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All right, I'm not good at tech. I try to get email on my iPhone and I get this message: "The mail server "imap@comcast.net" is not responding. Veirfiy that you have entered the correct mail settings."

I can't find this setting. What am I doing wrong?


Posted on May 20, 2020 2:21 PM

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Posted on May 20, 2020 2:27 PM

If you go to Settings>Passwords & Accounts, tap on the Comcast account, then tap on the account again, that will show you your account settings. Under Incoming Mail Server, you should see Host imap.comcast.net, User Name is the part of your email before the 'at' sign, then your password. under Outgoing Mail Server, it should show smtp.comcast.net. to verify that setting, you need to tap on the SMTP, and just make sure it is turned on, then tap on it and makes sure you have username and password entered, Use SSL on, Authentication Password, and server port 587. Go back, tap on Advanced, and under Incoming Settings, Use SSL on, Authentication Password, and Server Port 993.


If you get confused by these settings, then just delete the account, power cycle the iPhone off and back on again, then go back into Passwords & Accounts, and add the account back new.

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May 20, 2020 2:27 PM in response to David Audley

If you go to Settings>Passwords & Accounts, tap on the Comcast account, then tap on the account again, that will show you your account settings. Under Incoming Mail Server, you should see Host imap.comcast.net, User Name is the part of your email before the 'at' sign, then your password. under Outgoing Mail Server, it should show smtp.comcast.net. to verify that setting, you need to tap on the SMTP, and just make sure it is turned on, then tap on it and makes sure you have username and password entered, Use SSL on, Authentication Password, and server port 587. Go back, tap on Advanced, and under Incoming Settings, Use SSL on, Authentication Password, and Server Port 993.


If you get confused by these settings, then just delete the account, power cycle the iPhone off and back on again, then go back into Passwords & Accounts, and add the account back new.

Jun 13, 2020 9:01 AM in response to David Audley

I have the same problem with Gmail. I'm using iPhone 6 with iOS 12.4.7. This problem came up recently BEFORE doing iOS update, which did not help. The error message starting popping up every few seconds, interrupting everything. I finally had to delete my Gmail accounts because trying enter/reconfirm settings and passwords did not work.


Using Google option for account set-up, when I try to re-enter account info, I enter email address and click Next, then nothing happens. ??? I've tried both Google and Other options for entering account info.

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