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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 9:03 PM

Non Delivery email

I keep getting Non Delivery emails when I forward the many phishing emails I get to:  abuse@*,spam@*, phishing@* or phish@*   I call the security phone number every time this happens.   Why can't the IT department change the code to accept these emails before the filter the true spam emails ???   I worked in IT over 30 years and know this logic is possible before the filter.

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8 hours ago

I put the same question and was eventually led to someone higher in the IT department. I found it unbelievable that a spam/phishing email forwarded to the abuse@ location, would be treated as spam/phishing.He actually told me the following, in response. Once a spam/phishing email has been forwarded to the abuse@ location and is accepted, when any more emails follow that one, if they are copies of the accepted one, they will return a non-delivery response to any of the copies, with the above explanation. As a 40+ year (retired) software engineer, I could not believe the answer! Assuming I was told the facts, this is the most ridiculous design I've ever seen. This from a 100+ billion dollar company.

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6 hours ago

@LoisMax3rd @plumld 

You don't forward these emails, especially when reporting to Xfinity.  You copy/paste the headers along with the body of the spam mail into a new email and send to whomever you were  forwarding emails too.  When you forward a spam mail you are just as guilty of spamming as that email was when it came to you.  This may be why you're getting the messages you do.

How do I report a spam email sent to my Comcast.net email account?

When reporting spam emails, it is critical that you send us the email headers. Please do not forward the spam email. Forwarding the email will remove the original headers.

Webmail Users

  1. Select the message you wish to report as spam.
  2. Click the "Spam" button in the right-hand corner of the webmail console.

The above is from here:  https://spa.xfinity.com/help/email-abuse?faq=report-spam-email 

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