Icloud email on an older mac

We have an older 17" MacBook Pro, unsupported by Lion or Mountain Lion. Our email address has been moved from MobileMe to iCloud. How do I access iCloud email now? I get an "Unable to Connect" error, stating that the server settings in Mail for the iCloud Account need to be checked. The old incoming mail server address was mail.me.com and outgoing was smtp.me.com
Are these server names still valid? If not, what are the correct servers?

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HT4759 i'm trying to access my new icloud email acct from my mac. I have OS X 10.6.8 and have just completed a software update. But still not seeing how to install my icloud email...?

i'm trying to access my new icloud email acct from my mac. I have OS 10.6.8 and have just completed a software update. But still not seeing how to install my icloud acct...?

You must upgrade your OSX to Lion (10.7) minimum, Mavericks (10.9) preferably.

I want to use the same name for my icloud email address as my .mac name

My name for all of my yahoo, gmail, .mac email accounts are al the same. I'd like to use the same name for my icloud account. It tells me that the name is not available but I'm pretty sure no one else would have chosen it. Is the fact that I've used it for my .mac email address somehow blocking it's availability? Please help. Thanks.

There is some confusion in my mind about your post. Let me describe what I think you mean, let us know if I misunderstood...
I'm assuming you already have an Apple ID that you used to define an iCloud account (or an older dot mac account), and the iCloud account has "[email protected]" as its email address. But the Apple ID for this account is not the same as the email address I just listed, perhaps your apple ID is something like "xyz@???.com" and what you want is to use the ID, "mySpecialName@???.com". [the "???" could be mac, icloud, or something else]
If I've got it right so far, then when creating a **new** Apple ID, you must now use @icloud.com. If you are trying to define "[email protected]", then that is the problem - "mySpecialName" is already associated with @icloud.com, because your current @mac.com also has [email protected] as an alias, so that name is no longer available.
Also, you cannot change the current ID from "xyz" to "mySpecialName" on an existing account. So either way, you can't get the ID that you desire.
Let us know if this is not what you mean.

Can I use an existing iCloud email address on my mac?

Hi everyone,
I am wondering how I use an existing iCloud.com email address for mail on the iCloud. Here is what I did:
I bought a new Mac. I signed in to iCloud with my apple ID and turned on the mail feature. I created a new email address.
Then, I signed out of the iCloud. Stupid.
When I logged back in to the iCloud, the mail was no longer synced. I checked the box, and then it asked me to create a new email address again. Obviously, I do not want to create a new email address. I would like to use the account that I just created.
So, is there any way that I can use the account I created? Or will I have to create a new one.
Thanks,
Katie

OK, I'm not sure just what you have going on now. If [email protected] is both your Apple ID and your emergency email, I'm not sure how the [email protected] (or [email protected] if they are the same) address is related to it.
Can you add the @icloud.com address to System Preferences > "Mail, Contacts & Calendars"? Not create a new one, just connect it with the "+" button and check Mail on the service list. Can you then read your iCloud email?

ICloud email sync problem on mac os x mavericks

Hi,
I have a serious problem with my iCloud email on my mac. I have been using iCloud email for few years now and I never had this problem. But I am having the problem after upgrading my iMac to latest mac os x mavericks 10.9.3 couple of months back.
The problem is, when someone sends me an email, it comes to my iCloud mail immediately with no issues. That means if I login to my iCloud mail through a web browser, I see the email there. But that email may not appear to my iMac mailbox. Occasionally some emails arrive but some not. Some emails come lately some not at all.
So the mailbox on my mac is totally unusable because I am sure not all emails are seen there, so I have to keep logging into mail through browser to check if there is a new email.
I am using me.com email address.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

Hello sumonmg,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot issues with iCloud Mail on your Mac please follow the steps in the article below:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Mail
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4002
Take care,
Alex H.

HT201342 Why would I want an iCloud email instead oh my mac,com address

I do not see why I need an iCloud email address if I have a mac.com address

Use whichever you want, there are no additional benefits to using either.

How do I access iCloud email from a browser on a Mac?

I am trying to access iCloud email from a borrowed Mac. I don't want to set up my iCloud account on this Mac since it's not mine. My understanding is you can access iCloud via a browser, but when I sign into iCloud I am prompted to set up iCloud on the device, which is exactly what I do not want to do. This was using "mail.icloud.com" which was my best guess at a URL. I know iCloud email cannot be accessed via a browser on iPads, etc., but it should be accessible on Macs via browser from what I have read.
Anyone know how to do this? Am I using the wrong URL?

Well, the good news is I have the URL correct.
But regardless of whether I use http://icloud.com or http://mail.icloud.com, I still get prompted with a dialog box which says the following:
"Setup iCloud on a device to use iCloud.com"
If I click "Close" I end up back up at the sign in screen and have to enter my username/password again.
If I click "Learn More", my only other choice, I end up on some sort of help page that tells me how to set up iCloud on this device. Which is precisely what I don't want to do. I just want to access a webmail page like, for example, gmail.
I don't see any "Mail" icon there.
Thanks for the reply.

How do I open a Word Docx and edit it on my icloud email account?

I emailed a document in Word doc. The person who emailed me back emailed an attachment in Word Docx format. However, I can't open it. I need to open it, edit it, and email it back to the sender. I couldn't open the document on my Ipad. But I thought I could open it in my icloud email account on a Mac Desktop. I still can not open the attachment. Please explain how I can open it. Thanks!

If you do not have Microsoft Office, you could try this open source office suite. It doesn't claim to be able to translate all DOCX content, so glitches are possible. Note: it's a very large download.
LibreOffice: http://www.libreoffice.org/discover/libreoffice/
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My iCloud email won't open Get error message" MFmessage error domain 1032

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Hello ggquilts,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with your iCloud email account on your Mac.
I recommend following the steps in the article below for the issue you described:
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Mail
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4002
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

HT1338 I have an older mac with Mac OS X 10.4.11...can I update that software or buy software that enables me to access my email through the icloud?

I have an older mac with Mac OS X 10.4.11...can I update that software or buy software that enables me to access my mail via icloud?

This article says you can keep using your email with devices that don't support iCloud: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4929?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US
I don't know what the required email settings are, though.

ICloud on older Mac running 10.6.8 - with Intel 2 GHz Core Duo

Do I understand correctly that I can't upgrade to iCloud from Mobile Me, with an older Mac running 10.6.8 (with 2 GHz Intel Core Duo)?

This will be the situation with Snow Leopard if you migrate your MobileMe account:
Your email, calendars, contacts and bookmarks, and 'Find my iPhone' will be migrated to iCloud.
Your iDisk, together with website hosting and Gallery, will continue to work as before until next June.
Syncing of Dashboard Widgets, Dock Items and Keychains between Macs, and Mail Accounts, Mail Rules, System Preferences, Signatures & Smart Mailboxes between Macs & iOS devices, will cease altogether.
You will be able to access email, calendar and contacts on the iCloud website at http://icloud.com provided your browser is reasonably up-to-date.
You will not be able to sync contacts or bookmarks from a pre-Lion Mac.
You will be able to enter the server settings for email manually in the Mail application and access your email.
You will not be able to sync your calendars directly.
Some people have been able to set up calendar syncing by using the method detailed here - this is an unsupported hack and may not be reliable, and may stop working at some future point. BusyCal is an iCal-like calendar application with extra facilities: it can sync with the iCloud Calendar while running on Leopard, Snow Leopard or Lion.
There appears to be no method of syncing contacts (though Address Book on a Mac can be synced with Google or Yahoo address books - I don't know how reliable this is).

How to stop ios mail deleting icloud email from mac mail?

This is driving me insane.
I have an icloud email address set up on my iphone and mac mail.
I want to leave emails on my phone 'on the server'. Read them when i'm out, delete them... come home and have them all come through on mail where i'll deal with them.
Right now if I delete them on my phone, they're deleted on mac mail also.
I have all my regular email addresses set up to do this. Except the one icloud address I want to move everything to!!!
Help!!!

Hello there David DW,
It sounds like your iPhone does whatever your iPad does with regard to joining or forgetting a Wi-Fi network. From what you are describing it seems to me that iCloud Keychain is enabled, as this is a function of that feature. The only way to stop what you are seeing from happening is to disable iCloud keychain on one of the devices:
Frequently asked questions about iCloud Keychain
iCloud Keychain keeps your Safari website usernames and passwords, credit card information, and Wi-Fi network information up to date across all of your approved devices that are using iOS 7.0.3 or later or OS X Mavericks v10.9 or later.
You can do this in your iCloud Settings:
iCloud: Change iCloud feature settings
On your iOS device’s Home screen, go to Settings > iCloud, then tap to turn on or off iCloud features.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
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HT4946 i am administrator for Mac. My husband and i both have separate iPhones with separate contacts. Since i0S 6.1 update these contacts are now shared which we do not want. I have set up separate iCloud email and account for my husband. How do i ensure

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You can have as many AppleIDs as you want (or at least, as many as you have email addresses for). You can use a separate AppleID for the store, another for iCloud, and even another for iMessage if you wish.
You will want to keep the current one as the shared one for the store as all your previous purchases are permanently tied to it, and thus you need that AppleID to update or redownload your current purchased content.

How do I change my email account on my mac from Mail to Icloud?

Does anyone know how to change my mail account on my mac to I cloud? since i have changed to Icloud on my iphone it seems that I can't access the old mailserver anymore. What do I do?
Thanks for any advise
Alex

Delete your mail account from Mail preferences and set it up again using the Mail Server Information.
Some users have apparently encountered issues using this information in pre-Lion set ups (I haven't), Roger Wilmut has kindly provided instructions for those who find themselves with this problem.
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Thanks - its 1 month old (max), the OSX version is 10.8.4 we already have iCloud set up on my iPhone 4S & this iMac.
I try to tick mail in the cloud menu but get an error message telling me "iCloud mail couldn't be enabled from the iCloud Preference Pane. Open mail and add iCloud account from Mail preferences"
when I do that i get the message " the icloud IMAP server p15-imap.mail.me.com is not responding. Try checking the network conection, and that the server name is correct. Otherwise, the server may be temorarily unavailable. If you continue you may not be able to recieve messgaes.
we thought the incoming server name looked odd (p15- imap.mail.me.com) but its greyed out and can't be edited even though other 3rd party accounts can.
really don't want to have to ditch the iCloud email account as i use it the most & loads of friends contact me on it
But been trying with my Dad all afternoon to fix it and are both stumped.
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