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Thunderbird won't retrieve mail from comcast anymore

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bellingham_bob
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Thunderbird has stopped retrieving email from my Comcast accounts (4 accounts) last retrieval was at 4:45PM January 9th 2016.

I get no error messages, no messages at all really it just does not retrieve anything. I can still login to the Comcast Xfinity email portal using my browser and so my account and passwords are still valid. 


 Application Basics

   Name: Thunderbird
   Version: 38.5.1
   User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1
   Profile Folder: Show Folder

             (Local drive)
   Application Build ID: 20151228123010
   Enabled Plugins: about:plugins
   Build Configuration: about:buildconfig
   Memory Use: about:memory

 Mail and News Accounts
   account1:
     INCOMING: account1, , (pop3) mail.comcast.net:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.comcast.net:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true

   account2:
     INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext

   account3:
     INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) mail.comcast.net:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.comcast.net:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true

   account4:
     INCOMING: account4, , (pop3) mail.comcast.net:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext
     OUTGOING: smtp.comcast.net:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true

 Crash Reports

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 Graphics

     Adapter Description: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
     Vendor ID: 0x10de
     Device ID: 0x0615
     Adapter RAM: 1024
     Adapter Drivers: nvd3dumx,nvwgf2umx,nvwgf2umx nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
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     Driver Date: 8-17-2015
     Direct2D Enabled: false
     DirectWrite Enabled: false (6.2.9200.17568)
     ClearType Parameters: ClearType parameters not found
     WebGL Renderer: false
     GPU Accelerated Windows: 0

     AzureCanvasBackend: skia
     AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0
     AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo
     AzureContentBackend: cairo

 JavaScript

 Incremental GC: 1

 Accessibility

   Activated: 0
   Prevent Accessibility: 0

 Library Versions

     Expected minimum version
     Version in use

     NSPR
     4.10.10
     4.10.10

     NSS
     3.19.2.1 Basic ECC
     3.19.2.1 Basic ECC

     NSS Util
     3.19.2.1
     3.19.2.1

     NSS SSL
     3.19.2.1 Basic ECC
     3.19.2.1 Basic ECC

     NSS S/MIME
     3.19.2.1 Basic ECC
     3.19.2.1 Basic ECC
Thunderbird has stopped retrieving email from my Comcast accounts (4 accounts) last retrieval was at 4:45PM January 9th 2016. I get no error messages, no messages at all really it just does not retrieve anything. I can still login to the Comcast Xfinity email portal using my browser and so my account and passwords are still valid. Application Basics Name: Thunderbird Version: 38.5.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.5.1 Profile Folder: Show Folder (Local drive) Application Build ID: 20151228123010 Enabled Plugins: about:plugins Build Configuration: about:buildconfig Memory Use: about:memory Mail and News Accounts account1: INCOMING: account1, , (pop3) mail.comcast.net:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.comcast.net:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true account2: INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, plain, passwordCleartext account3: INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) mail.comcast.net:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.comcast.net:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true account4: INCOMING: account4, , (pop3) mail.comcast.net:110, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext OUTGOING: smtp.comcast.net:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, passwordCleartext, true Crash Reports Extensions Lightning, 4.0.5.1, true, 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Chosen solution

For the encrypted connection your using comcast recommend port 995 not 110

So my guess it you either use connection security of none or change the port. Probably Comacst have had a grace period for folk to change settings which expired at the beginning of the month. Usually they send an email and give you about 6 months or a year to comply.

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bellingham_bob
bellingham_bob Question owner

I just realized that this coincides with an update for Firefox that was pushed on January 9th.

Matt
Matt
  • Top 10 Contributor

Chosen Solution

For the encrypted connection your using comcast recommend port 995 not 110

So my guess it you either use connection security of none or change the port. Probably Comacst have had a grace period for folk to change settings which expired at the beginning of the month. Usually they send an email and give you about 6 months or a year to comply.

bellingham_bob
bellingham_bob Question owner

Yes I had to set it to use SSL/TLS on Port 995 instead of STARTTLS on port 110 like it used to be.

Thank you.

Matt
Matt
  • Top 10 Contributor

I do not have access to a Comcast mail account to test, but I would like to make some changes to Thunderbird automatic account wizard based on what you are experiencing. So like all community based project we look to our community for help.

To be sure I get it right.

Could you please try; Port 110 with SSL instead of STARTTLS Port 995 with STARTTLS instead of SSL.

STARTTLS is actually higher security that SSL. so before setting all new accounts to SSL I would like to be sure STARTTLS does not work with port 995 likewise I would like to check if any connection security works with port 110. as any is better than none.