Setting up an iClould e-mail alias in Mail

I went to the iCloud website and created an e-mail alias. I'd like to put that alias into my Apple Mail application on my MacBook Air. I'm not able to add the alias to my Accounts in Mail because the Incoming Mail server field is grayed out. What am I doing wrong? If I try to login to the iCloud website using my alias and my Apple ID password, it won't take it.

I think I may be on to something. When I go into System Preferences>Mail, Contact and Calendars, I see my alias on the list but it's at the bottom, is grayed out and says "Inactive" under it. If I click on it, it's wanting me to enter my current Apple ID password. When I do that, it says my password is incorrect. What's interesting is that it thinks my new alias e-mail address is an Apple ID. So it seems that this alias has created a new Apple ID that's different from the one that all my other e-mail addresses are under. So do I create a second Apple ID that is tied to this alias or is there a way to get the alias added into my current Apple ID.
I noticed that when I go to the iCloud website and try to login using my alias e-mail and my current Apple ID, it won't accept the password, which makes sense considering the fact that in the iCloud e-mail list the alias is under it's own Apple ID.
Maybe another option is to create a brand new Apple ID with a brand new alias and use that as my additional e-mail address. Is it possible to have multiple Apple IDs? It would only be used for this e-mail and nothing else (such as iTunes, etc)

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