Old .mac appleid and primary email

I had an old .mac appleid.  It doesn't receive email as the account wasn't active in the .me era.  I was editing the questions in 'Manage My Appleid' and noticed an option to make the primary email account the same as my appleid.  Thinking it would turn on the routing of the .mac account to icloud I confirmed that option.  It made the .mac account the primary email account but didn't turn on routing the .mac address to icloud.  Now I have a primary email account that doesn't receive email.  I don't see an option to edit the .mac email address.
Anyone know of a solution to this?

You are not going to be able to make the @mac.com address work no matter what you do. You would be best off changing your ID to a third party working address such as a GMail one.

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