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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.

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40 Messages

1 year ago

Since 11/7 our Xfinity email won't sync on Samsung phone. Uninstall-reinstall works only a dat or two then the problem returns. No email. 

Is this being fixed???????

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Email not syncing Samsung phone

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@CashierJudy There have been several reports of folks resolving this issue enabling third party access for email through our website preferences. This article can help provide the quick steps to check on this.

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NOPE. This is unchanged as it must be checked to use Outlook mail with your email.

So this isn't the issue 

THIS BEGAN 11/6 or 11/7 and there are hundreds of people posting about this....with responses that temporarily work....next day email doesn't sync anymore.

That should narrow down the problem. WHAT CHANGED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD.

Please respond and let me know a time frame for this bug to be fixed.  I'm paying thousands per year for your service and need email on my phone. 

Please no more repeating that temporary fix 

Please give straight answer and don't close this as the multitude of other help requests regarding this problem have been closed with no permanent fix. 

Thanks.

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I have gotten the inbox to load, however, other folders are still empty.   This is NOT a usable solution.

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1 year ago

I'm having this issue as well and have tried numerous ways to fix it, but nothing works.  HELP!

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Going to the settings on the phone which is the wheel Geer, then to manager account, go to Concast email and enable Sync Accounts...mines has been working right since I did this yesterday 

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Hey there, @user_7ff182! To confirm, have you yet seen the Official Solution that was posted within this thread a few days ago?

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@XfinitySara​  I have followed the steps in the "official solution"....twice.  I still have empty folders.  I ensured the tabs were selected to sync them, still nothing.  This is NOT acceptable!

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Hello @user_m2v38m, and thanks for reaching out with your email concern. I would be happy to take a more direct look into your issue to see if I can help. 

Can you send us a direct message with your full name, name of account holder (if different), and service address please?

To send a "Direct Message" to Xfinity Support:

Click "Sign In" if necessary

Click the "Direct Messaging" icon (speech bubble)

Click the "New message" (pencil and paper) icon

The "To:" line prompts you to "Type the name of a person". Instead, type "Xfinity Support" there

- As you are typing a drop-down list appears. Select "Xfinity Support" from that list

- An "Xfinity Support" graphic replaces the "To:" line

Type your message in the text area near the bottom of the window

Press Enter to send it

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1 year ago

I did a re install, which, only started the sync from 11/6.  My sub-folders are empty, and, at first weren't even showing up.  How do I get my old folders and past emails back? 

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AFTER RESETTING YOUR ACCOUNT ID AND PASSWORD, YOU NEED TO CLICK ON YOUR ACCOUNT NAME. GO TO SYNC AND SLIDE THE TABS TO THE RIGHT FOR ALL THE FOLDERS YOU WANT RESYNCED. THIS SHOULD RESTORE ALL OF THE DATA ITEMS IN YOUR FOLDERS.

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I did that and still have empty folders.

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Change the sync date from 2 weeks to all time

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1 year ago

Looks like this issue has resurfaced today....

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1 year ago

I have a Samsung S23 and using the Samsung email app.  A couple of days ago I could no longer send emails from this app.  I tried deleting the Comcast email account and reinstalling it as an IMAP account and received the message that the "Server does not support authentication".   My login credentials are correct.

I uninstalled the whole app and reinstalled it and receive the same error message trying to install my Comcast email account.

Please help

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I had this happen twice to me since November.  I deleted the app, cleared the cache in the samsung mail app, and then it started working again.  The trick for me was clearing the cache, but I"m not sure why it stopped, and why clearing the cache fixed it.

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Thank you!    After reading your note I cleared the cache in the Samsung email app and then was successfully able to set up the Comcast email account on the app.   I had already deleted and reinstalled the app, but your suggestion to clear the cache was a step I had not thought of.  The account is at least installed now, so we will see how it goes from here.

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ooops.  I was able to at least get the Comcast email account on the app, but now I still cannot send email.  It says it can't access the server.   

🤬

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It took a day but I was able to uninstall and reinstall the Comcast email account and finally it would successfully send email.  No idea what changed.

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@user_7q4frv That is great to hear! Thank you so much for the update I am glad you are back to normal with your email. 

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