Why does Apple mail only support one icloud address
I currently have 4 Apple mobile phones and ipads
and two PCs. All devices share calendar and contacts using icloud. All devices are
able to share the same calendar and contacts because they all use
the primary Apple email address, say Email1@icloud.com, the same
Apple ID username (username@cox.net, which I would like to change) and the same Apple password.
One PC uses Office 216 (Outlook) which accesses icloud with icloud
for Windows, the other uses eMClient which accesses icloud directly for calendar and contacts
(it needs an app specific password as I use 2FA). Let me say now that I find Apple’s designation of address, domain and alias confusing, which may be the source of my confusion.
I primarily use an ISP (cox.net) for all email. Both PC clients support
three Cox email addresses. Lets call them email2@cox.net, email3@cox.net and email4@cox.net, in
addition to the Email1@icloud.com. Each mobile idevice supports one or more of these addresses. Incoming mail to both PC clients goes directly to the inbox of each address. Each address in
the PC email clients comes with its own set of default folders set up by Cox to
which email can be dragged or moved to with rules.
I would like to move all my email to Apple mail and have it work like Cox does. In
order to do that, I would eliminate the cox.net email addresses and would enable the PC
clients to support 4 Apple mail addresses, email1@icloud.com, email2@icloud.com
and email3@icloud.com, all with associated sub-folders. Email1@icloud.com,
of course, is a primary address, and as I said, was established by Apple and works on every machine. However, I have been unable to set up any other address. This has something to do with a domain issue, or an alias issue or a DNS server issue. If each address can be set up as an independent domain in Apple, that might work for me if I set up folders myself for each address. But
I don’t know if this is possible as I am finding the Apple mail system confusing. I tried to set up a new domain, but I got a page in the process asking for information that I could not provide.
I hope this long explanation is clear. I think what I am asking tracks with what many other users would want. Can anyone tell me how I can achieve my goal?
Windows, Windows 10