Thankyou, no thats perfect. As long as you are accessing through the web and not a hub such as live mail thats no problem.

Ok basically this is where you stand.

In an effort to help prevent spam and ensure the security of the comcast network and customers, Comcast has modified your modem’s settings to prevent the sending of email on port 25. That is the default port email programs such as Outlook Express use to send email. They have taken this action because they may have detected virus-like activity from your modem or received reports from other email providers that mail from your modem generated complaints from their users.

Because you are using comcast webmail they dont offer a way to change the porting arrangement.

The only way to get the port unblocked is to call Comcast Customer Security Assurance at 1-856-317-7272. You will need to ask the technical rep to remove the block for you. They will do it and warn you that it can happen again at any time. Then they will suggest the more expensive business class account so that this will not happen again.

Thanks Mike

Ok now thats a whole new can of worms. Your email MUST be tied to windows live mail which is an email hub which had to be setup by somebody and configured.

Now I can help you configure windows live mail which will open the port up and alot easier than going through comcast directly :-)

Follow these steps exactly in windows live mail.

1. choose Tools
2. choose Accounts
3. go to the Mail tab
4. click on your Comcast account to highlight it
5. choose Properties
6. go to the General tab
7. under Mail Account, enter whatever you'd like to call this account, like John Doe on Comcast
8. under User Information, enter Name (whatever you want to appear on your messages)
9. enter E-mail address (your full Comcast email address)
10. check "Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing"
11. go to the Servers tab
12. "My incoming mail server is a" POP3 "server"
13. Incoming mail is mail.comcast.net
14. Outgoing mail is smtp.comcast.net
15. enter your Account name or Email user name (your Comcast user ID, the part before "@comcast.net" in your email address)
16. enter your Password
17. check "Remember password"
18. make sure “Logon using Secure Password XXXXX (SPA)” is NOT checked
19. check “My server requires authentication”
20. choose Settings
21. choose “Use same settings as my incoming mail server”
22. click OK
23. go to the Advanced tab
24. check both boxes for “This server requires a secure connection (SSL)”
25. change port number to 995 for incoming, 587 or 465 for outgoing
26. bump up the Server Timeouts slider to the high end

Note: With Windows Live Mail - Leave the box ticked which says, "clear text authentication"