Using a Comcast.net mail acct in "Windows Mail"

I cannot receive or send email via my comcast account.

When I set up the parameters, I entered mail.comcast.net for receiving and
sending. I left the POP3 field alone.

Where did I mess this one up?

did you look here?
http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=Hot117481




"PK in KY" <konjp@comcast.net> wrote in message
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>I cannot receive or send email via my comcast account.
>
> When I set up the parameters, I entered mail.comcast.net for receiving and
> sending. I left the POP3 field alone.
>
> Where did I mess this one up?

This sounds like the same problem I had when setting my Windows Mail to
manage my Road Runner E-mail. I had to go to my ISP help page to find the
POP3 server ID. You also need the ID for the outgoing mail server (I forget
the term used for it)
"PK in KY" wrote:

> I cannot receive or send email via my comcast account.
>
> When I set up the parameters, I entered mail.comcast.net for receiving and
> sending. I left the POP3 field alone.
>
> Where did I mess this one up?
>
>

Mail.comcast.net is for incoming mail

Outgoing mail should be set to smtp.comcast.net

"PK in KY" wrote:

> I cannot receive or send email via my comcast account.
>
> When I set up the parameters, I entered mail.comcast.net for receiving and
> sending. I left the POP3 field alone.
>
> Where did I mess this one up?
>
>

its mail.comcast.net for pop3
smtp.comcast.net for smtp
Works fine on my other machine. I use TB

EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
http://www.eggheadcafe.com

I'm having the same exact problems, only I can receive, but not send. My
outgoing mail server is mail.comcast.net and I've been on the phone for over
an hour trying to figure out what the deal is. Comcast says it's a problem
with the Windows Mail app. Anyone else have any problems here?


"bjr" wrote:

> its mail.comcast.net for pop3
> smtp.comcast.net for smtp
> Works fine on my other machine. I use TB
>
> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>

The outgoing mail server for Comcast smtp.comcast.net, NOT
mail.comcast.net. LOOK at the mail I sent below. The pop3 and SMTP
Comcast addresses ARE DIFFERENT.

newwaveboy wrote:
> I'm having the same exact problems, only I can receive, but not send. My
> outgoing mail server is mail.comcast.net and I've been on the phone for over
> an hour trying to figure out what the deal is. Comcast says it's a problem
> with the Windows Mail app. Anyone else have any problems here?
>
>
> "bjr" wrote:
>
>> its mail.comcast.net for pop3
>> smtp.comcast.net for smtp
>> Works fine on my other machine. I use TB
>>
>> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>>

typo on my part, actually. Sorry. All my server designations are correct and
have been. Incoming, mail.comcast.net; Outgoing smtp.comcast.net

Outgoing port is 587, incoming is 110

yet I still cannot send mail via Windows Mail- I can only receive. Any ideas?


"bjr" wrote:

> The outgoing mail server for Comcast smtp.comcast.net, NOT
> mail.comcast.net. LOOK at the mail I sent below. The pop3 and SMTP
> Comcast addresses ARE DIFFERENT.
>
> newwaveboy wrote:
> > I'm having the same exact problems, only I can receive, but not send. My
> > outgoing mail server is mail.comcast.net and I've been on the phone for over
> > an hour trying to figure out what the deal is. Comcast says it's a problem
> > with the Windows Mail app. Anyone else have any problems here?
> >
> >
> > "bjr" wrote:
> >
> >> its mail.comcast.net for pop3
> >> smtp.comcast.net for smtp
> >> Works fine on my other machine. I use TB
> >>
> >> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
> >> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
> >>
>

Are you sure your ISP is Comcast?
Your headers say you're connecting via AT&T/SBC/PacBell DSL.

I would help to see the exact error message.

Gary VanderMolen

"newwaveboy" <newwaveboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A1F56B3A-8744-4CB4-BBB4-C3A021FA86EB@microsoft.com...
> typo on my part, actually. Sorry. All my server designations are correct and
> have been. Incoming, mail.comcast.net; Outgoing smtp.comcast.net
>
> Outgoing port is 587, incoming is 110
>
> yet I still cannot send mail via Windows Mail- I can only receive. Any ideas?

re: Outgoing port is 587, incoming is 110"
Change the Outgoing to 25 (this is the default Comcast uses)

Mike Burgess (aka: WinHelp2002)
Microsoft MVP - Internet Explorer & Windows Security 1999-2007
"There's no place like 127.0.0.1"
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

"newwaveboy" <newwaveboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A1F56B3A-8744-4CB4-BBB4-C3A021FA86EB@microsoft.com...
> typo on my part, actually. Sorry. All my server designations are correct
> and
> have been. Incoming, mail.comcast.net; Outgoing smtp.comcast.net
>
> Outgoing port is 587, incoming is 110
>
> yet I still cannot send mail via Windows Mail- I can only receive. Any
> ideas?
>
>
> "bjr" wrote:
>
>> The outgoing mail server for Comcast smtp.comcast.net, NOT
>> mail.comcast.net. LOOK at the mail I sent below. The pop3 and SMTP
>> Comcast addresses ARE DIFFERENT.
>>
>> newwaveboy wrote:
>> > I'm having the same exact problems, only I can receive, but not send.
>> > My
>> > outgoing mail server is mail.comcast.net and I've been on the phone for
>> > over
>> > an hour trying to figure out what the deal is. Comcast says it's a
>> > problem
>> > with the Windows Mail app. Anyone else have any problems here?
>> >
>> >
>> > "bjr" wrote:
>> >
>> >> its mail.comcast.net for pop3
>> >> smtp.comcast.net for smtp
>> >> Works fine on my other machine. I use TB
>> >>
>> >> EggHeadCafe.com - .NET Developer Portal of Choice
>> >> http://www.eggheadcafe.com
>> >>
>>