[jimmies]

I am planning to move email to iCloud+.

- Provides custom domain support.

- Is cheap ($1 for 3 email addresses).

- Has email web interface and imap access.

- Seems to support contacts and calendar sync via carddav, caldav - standard stuff I can sync my other devices with.

- Apple is reputable enough with security.

Drawbacks:

- No standard two-factor authentication like Google, needs an iPhone/mac for two-factor.

- Migrating Google Photos/shared will be a pain in the ass.

[doctoboggan]

I initially liked this solution but I don’t think it’ll work for me. There seems to be a hard limit on the number of emails. It also seems like you can only share the domain with your apple family (my extended family isn’t part of my apple family sharing plan.)

[aranelsurion]

I assume by "hard limit on the number of emails" you mean daily sending limits, which is quite high for a personal user (500 per day)? If that's the case, Gmail also seems to have a similar limit.

Or do you mean there's a hard limit on total number of emails you can store?

[doctoboggan]

Sorry for the confusing wording, I meant email accounts. It looks like you can only share the domain in your apple family sharing plan which means only 6 different accounts.

[unmole]

Does it allow having a catch-all email address?

[oskarc]

Sadly, no. It also pushed me back from using their mail services (and far more complex issue where my @iCloud alias stopped working at all, but they fixed it after a few weeks).

[unmole]

I don't like the fact that you need an Apple device to sign up for iCloud+ and even to initially set up email. Still, I just switched over because it seems to be the best choice for my usecase.