Got it fixed it was comcast they had to issue me a new password dont know why but now it is working
My mail was working perfect using Evolution. I backed up all my mail settings and browser settings and home settings to my external Hard drive. did a fresh install from mint gloria to mint 8 Helena. install went perfect and so did all the reload of back up files. but I can not get the mail to work at all I have tried all that I can think of.
the mail will work using web mail but not through evo or thunderbird.
it is [mail.comcast.net] [smtp.comcast.net] the error is sending of username/password did not succeed I tried changing the port to 587 and it still did not work. any help would be greatly appreciated. have a nice day
Mail not working Mint 8
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Re: Mail not working Mint 8
got a new message when I try to send [Mail from command failed authentication required] and this is the error I get trying with
Thunderbird [sending of password did not succeed. mail server mail.comcast.net responded: invalid username/password
Thunderbird [sending of password did not succeed. mail server mail.comcast.net responded: invalid username/password
Re: Mail not working Mint 8
After you have configured Thunderbird, you have to go back into the server settings, edit/account settings/server settings, and tick SSL for incoming server & then edit the outgoing server and tick TLS, that solved it for me, on Gmail, hope it does for you.
Re: Mail not working Mint 8
tried this and still the same thing. thanks for the info.cottfcfan wrote:After you have configured Thunderbird, you have to go back into the server settings, edit/account settings/server settings, and tick SSL for incoming server & then edit the outgoing server and tick TLS, that solved it for me, on Gmail, hope it does for you.
Re: Mail not working Mint 8
You could try using your full email address instead of just username.
Check it isn`t case sensitive.
Check your incoming server is correct ie imap/pop.comcast.net.
Other than that i'm as lost as you!
Check it isn`t case sensitive.
Check your incoming server is correct ie imap/pop.comcast.net.
Other than that i'm as lost as you!
Re: Mail not working Mint 8
I did try user name as vwblackwell0216@comcast.net. that is the only way it would work when it was working. now I am lost as a goose. I will soon get my laptop and i will see if it works through outlook. if not I will be calling comcast. this happened a few years back with comcast and they could not figure out why my email would not work through outlook it ended up in me cancelling and going with bellsouth. now I am back and here we go again.cottfcfan wrote:You could try using your full email address instead of just username.
Check it isn`t case sensitive.
Check your incoming server is correct ie imap/pop.comcast.net.
Other than that i'm as lost as you!
Re: Mail not working Mint 8
I know its a pain but I had problems with my Email Account being forced to use Karoo in Hull.
So i set up a Gmail account.
Since then everythings worked fine and it literally takes about a minute to configure with Thunderbird and other mail clients.
If all else fails change your Email provider.
And Gmail is Free.
So i set up a Gmail account.
Since then everythings worked fine and it literally takes about a minute to configure with Thunderbird and other mail clients.
If all else fails change your Email provider.
And Gmail is Free.
Re: Mail not working Mint 8
I called comcast and they said they were having problems at this time with email and outlook. so this must be my problem.