address can't be used for iMessage or FaceTime

When trying to add an @iCloud email address to the 'you can be reached at' list in iMessage/FaceTime I get an error message that says 'This email address cannot be used for iMessage'
The primary email address I use for iCloud, iMessage and FaceTime is not an iCloud email address - would this make a difference?

Then it's probably an alias address. If you go to iCloud.com, launch Mail, click the gear icon on the lower left and choose preferences, then go to the accounts tab, you'll see your main address and any alias address you've created listed there (like the screenshot example below). You won't be able to use an alias for iMessage and FaceTime, you have to use your main @icloud.com email address or add another non-Apple email address that can be verified.

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If you mean that Find My Phone is asking for a password to a different Apple ID to your current Apple IDand that ID is a previous version of your current ID, not an entirely different one.
This feature has been introduced to make stolen phones useless to those that have stolen them.
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Hi everybody, I already apologize if this isn't the right community for my problem.This whole thing is very confusing so I really hope someone can help me
I used Gmail as my official email account and it was also the Email address for my Apple-ID (for many, many years..)
Strangely, a few months ago, I got an Email from Apple saying that my Apple-ID was being used for Imessage and Facetime on other devices (in Turkey?). I googled it and found out that it might be a fishing mail so I quickly changed my password and also the Email-adress for my Apple.ID – which means that the Gmail-account was not longer in use for Apple anymore.
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Thanks,
D.

Hi D.,
Unfortunately phishing is far too common these days. The articles below will help you determine the authenticity of the emails that you received.
Identifying fraudulent "phishing" email
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4933
Identifying legitimate emails from the iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2075
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Or did I blow my only free chance?

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1. Just store your photos on your Mac or PC.
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I have read through other responses - from back in November... Tried everything. Must have at one point tried to use new email for apple id - but it won't let me do it now. Frustrating!,,

appleid.apple.com
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