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@rednoise0 wrote: @rednoise0 wrote: On my Android phone I've been unable to retrieve email for the past several days at least, using my preferred IMAP client, Blue Mail. I am able to send email. I can get to webmail on a web browser. The error message I just got is:   Error - Sync failed, your username or password may be incorrect (3010) Email server returned: "NO, [ALERT], Temporarily blacklisted IP Address - try again later."   I'm sure the UID/password is correct, since I haven't changed it lately. I assume my IP address changes every time I make a mobile data connection, so that error message seems unlikely or misleading. My server settings are those recommended by Comcast (server: imap.comcast.net, Security: SSL/TLS, Port: 993.)   Has anybody else seen this, can anyone explain what's going on, and/or can anyone suggest a workaround or fix?   (edit: I AM able to retrieve Comcast IMAP email when my phone is connected to WiFi.) I found something VERY interesting....   If, instead of Comcast/Xfinity's recommended email settings, I use my user name ONLY (that is, the prefix of your email address, omitting the "@comcast.net" bit, I can then retrieve my email via mobile data. This is contrary to Comcast's published directions.   Again, if you are having trouble retrieving Comcast email while using a mobile data connection, go into your email app's settings and get rid of the "@comcast.net" part of your Username, using your ID name ONLY. I think you will find it now works Scratch that. It worked for several hours, but now I'm again getting the same error as I first reported, the one about the "blacklisted IP Address", and I can't retrieve email when using a mobile data connection, although wifi works. ... View more

@rednoise0 wrote: On my Android phone I've been unable to retrieve email for the past several days at least, using my preferred IMAP client, Blue Mail. I am able to send email. I can get to webmail on a web browser. The error message I just got is:   Error - Sync failed, your username or password may be incorrect (3010) Email server returned: "NO, [ALERT], Temporarily blacklisted IP Address - try again later."   I'm sure the UID/password is correct, since I haven't changed it lately. I assume my IP address changes every time I make a mobile data connection, so that error message seems unlikely or misleading. My server settings are those recommended by Comcast (server: imap.comcast.net, Security: SSL/TLS, Port: 993.)   Has anybody else seen this, can anyone explain what's going on, and/or can anyone suggest a workaround or fix?   (edit: I AM able to retrieve Comcast IMAP email when my phone is connected to WiFi.) I found something VERY interesting....   If, instead of Comcast/Xfinity's recommended email settings, I use my user name ONLY (that is, the prefix of your email address, omitting the "@comcast.net" bit, I can then retrieve my email via mobile data. This is contrary to Comcast's published directions.   Again, if you are having trouble retrieving Comcast email while using a mobile data connection, go into your email app's settings and get rid of the "@comcast.net" part of your Username, using your ID name ONLY. I think you will find it now works ... View more

@RedVan wrote: ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2406399 See #23 Thanks for the pointer. That explains it pretty well. It's odd that the bug didn't hit me until now, although maybe it was something in a recent Mint update. I'm sure it will be fixed soon and the workarounds are acceptible for now. ... View more

@abbypatch wrote: Windows 10. Xfinity online email site. Trying to read email. trying to delete email (?) on Xfinity.. Funny, it seems to have straightened out for now. But why did this happen in the first place? I keep getting messages that comcast email is out of date. Yet, I don't use the comcast email. I read and delete them on the Xfinity website. I've been having a related problem. Midday today I stopped being able to access my IMAP mail on Comcast via Thunderbird and Claws Mail on Linux. But!... I *am* still able to get to it on my Windows machines and on my Android phone! I kept getting "Cannot connect" and "connection refused" error messages. I eventually got a hint to change the IMAP server name from imap.comcast.net to imap.ge.xfinity.com -- and it now works. This has not been necessary on any of my other devices, just the Linux one.   Can anyone suggest why only the Linux machine is having trouble, and not the Windows or Android ones? I'm going to keep an eye on this - I have a feeling I'm going to have to change it back to imap.comcast.net before long. ... View more