Table of Contents

1. Overview
2. Enable Comcast Email For Outlook
3. Configure Outlook 2019 For Email
4. Comcast Mail Servers & Settings

Overview

Setting up your Comcast.net email account to work with Microsoft Outlook 2019 is actually pretty straight-forward, with a bit of a ‘catch’ that can be frustrating to troubleshoot. That ‘catch’ is what we’ll cover first, in the next section.

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Enable Comcast Email For Outlook

Before your Comcast email will work with an app like Outlook, you have to enable a specific setting within the Comcast email web page. So, sign in to Comcast Webmail (link opens in a new tab), click the Settings button found in the upper-right corner of the page, and finally Email Settings from the list of options.

Select Security from the column of options on the left side of the page. Place a check in the box labelled Allow access to my Xfinity Connect email through third-party programs e.g., Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, etc.).

Now you’ll be able to successfully check your Comcast email using Outlook, after it’s setup – which is exactly what we’ll get to now :)

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Configure Outlook 2019 For Email

1. Launch Outlook from your Start menu (or desktop icon etc).



2. When the setup wizard opens, enter your comcast.net email address in the space provided and click the Connect button. If the setup wizard does not launch and Outlook itself opens up, select File and then click the New Account button and the setup wizard will start.



3. After a few moments, Outlook will ask for your Comcast email password. Enter it in the space provided and then click the Connect button.



4. Outlook will finish the configuration on its own, which may take a minute – some patience may be required :)



5. Once the setup has completed Outlook will display an Account successfully added button. In all likelihood you won’t want or need to setup your phone with Outlook Mobile, so remove the check from the box labeled Set up Outlook Mobile on my phone, too and then click the Done button.



6. Finally! Outlook will open up, download all of your Comcaste.net email, and display the contents of your inbox.


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7. That’s it, you’re all done!

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Comcast Mail Servers & Settings

If you need the info at any point in time, here are the actual server settings you should use for email apps to access Comcast:

Incoming Mail Server Name: imap.comcast.net
Incoming Mail Server Port Number: 993 (with SSL ON)

Outgoing Mail Server Name: smtp.comcast.net
Outgoing Mail Server Port Number: 587

Encryption: TLS (use SSL if TLS isn’t available)
Authentication: Your Comcast.net email address

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Gmail has made it pretty easy to block a single email address from being able to send you mail. Blocking entire domains is pretty easy too, there’s just an extra step or two – here’s what to do:

1. Head over to Gmail in a web browser rather than an email App.
2. Open an email from one of the addresses of the domain you wish to block and then click the More button (the one that looks like 3 dots on top of each other, found in the upper-right corner of the email message). Select Filter messages like this from the list of options.



3. In the From field change the address from username@domain.com to *@domain.com and then click the Create filter button.



4. Finally, select Delete it from the list of actions. If you want to delete all of the messages that have been previously sent to you from that domain, place a check in the Also apply filters to x matching conversations box. Click the Create filter button when you’re done.



5. That’s it! From now on whenever someone email you from an address using the domain in question, it will be deleted.

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Microsoft recently and quietly released a preview version of an add-on for the Edge browser named Microsoft Outlook (don’t ask me, I didn’t name it). The add-on puts a small icon in your browser toolbar and when you click that icon you’re presented with a condensed but very detailed look at your Outlook.com or Hotmail.com inbox. You can view your emails, compose and respond to emails (easily attach photos/files), delete, flag or archive messages and much, much more. Here’s how to get started using the Microsoft Outlook add-on for Edge –

1. Head over to the Microsoft Outlook add-on page and click the Get button. Unlike most of the add-ons for Edge, this one is only for Edge and doesn’t work in Chrome or any other Chromium-based browsers.



2. Click the Add extension button when prompted.



3. A new icon will appear in your toolbar. Give it a click.



4. Now click the Sign in button.



5. Enter your email address and then click the Next button. You may also be asked to enter your password – do so if it’s requested.



6. Now your Inbox will load inside a small panel that expands from the Microsoft Outlook icon in your taskbar. To compose an email from within this panel, click the plus sign ( + ) button.



7. A condensed ‘compose an email’ screen will load within the Microsoft Outlook panel. This minimal version lacks pretty much all formatting options but it can be quite handy if you’re referring to a web page a lot while writing the email, as it hovers right above the page.



8. When you click a link within an email in the Microsoft Outlook add-on panel it opens in new tab in Edge, as you’d expect.



9. When you hover your cursor over an email a series of 4 icons will appear, and selecting one of those icons allows you to quickly delete the email, archive the email, flag the email or pin the email.



10. There’s also a series of tabs at the bottom of the panel – those tabs are your Calendar, Contacts and To-Do list – making this add-on that much more helpful.

Before you go be sure to check out our other tips, tricks and tutorials for Microsoft Edge.

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Overview

This process used to be a bit more complicated, but Google and Microsoft seem to have decided to play nice. Now it’s actually pretty easy to quickly attach your Google Docs files to an email in Outlook, although the process is a bit different depending on which version of Outlook you’re using. We’ve got you covered for each scenario though – with instructions for Outlook in Windows, Outlook in macOS and via Outlook.com.

Attach Google Docs From Outlook in Windows

By installing Google Drive for Desktop, a completely free app from Google, you can access your Google Drive files and folders right from within Windows. One of the cool features of Google Drive for Desktop is that you don’t actually have to store all of those files on your computer as well as on your Google Drive, although you can select files to make available offline if you want. Another cool feature is that it integrates directly into Outlook, which is how we’ll be using it.

1. Before you do anything, exit out of Outlook. Just for a few minutes. Then download Google Drive for Desktop. Once the download has completed, double-click the file to launch the installer.
2. The setup process takes about a minute in total and when it’s done you’ll have a new “drive” – your Google Drive. You can view it by opening a File Explorer and looking at the drives listed in the This PC column.



3. Now open up Outlook again. The first time you open it after installing Google Drive for Desktop you’ll be asked if you’d like to use Google Meet – you can click the X in the upper-right corner of the panel. If you do want to use Meet, you can always set it up later.



4. Click the New Email button to bring up the “Compose a new email” window. In the “Ribbon” you’ll see two new buttons – click the one named Insert files using Drive



5. Select Insert as Attachement







6. Choose your newly added Google Drive.



7. Locate the file you want to send as an attachment, select it and then click the Open button.



8. The file will appear exactly the same as any other attachment.



9. When the recipient receives the file it will appear exactly as any other email attachment, with no indication that it was actually attached via Google Drive.



10. That’s it! For more information on Google Drive for Desktop, check out the article What can you do with Google Drive for desktop.

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Attach Google Docs From Outlook in macOS

By installing Google Drive for Desktop, a completely free app from Google, you can access your Google Drive files and folders right from within macOS via the Finder. One of the cool features of Google Drive for Desktop is that you don’t actually have to store all of those files on your Mac as well as on Google Drive, although you can select files to make available offline if you want. Outlook & Google Drive for Desktop the macOS versions aren’t quite as tightly integrated as the the Windows versions are (no comment), but the functionality is identical. Here’s how to attach Google Docs files to emails in Outlook for macOS –

1. Start by downloading Google Drive for Desktop. The installation only takes a minute or two, but a reboot is required at the end, so make sure to save any open work before you proceed.
2. After you’ve rebooted, open up a Finder window and look in the Locations section of your Sidebar – you’ll find a new item named Google Drive. It contains all of the files on your Google Drive, but they are not stored locally, so they’re not taking up any space.



3. Launch Outlook and compose a new email as you normally would. Click the Attach File button.



4. Choose your newly added Google Drive and select the file you want to send as an email attachment.



5. It will appear as an attachment in your email the same way any other file would – even though it’s actually from your Google Drive.



6. The recipient won’t be able to tell that the file has come from your Google Drive either, it’ll appear the same as any other attachment.



7. That’s it! Now you can access your Google Drive files without having to open a browser. For more information on Google Drive for Desktop, check out the article What can you do with Google Drive for desktop.

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Attach Google Docs From Outlook.com

1. Start by heading over to outlook.com and sign in as you normally would. Compose an email (or reply to an existing one), click the Attach button and select Browse cloud locations



2. Select + Add an account



3. Click the Google Drive box.



4. Select the account you want to access the Google docs from.







5. Now you can select Google Drive from the list of cloud locations and all of the files on your Google Drive will be accessible.



6. You’ll be prompted to share the file itself, or a link to the file on your Google Drive. As long as the file is relatively small (outlook.com allows for attachments up to 34MB) you should select Attach as a copy



7. The file will attach itself to your email the same way any other file would.



8. The recipient won’t be able to tell that the file has come from your Google Drive either, it’ll appear the same as any other attachment.



9. The next time you want to attach a file from your Google Drive (it doesn’t have to be a document file) you won’t need to go through the ‘setup’ part again, you’ll be able to select Google Drive from the cloud locations.

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Note: the screenshots in this guide are taken from Thunderbird running in Windows 10. If you’re using macOS or Linux you’ll have no trouble following along as the steps are virtually identical.

1. Get started by launching Thunderbird. Click the Menu button (the one that looks like 3 lines on top of each other, see screenshot below) and select Add-ons from the list.



2. When the Add-ons Manager opens, select the Extensions item from the column on the left side of the window, and then search for BrowseInTab in the Find more add-ons field.



3. Locate BrowseInTab from the list of add-ons and then click the + Add to Thunderbird button.



4. When prompted, click the Add button.



5. After BrowseInTab has been installed, click the OK button.



6. You can now close the BrowseInTab tab in Thunderbird, but keep the Add-ons Manager and Inbox tabs open.



7. Go back to your Inbox and locate an email that has a link somewhere in it. Right-click (Mac users ctrl + click) the link and select Open Link in New Tab.



8. This will open up a new tab in Thunderbird and display that web page right inside of it.



9. If you click on the link “normally” (click once using the left mouse button, Mac users just single-click) it will still open up in a browser. If you’d prefer to have web pages open in a new tab inside of Thunderbird when you “normal” click them – and have links open in a browser when you right-click them (ie. swap the default behaviour) – keep reading. Otherwise – you’re done!
10. To switch the default behaviour so that links open in a new tab within Thunderbird when you click on them and will only open in a browser when you right-click them, head back to the Add-ons Manager tab and locate the BrowseInTab entry. Click the “3 dots” button (see screenshot below) and select Options from the list.



11. Choose the Options tab and then place a check in the box labelled Link click opens in a new tab instead of an external browser. Now the link clicking actions are reversed – click on a link and it opens in a tab in Thunderbird, right-click a link and it opens in your browser.



12. All done! You can now view web pages right from within Thunderbird and don’t have to open a browser at all.

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Background

The PortableApps app lets you turn any thumb drive into a “portable PC” filled with your software, settings and bookmarks, documents, photos, audio/video files, and more. It allows you to make any PC feel like it’s your own, and doesn’t leave anything behind. It’s incredibly handy to be able to plug it into a friends computer, work or school computer, and have everything you need ready and waiting for you to use.

It works on every modern version of Windows, all the way back to Windows 2000. Perhaps best of all, it’s completely free and it’s even open source, so you can rest assured that there’s no malware or spyware hidden in the app.

Installing PortableApps on a USB Thumb Drive

1. To get started, plug in your USB thumb drive. You don’t have to delete everything on it, but it might be a good idea to copy the contents over to your hard drive just in case something goes wrong and your data gets erased during the PortableApps installation – which is unlikely, but things happen…

   Visit the PortableApps download page and download the installer file. Once the download has completed, run the file.



2. After clicking Next a few times you’ll be asked what kind of installation you want. Select New Install and then click the Next button.



3. Choose Portable – install to a portable device and click Next



4. Select the drive that represents your USB thumb drive and then click Next



5. At this point you’ll be presented with a confirmation screen. Make sure the right drive has been selected and then click the Install button.



6. Just sit back and wait while the app installs itself onto your thumb drive. This process doesn’t take very long.



7. Finally, make sure there’s a check in the box labelled Run PortableApps.com Platform and then click the Finish button.

Setting Up and Using PortableApps

1. When PortableApps opens for the first time it displays the “About” screen. Close it by clicking the Close button.



2. The PortableApps app itself will be displayed in the bottom right corner of your desktop. To get started adding software to it, click the Apps button.



3. Select the Get More Apps… option and then the By Category option.



4. Give PortableApps time to load all of the software that it offers. This can take a minute or two so just let it do its thing.



5. Eventually a window will appear with a big list of all the software that works with PortableApps out of the box. Go through the list and place a check in the box next to each app you want to install to your thumb drive.



6. Click the Next button after you’ve made your selections.



7. Now PortableApps will download and install everything you just selected. This process can take quite a while, and unfortunately you can’t just leave it and come back later. Many of the Apps require you to click “Accept” to a Terms of Service. The good news is that you only have to go through this process once. Open Minesweeper or something to help kill the time.



8. Once everything has completed, click the Finish button.



9. Now the PortableApps app will have a list of all the software available on your thumb drive. Click one of the apps…



10. … and it’ll open up, exactly the same as if it was installed on the hard drive of the computer you’re using.



11. PortableApps also includes shortcuts to folders that it has created for you on the thumb drive. Click the Documents button.



12. Windows Explorer will open and display the contents of that Documents folder – which is on your thumb drive. This is a great place to store all of the files you want to take with you.



13. One last thing you may want to check out before you’re done – click the Options button.



14. Check out each tab/section and make any changes you see fit.


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15. The Themes tab contains a series of themes or “skins” that PortableApps can use. I didn’t love the default one, but I found a great one to use in this list. Select one of them and then click OK to apply the change.


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16. Keep trying the themes until you find one you like.



17. Finally – when you want to use this on another PC just plug in your thumb drive and navigate to it using Windows Explorer. Double-click Start.exe to launch PortableApps.



18. Remember that when you set up the apps on your thumb drive, the settings for those apps are stored on the thumb drive itself. So you can take your drive to use on another PC, and everything will ready to go. If you use Thunderbird to check your email through PortableApps, you may want to set it to leave mail on the server, so that your email is available to your “main” mail app as well.

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1. Open the Gmail App on your iPhone/iPad and select the “3 lines” button located in the upper-left corner of the App (see screenshot below).



2. Select Settings from the list of options.



3. Select your account from the list in the Settings section.



4. Locate the General section and then toggle the Meet ON/OFF switch to OFF.



5. Now when you’re using the Gmail App on your iPhone the Meet tab won’t be displayed.

Now that you know how to remove the Meet tab in Gmail, check out this short guide on how to schedule emails to send later using Gmail.

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You’ll also be able to access it via the Calendar app, if you wish.

1. Click the Windows 10 “Start” button and select Settings



2. Click Accounts



3. From the navigation panel on the left, select Email & accounts. In the panel on the right, click the Add an account button.



4. Select Google



5. Enter your Gmail address in the space provided and then click the Next button.



6. Now enter your Google password in the space provided and click the Next button again.



7. You’ll be prompted to allow Windows to access your Google account – click the Allow button.



8. Finally, click the Done button.



9. Before we jump to the Google Calendar part, let’s quickly make sure everything is configured the way you want it. Back in the Windows 10 Settings, select your newly created Gmail account and then click the Manage button.



10. Click the link titled Opens for syncing your content



11. From here you can choose which parts of your Google account you want to sync and include in Windows 10. It’s possible that you do not want to have your Gmail downloaded to the Microsoft Mail app – if that’s the case, toggle the Email switch to the OFF setting. If you don’t want your Google Contacts to sync with the Microsoft People app, toggle that switch to the OFF position. When you’ve made your selections click the Done button.



12. Now open the Calendar app from the Start menu.



13. In the panel on the left side of the app, expand the Gmail menu. Make sure your Google Calendars are listed (and remove the check mark from any you don’t want to display). You can close out of the Calendar app now.



14. Click the time in your System Tray – ta-da!!! A calendar with your Google Calendar events will appear.

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There are a million reasons you may want to create filters for your email. Messages from certain people or accounts may not require your immediate attention, and you can create a filter to have them sent directly to a folder other than your Inbox. Or you can have messages sent directly to your Trash if they contain a specific word in the subject of the email (eg. I’m never going to care about an email that has the word ‘mortgage’ in the subject).

1. Right-click the message you’d like to create a filter for. Select Rule from the context menu and then Create Rules… from the sub-menu.



2. From here you can start to select the criteria for the rule. In this example I’ll be creating a rule for all email messages I recieve from “Xfinity”, which means I’ll check the box From Xfinity. Since I’m not concerned with the subject of the message or which address it’s sent to, I’ll leave those boxes unchecked. I want to have these messages moved to a specific folder – and that’s done by clicking the Select Folder… button and choosing the folder I want them moved to (you can also create a new folder this way). Then click the Advanced Options… button.



3. From here you can choose between a slew of additional options – everything from an email having specific words in the body of the message to which computer (if you have more than one with Outlook installed) you want the rule to apply to. Click Next to review even more options.



4. This section allows you to create exceptions to your filter. For example, you may not want the Rule to apply if the subject or part of message itself contains a specific word or phrase. Click Next when you’ve made your selections, if any.



5. Now give your newly created filter a name and turn it on. You may want to apply it to any messages that are already in your Inbox. Click Finish when you’re done.



6. If you ever want to review any of the Rules you’ve created to change or disable them, select File from the main Outlook menu.



7. Then click the Manage Rules & Alerts button.

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1. If you don’t have Spark installed yet, head over to the macOS App Store to download and install it (link opens in a new window/tab). Once installed, launch Spark from your Applications list.
2. If you already have Spark installed and have used it before, select Spark from the Menu Bar, then Add Account from the drop-down menu. When prompted, click the Set Up Account Manually button. Skip the next step and proceed with Step #4 below.
3. If this is your first time opening Spark, you’ll be presented with an ‘Introduction’ screen. Click the Start Using Spark button.



4. Enter your full @comcast.net email address in the space provided, place a check in the Terms of Use / Privacy Policy box and then click the Next button.



5. In the Name: field enter in a descriptive name for this email account. Enter your full @comcast.net email address (again) and password in the spaces provided and then click the Add button.



6. Spark will now auto-configure your Comcast email server settings and verify your account. It may take a moment or two.



7. Once completed, click the Start Using Spark button.



8. You may be prompted to allow Spark to access your contacts – click OK if this happens.



9. Now you can begin using Spark send and receive your Comcast.net email on your Mac.


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If you’re using Gmail on a laptop or desktop (via the web), click here to jump down to the instructions.

Compose your email as usual but instead of tapping the Send button, tap the “3 dots” button and select Schedule send. This will bring up a series of options including pre-selected times such as “Tomorrow morning” and “Tomorrow afternoon”. Choose Pick date & time if you want to specify the exact time to have the email sent.

1. Compose an email the same way you always do, but this time instead of clicking the Send button, click the small “down arrow” right next to the Send button (see screenshot below)



2. Select Schedule send



3. A small options screen will appear. From here you can select one of the predefined time periods – eg. “Tomorrow morning” or “Tomorrow afternoon” or you can specify an exact time and date by selecting Pick date & time



4. Once you’ve scheduled the email you’ll get a confirmation notification.



5. The navigation panel on the left side of your window will now contain a section titled Scheduled where you’ll find a list of all of your currently scheduled emails.

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Before you block the person, here’s a brief explanation of what will actually happen. First, you’re not really “blocking” them from sending you an email – you can’t stop someone from sending you emails. What you’re actually doing is adding them to a list that Gmail uses to filter messages, and once an address is on that list Gmail will send any messages from that sender straight to your Spam folder. The person who sent the message will not know that the message has been filtered, and you will not be notified that they’ve sent you a message. If that sounds good to you, here’s how to do it –

1. Open up Gmail (link opens in a new tab/window) in a web browser on your computer or laptop. Find a message from the person you want to block and open it up. In the upper-right corner of the message window locate the More button – it’s the one that looks like 3 “dots” on top of each other (see screenshot below). When you find it, give it a click.



2. From the list of options, select Block “Senders Name”



3. A confirmation box will pop up – click the big blue Block button.



4. Another confirmation box will appear. This one will let you know that the email address has been successfully added to your block list, and also provides a button for you should you ever decide to unblock the address. That’s it – you’re done!



5. If you ever want to view or edit the email addresses in your block list, open up the Gmail Settings and select the Filters and Blocked Addresses ‘tab’. Towards the bottom of that window you’ll find a section titled The following email addresses are blocked. Messages from these addresses will appear in Spam: – that’s your list.

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Note: The screenshots used in this tutorial are from a Mac, but the steps and images are nearly identical and you’ll have absolutely no trouble following along if you’re using Windows or Linux.

1. Start up Thunderbird. You may be prompted to set Thunderbird as your default email App – if that happens, for now, select Skip Integration



2. Right away you’ll be presented with the option to create a new email address. Since that’s not what we want to do, click the Skip this step and use my existing email button.



3. At this point you should be prompted with a Mail Account Setup screen. If you are, perfect – you can skip this and the next step and jump down to step #5 below. If you don’t see a Mail Account Setup window have no fear. Click Tools from the main menu and then Account Settings from the drop-down list (Windows users: select Options and then Account Settings)



4. In the bottom left corner of the window you’ll find an Account Actions menu. Click it and then select Add Mail Account… from the options.



5. In the Mail Account Setup window enter your Name, your full @comcast.net email address and the password associated with that email account. Click Continue when you’re ready.



6. Thunderbird will automatically get the settings for your account and apply them to the App.



7. Once the settings have been successfully retrieved a ‘confirmation’ screen will appear. On that screen make sure that IMAP (remote folders) is selected, then click Done



8. Ta-da! All done. Thunderbird will load all of your messages – which can take some time depending on how many there are. You can review the ‘welcome’ message from Thunderbird while they load.


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Note: if you’re using the latest version of Microsoft Outlook (which is 2019), use this guide instead.

It’s actually pretty straight forward, but we’ll go step-by-step just to make sure –

1. There are only two things you’ll need to know ahead of time in order to set up your Comcast email in Outlook 2016 – your comcast.net email address and the password associated with that account. If you know those two things, you’re ready go to!
2. Launch Outlook. When it starts, the ‘welcome screen’ should appear. Click the Next button to begin the setup. Note: if the Welcome message doesn’t appear, jump down to the Create New Account section below.



3. When you’re asked if you want to set up Outlook to connect to an email account, make sure that Yes is selected and then click the Next button.

 

4. This is the ‘main’ setup window. In the spaces provided, enter your name as you’d like it to appear in your emails, your full @comcast.net email address, and your password (which you’ll need to enter twice). Then click the Next button to continue.



5. Outlook will now perform a couple of ‘checks’. First it’ll make sure you’re connected to the Internet. Then it will determine all of the settings required for you to send and receive email. This second part – Searching for email@comcast.net settings – can take a minute or two. Just wait it out :)



6. The last ‘check’ that Outlook performs before it finishes the setup is to send a test email – to yourself. This is all automated and happens ‘behind the scene’.



7. Finally, once all of the settings have been confirmed, click the Finish button.



8. Outlook 2016 will now open and begin downloading all of your Comcast.net email messages – including the ‘test’ message that Outlook sent a few moments ago during the setup.


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9. That’s it – you’re done – have fun emailing! :)

No big deal, you have to start the ‘setup wizard’ manually. Click File from the main Outlook menu.

Directly below the Account Information section, locate the Add Account button and give it a click.

Now just scroll back up to Step #4 in this guide and carry on from there.

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Ubuntu comes packaged with Thunderbird Mail as the default email app. Setting it up to work with Comcast is pretty straight forward, so let’s get started!

1. Click the DashApplications list, click the Thunderbird Mail item. Note: if Thunderbird isn’t displayed or listed in the Applications list, type the word ‘thunderbird’ into the Search bar and it will appear.



2. Thunderbird will go right into the ‘setup wizard’ when it starts for the first time. Ignore everything on this first window and click the Skip this and use my existing email button.



3. On the second screen you’ll need to enter your email info. In the Your name field, enter the name you would like to appear in the “From” section of your emails. Typically this would be your full name. Then enter your full @comcast.net email address and password in the spaces provided. Then click the Continue button.



4. Thunderbird will work its magic and automatically detect the correct settings for Comcast’s mail servers.
   Assuming you don’t want to enter your password each time you check your email, leave the check in the box labelled Remember password. In all likelihood you’ll want to use IMAP instead of POP3 so make sure that one is selected. When you’re all set, click the Done button.



5. That’s it! You can now send and receive your Comcast email in Ubuntu.

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