Steve, I might be wrong, but to set up an iCloud e-mail account you have to own (use?) one of the internet-connected Apple devices. An assumption that all people have them might not be true. E.g. in my family, the only Apple-made device is an iPod-nano (Gen. 2 or 3?) that is used as a compact source of music for my little daughter.
I don't hate Apple devices, I don't even have any... (... except for a tiny iPod-nano [Gen. 3] that was given as a gift at my wife's previous work.) Actually, I came close to having an Apple ID when I bought iphones for my brother. The moron (aka "personal Apple consultant") who did the sales over the phone has enabled their e-mail spam to be delivered to the e-mail account that was used to receive the receipt for the purchase. Everybody I spoke to at the Apple support told me that they cannot disable it, and the only way to do that is to actually activate the Apple online account (from the phone [that I don't have]) or possibly on the web) and to change the e-mail preferences buried in it. Instead, I set it so that, all those messages from Apple are bounced to the person with the title "Apple Senior iOS Technical Support" who told me that. Apple support need to enjoy "Apple experience". To be fair, in general, I think Apple provides a good service for the average "mass customer", and that's why they are praised and loved. If your needs are different from their vision, you may have many problems with that. I am anything but the "standard" user. Igor Thu Jun 12 01:42:44 EDT 2014 steve harley wrote: <..> > i also have Yahoo, Gmail, and iCloud email accounts that i use a bit; if you > want a free service that comes with some decent extras and is not Google, > iCloud's worth a try; you can do regular IMAP with any client; unlike > Fastmail, > iCloud has had some significant outages, but not an obnoxious number of them -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
