![]() Not now Turn on Turned on Turn on Request a Comcast IMAP accountīy default, you're still stuck with a Comcast POP3 account if you sign up for their service. You can disable notifications at any time in your settings menu. Here are some instructions on what you other Comcastic customers can do to sign up for IMAP and set up your OS X and iOS devices (note that images and instructions below are written for OS X Mavericks and iOS 7). What I found is that you need to fool the Apple email clients for OS X and iOS 7 into believing that you're NOT connecting to a Comcast server initially, because if you tell those clients you have a Comcast account, they decide to set your email client up with - you guessed it - a POP3 account. After receiving notification that my IMAP account was live, I tried setting it up, only to run into issues. Well, I found out that they've been providing IMAP accounts on a ask-and-ye-shall-receive basis, so I quickly signed up for one. For some reason, Comcast seems to be stuck in the 1990s and wants to retain those stupid POP3 accounts. ![]() The only POP3 account that I still had as of last week was one from my ISP, Comcast. There are some other benefits to IMAP, but for most people, the constant need to make multiple deletions if they have more than one device is the main reason they detest POP3 email servers. What's the big difference between POP and IMAP? Well, if you're connected to a POP account and delete emails that have come into your Mac, when you get onto your iOS devices you'll find that those deleted emails are still there and you have to delete them again! With IMAP, delete once, and an email is deleted from all inboxes. Apple's email service uses the IMAP ( Internet Message Access Protocol) protocol for email, as do many other email services. to your iPhone or iPad and have easy access to all your email anytime and anywhere.For years, POP ( Post Office Protocol) email has been a thorn in my side. Similarly, you can add your other email accounts such as Yahoo, Gmail, Yandex, etc. So, this is how you can easily configure your Comcast email account on your iPhone or iPad to send and receive emails in your Comcast email account in your iPhone Mail client and also have access to other online services. (Inbox Folder of Comcast Email Account in iPhone Mail Client) (Mailbox of Comcast Email Account in iPhone Mail Client)Ĩ.) Simply tap on any folder, say Inbox, you will be able to see all the emails you have received in your Comcast email account. The mailbox of your Comcast email account will appear something like this. (iPhone Mail Client Trying to Save Comcast Email Account)ħ.) Once the adding account process gets completed, your iPhone Mail account will be configured to send and receive emails from your Comcast email account. As you will tap on the Save button, you will see Mail client trying to add your Comcast email account. (Comcast Email Configured with IMAP Settings in iPhone Mail Client)Ħ.) Simply tap on the Save button after making the desired changes in Mail and Notes option on the given screen. In the image below, you can see on the top of the screen showing “IMAP”. (iPhone Mail Client Verifying the Credentials Entered by the User)ĥ.) After the verification, your Comcast email will be set up as IMAP by default. This will indicate that your email account will be configured on your iPhone Mail client. If all the credentials enter by you are correct, you will see a “ Tick” mark next to the option. (iPhone Mail Client’s New Account Screen)Ĥ.) Wait until the information gets verified. ![]() After entering the required information, tap on the Next button located on the top-right corner of your screen. Enter Name, Email, Password, and Description (if you wish to). (iPhone Mail Client’s Welcome to Mail Screen)ģ.) On the next screen where you will be prompted to add New Account, you will need to enter the credentials of your Comcast Email account. The instructions are for the reference purpose only.ġ.) On your iPhone, you will need to tap on the Mail client app.Ģ.) Once the Mail client app gets opened on your screen, tap on the Other option on the Welcome to Mail screen. NOTE: The information provided below to set up your Comcast email account on iPhone or iPad may vary from iPhone or iPad models. Steps to Set Up Comcast Email On iPhone or iPad To know how to set it up, follow the step-by-step instructions provided in this guide. Setting up your Comcast email account on your iPhone or iPad is quite easy. When you set up your Comcast email account to your iPhone, you can easily have access to your account whenever and wherever you wish to. Instead of reaching your web browser on computer or mobile phone to check your Comcast email account each time you receive a new email or wish to send an email, you can easily access and manage your account by configuring it to your iPhone or iPad.
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