Last verified: Apr 2024
Comcast Email Settings versus Xfinity:
Which settings are right?
Comcast Cable is one of the biggest American telecommunications companies. Under the brand Xfinity, they provide cable television, broadband internet, and landline telephone.
Comcast Email is the former name of the Xfinity email service. Therefore, Comcast email settings are the same as Xfinity Email settings and vice verse. To set up your email account, use the IMAP, SMTP or POP3 settings below.
Comcast Email Settings:
How to set up Comcast email?
To easily set up your Comcast email account in any email client, you need to:
- Enable acces for third-party software
- Use Comcast’s current IMAP and SMTP settings.
Enable Access for Third-Party Programs:
For third-party software like Outlook, Thunderbird or an email migration tool like MailJerry, follow these steps to enable access to your Comcast account:
- Log in to your Xfinity account using your Xfinity / Comcast username and password.
- Click on the Gear icon on the top right of your screen.
- Select Settings.
- In the section Third Party Access Security, uncheck the box to allow your email client or email migration tool to access your data.
Now you only need to add your Comcast account to the desired software. In order to do so, simply add the following Comcast IMAP settings:
Comcast Email Settings: Incoming Emails via IMAP
Use the following Comcast email settings to add your Comcast email address to your email software using IMAP (recommended):
| IMAP Server | imap.comcast.net |
| IMAP Port | 993 |
| IMAP Security | TLS or SSL |
| Username | Your Comcast email address |
| Password | Your Comcast password |
Comcast Email Settings: Outgoing Emails
To be able to also send emails via your Comcast address, you need to add the following Comcast email settings in your email client for outgoing emails:
| SMTP Server | smtp.comcast.net |
| SMTP Port | 465 |
| SMTP Security | TLS or SSL |
| Requires Authentication | ✅ |
| Username | Your Comcast email address |
| Password | Your Comcast password |
Comcast POP3 Email Settings
If you wish to use IMAP instead of POP3 to add your Comcast email account to your email client, use the following Comcast email settings for POP3:
| POP Server | pop3.comcast.net |
| POP Port | 995 |
| POP Security | SSL |
| Username | Your Comcast email address |
| Password | Your Comcast password |
When do I need to use POP3 instead of IMAP?
If you set up your Comcast email account using POP3, your emails will be downloaded from the server and stored on your device. This means that you can access your emails even when you're offline. Furthermore, you also save disk space and do not run out of storage capacity on your Comcast email account.
However, if you use multiple devices to access your Comcast email account, you'll only be able to access your emails on the device where you initially downloaded them. So if you wish to read your emails on multiple devices, IMAP is the better option.
Migrate Emails from / to Comcast:
Got a new Comcast email address and wish to add your old emails to your new account?
Or do you switch to another email provider and wish to transfer your Comcast emails to your new account?
Migrating your emails from or to Comcast is a very simply task. All you need is a migration tool like MailJerry and your Comcast email account credentials. So let's start!
➡️ Download our free email migrator or alternatively start your migration here in the Browser.
➡️ Open MailJerry and click on New Migration.
➡️ In the fields Existing Address, enter the IMAP settings & email credentials for the email account that contains your email data.
➡️ In the section New Address, enter the IMAP settings for your new email account (e.g. the comcast email settings stated above).
➡️ Now start your migration by clicking on Start Migration.
Wait until your email migration from / or to comcast finished.
🎉 That's it! You can now access your old emails in your new email account!
