Is @me.com a Real Email? Apple’s iCloud Domain Facts

Q: Is @me.com a real email address?

Yes. me.com is an Apple iCloud Mail domain, and mail to it goes to Apple’s iCloud mail servers. Whether a specific me.com mailbox exists is something only a check of the full address can tell.

Short answer

Yes. me.com is Apple’s iCloud Mail domain from the MobileMe days, and its MX records point to the same iCloud mail servers as icloud.com. Apple says accounts created before September 19, 2012 have both an @me.com and an @icloud.com address. Newer accounts only get @icloud.com, so nobody can sign up for a new me.com address.

me.com at a glance

Status

Active, legacy domain

Run by

Apple

Mail service

iCloud Mail · server settings

History

Given to MobileMe and early iCloud accounts (iCloud accounts created before September 19, 2012)

New addresses

NoiCloud accounts created on or after September 19, 2012 get @icloud.com

MX hosts

10mx01.mail.icloud.com
10mx02.mail.icloud.com

Run a live MX lookup

SPF record

v=spf1 redirect=_spf.icloud.comCheck the live SPF record

DMARC policy

p=quarantine; sp=quarantineCheck the live DMARC record

MX, SPF and DMARC records observed October 10, 2026 with DNS-over-HTTPS (dns.google).

Our free-provider list

Listed · free email domains list

Our disposable list

Not listed · disposable email domains list

Domain registered

August 23, 1994First registration in the registry’s RDAP record, not the start of the email service.

Who runs me.com

Apple. me.com is one of the three endings of iCloud Mail, next to icloud.com and the even older mac.com. Apple’s support article About your @icloud.com, @me.com, and @mac.com email addresses ties the domain to MobileMe and early iCloud accounts:

iCloud accounts created before September 19, 2012 have both an @me.com and an @icloud.com address.
So do accounts that moved to iCloud with an active MobileMe account before August 1, 2012.
Users who had a working @mac.com address on July 9, 2008 and kept MobileMe until the move can use all three.

The me.com MX records point to mx01.mail.icloud.com and mx02.mail.icloud.com, the same hosts as icloud.com. The domain name is much older than the service: the registry’s RDAP record dates its first registration to August 23, 1994.

Can you still create a me.com address?

No. Apple: “If you created an iCloud account on or after September 19, 2012, your email address ends with @icloud.com.” Apple also warns that a deleted @me.com or @mac.com alias can’t be added back to the account.

So a me.com address in your sign-up form is not suspicious. It means the person has had an Apple account since 2012 or earlier.

Is @me.com a real email for your list?

Yes. Treat it like an icloud.com address:

Free provider. me.com, mac.com and icloud.com are all on our free email domains list, so they count as personal, not business, addresses.
Not disposable. It’s not on our disposable list.
Keep the ending you were given. An old account has both endings, a newer one only @icloud.com. Don’t swap me.com for icloud.com (or back) yourself: only the exact address the person gave you is confirmed to be theirs. For more on what makes an address valid, see the email address format guide.

Before mailing a list with many old Apple addresses, a bulk email verifier finds the mailboxes that no longer exist; each one would otherwise come back as a hard bounce. Mail-app users need the iCloud Mail IMAP settings and an app-specific password.

Sources

Apple Support: About your @icloud.com, @me.com, and @mac.com email addresses, checked October 10, 2026
Verisign RDAP: me.com, checked October 10, 2026

Frequently asked questions

Is @me.com a real email address?

Yes. me.com is an Apple iCloud Mail domain, and mail to it goes to Apple’s iCloud mail servers. Whether a specific me.com mailbox exists is something only a check of the full address can tell.

Is me.com the same as icloud.com?

Same service. Apple gives accounts created before September 19, 2012 both an @me.com and an @icloud.com address, and both domains use the same iCloud mail servers. Accounts created later only have @icloud.com, so don’t swap the ending yourself.

Can I still get a me.com email address?

No. Apple says iCloud accounts created on or after September 19, 2012 get an address ending in @icloud.com. Only older accounts have @me.com.

What about mac.com addresses?

They are older still. Apple’s help says users who had a working @mac.com address on July 9, 2008, kept MobileMe active and moved to iCloud before August 1, 2012 can use @icloud.com, @me.com and @mac.com.

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{ "email": "support@emailvalidation.io", "user": "support", "tag": "", "domain": "emailvalidation.io", "format_valid": true, "mx_found": true, "smtp_check": true, "catch_all": null, "role": true, "disposable": false, "free": false, "score": 0.64, "state": "deliverable", "reason": "valid_mailbox", "did_you_mean": "" }

Is @me.com a real email domain?