> On Mar 6, 2017, at 2:41 AM, Chris Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Could be wrong but I think creating an Apple ID first before you could create > an iCloud mail address came fairly late on. Those who had one of the earlier > @me.com addresses got swapped to iCloud and then finished up by accident or > design with one address for both purposes.
I had one of the original mac.com addresses that came with a real mail account, and in fact still have it as one of my Apple IDs and as my ID in the Discussions forum. It got transformed into a me.com "address" (to no actual place) that came with pretty much absolutely nothing, and so was never used for anything. It never got transformed into an iCloud address to my knowledge. In fact, I created my first iCloud address ever while following up on this mail. > Nonetheless I do use it occasionally and it looks as though someone has got > hold of it and used it for possibly malevolent purposes. The security setup > for the account is reasonably robust: lengthy initial password and none of > the account security questions involve actual names or places, they are > random multi-character responses. Once again, let me stress that anybody can type your address (iCloud or not) into a random web registration form, to the result that you will get mail congratulating you for "joining" something you never joined. It says nothing about the security of your email account. It just says that some fool typed your address into a website. I haven't seen you report any activity that indicates in any way that somebody had to have actually gotten into your account to do anything you have described. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
