GoKawiilApple announced today that it will soon use a single shared domain for private email addresses generated by Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email. Here are the details.
Change set to take effect ‘later this summer’
In a new post in its Developer blog, Apple announced today that it will “unify the email domains used by Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email under a single, shared domain.”
In practice, this means that the new domain, private.icloud.com , will be used to issue new email addresses for Sign in with Apple and iCloud+ Hide My Email.
From Apple:
New addresses generated for both features will be issued on the new domain. For example: Sign in with Apple addresses, previously issued on privaterelay.appleid.com , will be issued on private.icloud.com .
, will be issued on . iCloud+ Hide My Email addresses, previously issued on icloud.com , will be issued on private.icloud.com .
As Apple explains, this change shouldn’t affect users directly, since “existing addresses on the legacy domains will continue to work and forward mail to users without interruption.”
However, developers and email service providers may need to update their systems. Developers should make sure their account systems, email validation logic, and allowlists accept private.icloud.com , while email service providers should “update any domain-based filtering, suppression lists, or routing rules that explicitly enumerate relay domains,” Apple says.
The company didn’t announce a specific date for the change, saying only that the new domain will roll out “later this summer.”
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