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Tuesday, November 7th, 2023 11:43 AM

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Emails aren't sent or received - emails moved to outbox - open emails to see what's wrong

Since 2:07 am today, my Comcast emails aren't being sent or received on my android Galaxy S series. I tried to send a test message to my own email address. It gets moved to my outbox with the message: "Couldn't send." I select the email that didn't send and it says: "Couldn't authenticate...the password or authentication method may be incorrect. Check your outgoing server settings, then try again." I then selected: "Settings" and it brings up the "Server settings" screen. I don't know what the fields should be, but haven't changed anything to my phone or settings or done a phone update. I did a soft and hard restart (pushed the down volume and power button together until restarted), but still not working. I can send and receive emails if I go directly to Comcast's email site. Help.

1 Message

1 year ago

I changed email server settings for imap and smtp from SSL to "SSL (Accept all certificates)" and so far it seems to be updating. Will confirm after giving it more time to make sure. 

8 Messages

Exactly how mine was setup and still had issues until about 4 hours ago!  Good luck!

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7 Messages

1 year ago

It looks like Samsung and Comcast are getting a handle on the issue....

We followed the suggestions:  Uninstalled the Samsung Email App.

Reinstalled the Samsung Email App

Started a timer

My PC Outlook gets email from Comcast.net with no problems.  I use that as a base point to review the Samsung Email App...

The Samsung email was reinstalled 2:30 hours ago and is working...

Emails are in sync. 

I see two Moderators have joined this thread and confirmed that the issue is slowly being resolved. 

The Samsung email app was the issue and it seems to be on the mend. 

Good Luck Everyone...

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2.1K Messages

Thank you for your patience @user_254334! Our incredible engineers are aware of this issue and hope to have this issue resolved soon. As a temporary solution please continue to use our website.

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1 year ago

I'm having the same problem, is it a comcast issue anyone know when it might be resolved

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Thank you for reaching out to us @user_kfud67! This morning we implemented a fix for customers who may be experiencing issues accessing or sending / receiving their Xfinity email on Samsung Galaxy devices through the Android OS Email app. However, the fix does require users to reauthenticate their Xfinity Email account—which requires that the account be deleted from the Email app and then added it back. We appreciate your patience as we worked to identify the issue and understand this fix may be frustrating. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for being an Xfinity customer.

 

To delete you Xfinity Email account, please:

 

  1. Open the Email app on your Samsung device. If you cannot find the app, swipe upward on your Home screen, then search for "email."
  2. Enter your login information, if prompted. Note: If this happens, you may stop here; the issue should be clear now. If not, continue on.
  3. Tap on the hamburger menu (the three horizontal lines) in the upper left corner of the screen.
  4. Tap on the gear icon (Settings) in the upper right corner.
  5. Tap on the Xfinity Email account. The email accounts will appear at the top of the Accounts list.
  6. Tap "Remove" located in the upper right corner.
  7. Tap "Remove" in the pop-up window to confirm that you want to remove your Xfinity Email account.

The email account should no longer appear in the Email app. At this point, you may be automatically prompted to Set up email.

 

If you’re prompted to Set up email, please:

 

  1. Choose “Other”.
  2. Type in your Xfinity Email address and password.
  3. Follow the prompts to authenticate through Xfinity.

You can also find instructions on adding email accounts at Samsung.com.

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1 year ago

Same thing is happening today on my android phone regarding emails. Any idea?

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1.4K Messages

@RobM117, thank you for using the forum to reach out regarding your email concerns. Is this still an ongoing issue for you?

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13 Messages

1 year ago

I am having the same exact problem for last 2 days. 

Using a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra.

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23 Messages

1 year ago

For me it seems the issue has been resolved.

16 Messages

Not here...been 10 hours

8 Messages

1 year ago

Remove and reinstall comcast email from app. Started working about 4 hrs ago.

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1 year ago

My email has been working pretty steady for the last 3 hours.  Hopefully this means there is "something" going on in the background to get this resolved!  After I removed the Xfinity account for the 999,999th time, shut down my phone, turned on my phone and added the account back, it's been good.  Before this fix, was only lasting about 15 mins.  Good luck everyone!

2 Messages

1 year ago

I have the same issue. Mine started yesterday at about 10am. I can uninstall comcast and it syncs for about 2 minutes and then it stops. I was thinking I was hacked or something.

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1 year ago

I have the same issue. Reinstalled Comcast mail and it worked for a minute and then right back to not syncing.

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2.3K Messages

Hello @user_s5rdw7, are you still having issues sending or receiving emails? I basically live out of my inbox, so I can imagine how important this is. Are you able to access your emails by signing in to the Xfinity website as a work around? 

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3 Messages

1 year ago

I have same problem as everyone else on syncing with xfinity. If you sign on to xfinity from Google, I can access my emails. Since it works with Google, I would assume the problem is with Samsung app. 

1 Message

1 year ago

Same exact issue here. Was told by customer support that Xfinity no longer supports 3rd party apps. That I would have to open a browser on my phone and sign to my account in order to send and receive emails, which is an awful work around. It's inconvenient and there's no way to attach photos to emails through the client from my phone. (Galaxy S series)

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If thats the case I am done with Comscam. 

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2.1K Messages

Thank you for reaching out to us @user_0vsjdj! This morning we implemented a fix for customers who may be experiencing issues accessing or sending / receiving their Xfinity email on Samsung Galaxy devices through the Android OS Email app. However, the fix does require users to reauthenticate their Xfinity Email account—which requires that the account be deleted from the Email app and then added it back. We appreciate your patience as we worked to identify the issue and understand this fix may be frustrating. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for being an Xfinity customer.

 

To delete you Xfinity Email account, please:

 

Open the Email app on your Samsung device. If you cannot find the app, swipe upward on your Home screen, then search for "email."

Enter your login information, if prompted. Note: If this happens, you may stop here; the issue should be clear now. If not, continue on.

Tap on the hamburger menu (the three horizontal lines) in the upper left corner of the screen.

Tap on the gear icon (Settings) in the upper right corner.

Tap on the Xfinity Email account. The email accounts will appear at the top of the Accounts list.

Tap "Remove" located in the upper right corner.

Tap "Remove" in the pop-up window to confirm that you want to remove your Xfinity Email account.

The email account should no longer appear in the Email app. At this point, you may be automatically prompted to Set up email.

 

If you’re prompted to Set up email, please:

 

Choose “Other”.

Type in your Xfinity Email address and password.

Follow the prompts to authenticate through Xfinity.

You can also find instructions on adding email accounts at Samsung.com.

I am an Official Xfinity Employee.
Official Employees are from multiple teams within Xfinity: CARE, Product, Leadership.
We ask that you post publicly so people with similar questions may benefit from the conversation.
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6 Messages

1 year ago

Thank you to RobM117 for initially documenting this problem. For me, since late this afternoon the Samsung Mail program is finally syncing properly with Xfinity following one more removal and adding back the Comcast account. Something was fixed on the backend. 

3 Messages

1 year ago

I have the same issue with Galaxy s20 and I removed my Comcast email account from the email app and then added it back in manually as a POP3 for now until they fix this issue and that works fine and allows you to get all your email but will not sync with your computer.

7 Messages

1 year ago

Going on 3 days now. The world is going to hell. Banks cant make deposits, emails not syncing, and comcast's prices are through the roof.  

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4 Messages

Yep, the sky is falling, the sky is falling, ahhhh!!!

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