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Friday, April 10th, 2026 7:09 PM

IMAP password for Comcast account

I keep getting a message that says enter password for IMAP account Comcast. How can I fix this!

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4 days ago

What

is the answer? About the Passwords question?

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4 days ago

I keep getting a message that says enter password for IMAP account Comcast. How can I fix this!

Enter the correct password?

If you are using Comcast's servers (connect.xfinity.com, mail.comcast.net, imap.comcast.net, and smtp.comcast.net), the email (IMAP) password is the same as the password you use to log in to a Comcast/Xfinity web page or app. There is no separate "IMAP password".

If you need to reset your password, see https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/changing-or-resetting-your-password. If you change it you'll also have to update it on any devices, apps, and programs (email, Xfinity app. etc.) that use it.

If you are accessing a Comcast.net email account that has been migrated to Yahoo, you would be using their servers (pop.mail.yahoo.com or imap.mail.yahoo.com, and smtp.mail.yahoo.com), and the email (IMAP) password is the same as the password you use to log in to Yahoo.com.

Again, there is no separate "IMAP password". If you need to reset that one, see https://help.yahoo.com/kb/new-yahoo-mail/reset-yahoo-password-sln27051.html

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3 days ago

Hello, @user_269jyz did the awesome advise @BruceW posted resolve your issue? 

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2 days ago

I was getting the same error message. Changed password, deleted email from app and now can’t add email back to Mail app. Any ideas??

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3 hours ago

For the second time in five months, I am having this issue that says, “Password Incorrect, Enter the password for the IMAP Account “Comcast.”  After spending hours, trying to fix this last time, I finally spoke with a Comcast employee who had me delete my Mail app, And then reinstall it. That created more headaches and I lost all of my folders and this required more time. Spent trying to fix it. I’m incredibly frustrated with Comcast right now that this password incorrect message has popped up again. I didn’t change anything the last time and I have not changed anything this time. My passwords are all correct. I have not migrated to Yahoo.  I am able to access my Comcast email via the web.  

 Is there a simple workaround? Is Comcast aware that I am not the only one having this  ?

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