I am considering switching from google mail to iCloud and am curious about your opinions.

I know there will be a lot of accounts I would have to change my email in, but most of my important accounts already have email addresses from apples „hide my mail“ function, so I am willing to do that work. And for the rest an automatic email forwarding will do.

A few questions are already in my mind, maybe someone can answer them for me:

  • Will my 2TB iCloud be used for my emails? Or would I need an additional subscription?

  • Is it possible to migrate all my mails from gmail to iCloud without any third party tools?

  • And to everyone already using a iCloud email as primary mail account -> What are your experiences so far? Any problems?

  • zicrons@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use Hide My Email whenever I can, and then use custom domain name for official stuff. Works really well.

    The only annoyance is you cannot send emails from the email aliases directly, you can only use it when replying to an email received on that alias.

    • Gorroth@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yes I do exactly the same. I love that feature! You actually can send mails via hide my mail, but I think you mean send via an already existing one, right?

      • zicrons@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yes, you can only reply to emails you received via hide my mail, but cannot compose new ones. This is a dealbreaker for some use cases, but the potential for abuse is understandable.