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Re:Why does Mail app contact iCloud when sending a non-iClou... by tomasf on Monday August 03, 2026 @12:57PM (#49158388)
It's previous recipients synced over iCloud.

Run this and then send an email to see it: log stream --predicate 'subsystem == "com.apple.cloudkit"' --info --debug

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Re:Why does Mail app contact iCloud when sending a non-iClou... by pinkyboy on Monday August 03, 2026 @02:51PM (#49159903)
Verified - and the actual payload to the iCloud endpoint is e2e encrypted ciphertext.
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