I just spoke with Apple support about this.
I've been testing for a few days sending emails to my @me.com email address from my work domain, GMail domain and Yahoo domain...
To say that delivery of email is sporadic and poor, is an understatement. I did the same test with emails to my GMail domain account and they simply deliver instantly, or within one minute. Yes, I know GMail has been developing their email system for what seems like forever, but...
After speaking with Apple Support, they advised to wait a few weeks because the servers are extremely busy. Oh, really?
But, to be honest, I hate to say this, I was\am a long time Mobile ME user, paying that crazy price of $99 a year for the privilege to have all my data on Apple\Mobile ME's servers. Even then, email was slow and sporadic back then, too. Sometimes email simply just wouldn't be delivered, and it is not to say it was stuck in the Junk\Spam folder. It merely would not be delivered to the @me.com account.
So I'm curious, how exactly is it to be different now? Aren't connecting to the same servers, just that it has a new name?
What are your thoughts on using iCloud's @me.com email address?
I've been testing for a few days sending emails to my @me.com email address from my work domain, GMail domain and Yahoo domain...
To say that delivery of email is sporadic and poor, is an understatement. I did the same test with emails to my GMail domain account and they simply deliver instantly, or within one minute. Yes, I know GMail has been developing their email system for what seems like forever, but...
After speaking with Apple Support, they advised to wait a few weeks because the servers are extremely busy. Oh, really?
But, to be honest, I hate to say this, I was\am a long time Mobile ME user, paying that crazy price of $99 a year for the privilege to have all my data on Apple\Mobile ME's servers. Even then, email was slow and sporadic back then, too. Sometimes email simply just wouldn't be delivered, and it is not to say it was stuck in the Junk\Spam folder. It merely would not be delivered to the @me.com account.
So I'm curious, how exactly is it to be different now? Aren't connecting to the same servers, just that it has a new name?
What are your thoughts on using iCloud's @me.com email address?