> On 6 Mar 2017, at 21:54, Macs R We <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
I think that’s probably where I went wrong and used the email address as the account name. > 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 I’ve checked the account and couldn’t see anything untoward, so yes it’s probably some fool typing it in. I changed the password just in case but it’s a good idea to change them every so often - where I work they enforce a change every 90 days. There’s and article here: http://appleinsider.com/articles/17/02/23/how-to-change-the-email-address-linked-to-your-apple-id which explains how to create another email address associated with the account. Not sure whether it’s worth creating another separate one via the domain I have that is only used with the iCloud account. Easy enough to do, but may be a case of stable doors and horses etc and I could see it creating an unholy mess with other stuff linked to the account. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
