iCloud Mail

iCloud Mail never accepts your Apple Account password from a mail client like mcp4mail. You need an app-specific password, and to create one your Apple Account must have two-factor authentication switched on (most already do).

1. Create an app-specific password

1. Sign in at account.apple.com.
2. Open Sign-In and Security, then App-Specific Passwords.
3. Choose Generate an app-specific password, name it mcp4mail and confirm.
4. Copy the password it shows. Apple shows it only once.

2. The settings to use

Setting	Value
IMAP server	imap.mail.me.com
Port	993
Security	SSL/TLS
Username	your iCloud address, e.g. jana@icloud.com
Password	the app-specific password from step 1

If the full address is refused, try just the part before the @ (jana) — Apple accepts either for most accounts.

If it still does not connect

• "Authentication failed" — you are most likely using your Apple Account password. Create an app-specific password as in step 1.
• It worked and then stopped — changing your Apple Account password revokes every app-specific password. Create a new one.
• You use a custom domain with iCloud+ — the server is still imap.mail.me.com; sign in with your @icloud.com address.

Tested status

Not yet tested against a live iCloud mailbox. iCloud runs standard IMAP, so reading, searching and attachments are expected to work as with any other server. What mcp4mail does where iCloud may differ:

• Trash is called "Deleted Messages". If iCloud does not mark it as Trash, mcp4mail finds it by that name.
• No MOVE support. If the server lacks it, a moved or trashed message is copied and then deleted from where it was.

If something does not work with your iCloud mailbox, tell us on GitHub.