{"slug": "icloud-mail", "name": "iCloud Mail", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 3.178, "rising": 1.67, "first": "2026-06-02", "latest": "2026-10-15", "why": "I've been using iCloud email with a custom domain for a while, and it has been super conveninent, stable and spam-free.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I've been using iCloud email with a custom domain for a while, and it has been super conveninent, stable and spam-free.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.icloud.com/mail", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["iCloud Mail"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 801368768, "item_id": 50085548, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50085548", "by": "setopt", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use iCloud Mail and didn\u2019t have problems with search on iOS or MacOS", "excerpt": "Not sure what the difference is then. I use iCloud Mail and didn\u2019t have problems with search on iOS or MacOS, I did however have plenty of issues with search when syncing my work Outlook email via Mail.app, so I assumed there was something special about iCloud (similarly to how Mail.app offers push email only for iCloud and FastMail). I\u2019ve imported decades of email into my account so it\u2019s not about a small email volu", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Thunderbird for iOS"}, {"id": 799338369, "item_id": 49958648, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958648", "by": "zie", "date": "2026-10-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Apple's iCloud email hosting is basically tailor fit to your expectations", "excerpt": "I use Migadu(migadu.com), but Apple's iCloud email hosting is basically tailor fit to your expectations, so I don't have any idea why you don't use it. But you can host your own email too. It's not the easiest option, but it can be done, and there has been some newer email server software written that tries to make it easier.", "context": "", "use_case": "custom domain email", "switched_from": "", "story": "All I wanted was a custom domain email"}, {"id": 774024080, "item_id": 48376505, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48376505", "by": "manoDev", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using iCloud email with a custom domain for a while, and it has been super conveninent, stable and spam-free.", "excerpt": "I've also noticed Gmail spam filter became useless for anything but the most obvious scam/phishing, it seems any mass marketing gets thru as long as they follow some \"best practices\". I've been using iCloud email with a custom domain for a while, and it has been super conveninent, stable and spam-free. I also trust Apple more than Google in terms of privacy rn. So if you already pay for iCloud, give it a try.", "context": "", "use_case": "email with custom domain", "switched_from": "Gmail", "story": "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["email with custom domain", "email", "custom domain email"], "compared": [{"slug": "gmail", "name": "Gmail", "co": 2, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50090932", "title": "Show HN: I wrote an email app that accepts only one sender per inbox", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50072913", "title": "Thunderbird for iOS", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956092", "title": "All I wanted was a custom domain email", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375016", "title": "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 2, "neutral": 1}}, "quotes": [{"id": 801583488, "item_id": 50098968, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50098968", "by": "schrodinger", "date": "2026-10-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use my free iCloud email account with my custom domain since Apple (unlike Google) offers that as a free service.", "excerpt": "If Apple \"pushes an iCloud address onto you\" that you don't want, why not just freaking ignore it completely? Don't share it with friends, they won't know about it. Don't ever log into it. Ignore it. Who cares? FWIW I use my free iCloud email account with my custom domain since Apple (unlike Google) offers that as a free service. However, I just forward all email to my GMail address and use a custom reply-to in GMail", "context": "", "use_case": "email with custom domain", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: I wrote an email app that accepts only one sender per inbox"}, {"id": 801368768, "item_id": 50085548, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50085548", "by": "setopt", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use iCloud Mail and didn\u2019t have problems with search on iOS or MacOS", "excerpt": "Not sure what the difference is then. I use iCloud Mail and didn\u2019t have problems with search on iOS or MacOS, I did however have plenty of issues with search when syncing my work Outlook email via Mail.app, so I assumed there was something special about iCloud (similarly to how Mail.app offers push email only for iCloud and FastMail). I\u2019ve imported decades of email into my account so it\u2019s not about a small email volu", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Thunderbird for iOS"}, {"id": 799338369, "item_id": 49958648, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49958648", "by": "zie", "date": "2026-10-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Apple's iCloud email hosting is basically tailor fit to your expectations", "excerpt": "I use Migadu(migadu.com), but Apple's iCloud email hosting is basically tailor fit to your expectations, so I don't have any idea why you don't use it. But you can host your own email too. It's not the easiest option, but it can be done, and there has been some newer email server software written that tries to make it easier.", "context": "", "use_case": "custom domain email", "switched_from": "", "story": "All I wanted was a custom domain email"}, {"id": 774024080, "item_id": 48376505, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48376505", "by": "manoDev", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I've been using iCloud email with a custom domain for a while, and it has been super conveninent, stable and spam-free.", "excerpt": "I've also noticed Gmail spam filter became useless for anything but the most obvious scam/phishing, it seems any mass marketing gets thru as long as they follow some \"best practices\". I've been using iCloud email with a custom domain for a while, and it has been super conveninent, stable and spam-free. I also trust Apple more than Google in terms of privacy rn. So if you already pay for iCloud, give it a try.", "context": "", "use_case": "email with custom domain", "switched_from": "Gmail", "story": "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"}]}