Receiving Mail to iCloud Alias

Hello,
I want to know if iCloud has the following feature:
let's say your icloud's main email address is: [email protected]
i know that you can receive emails if you create a new email alias for example at: [email protected]
my question is can you receive email at: [email protected] or [email protected] (without having to create the alias)
in other words similar to gmail, you just type your main email address add the "+" sign and type any word after it.
should you be able to receive emails at that address?
Thanks,
Nick

Actually if you add a [email protected] without creating an alias. it still sends the email to your address.
This feature is also present is gmail.

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1. Per suggestion of Carolyn Samit elsewhere, I went into Apple>System Preferences>Internet and Wireless>iCloud and deselected Mail and Notes. I then repeated the above, but toggled the Mail and Notes back on.
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