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Thursday, February 13th, 2025 3:48 PM

Comcast Xfinity email issue

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The connection to remote server imap-central.ge.xfinity.com was refused or timed out while attempting to connect. Please try again later.

I am constantly getting this message, not all my emails are sent, cannot retrieve or write emails without this happening. Help

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8 days ago

I’m having the same issue

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3 Messages

Me too; same timeframe

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me too. Does anyone know how long till they fix this?

Visitor

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me too - southeastern massachusetts - is this nationwide?

New Poster

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@user_j1kgec​ having same issue in FL

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@user_1yayfr​ better be soon..grrr

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8 days ago

I'm having the same issue. 

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@user_cqq2o1 I am sorry to hear about issues with your emails. Can you tell me more about what you are experiencing? 

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See message above. Shows up with trying to open certain emails, delete emails and writing and sending emails. Since this post I have not gotten this error message too often as I was before

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8 days ago

2025-02-13 same ... issue is frequent

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8 days ago

This has been going on for at least 2 days. I am unemployed and rely heavily on my email for employers to reach put to me. What is going on.

Official Employee

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Hello, @user_cztx57! Thanks for leaving your comment with similar concerns. I'm so sorry to hear about the trouble you've had, and I apologize for the inconvenience. You've come to the right place for help, though! Our team is awesome to work with because we'll always provide the latest information available, helping in any way that we can. The good news is our engineers have been made aware of this issue, and we have an open ticket actively being worked on as we speak. We are doing our best to get this resolved ASAP, and we appreciate your patience!

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1 Message

8 days ago

Incredibly disruptive.

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1 Message

8 days ago

same issue. Worked for about 5 minutes and then went back out again.

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109 Messages

8 days ago

Same here, in Virginia

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Thank you for letting us know you've also been impacted, bob0006. This is not the experience we want, my apologies for the inconvenience. Our engineers are aware of the issue and working to resolve it as quickly as possible. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.

 

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8 days ago

Same issue.  Xfinity not reporting any resolution time when notified. Boyertown, PA

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Yes, same here; Maryland

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Hi there, @user_jy5oun I'm very sorry for the trouble you are experiencing with your email service. Since it's been a few days since you last posted, are you still experiencing trouble, if so please don't hesitate to reach out so we can assist you further.-Richard

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8 days ago

Count me as one of the victims. Has anyone heard from Xfinity acknowledging these issues and confirming that a fix is in place? In my case, this is happening with Firefox on a Dell, Safari on a Mac and iPhone iOS - and using wifi at home, at my office and using data on the phone instead of wifi. All the same issue(s) on multiple machines and platforms. So this is certainly an Xfinity issue and not something that can be blamed on a certain machine or architecture. I am beyond frustrated.

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I should add, before any wiseguys ask - yes, I have restarted the browsers, cleaned out caches, restarted machines, checked for updates, you name it. The issues keep reoccurring.

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BobSole thank you for using the Community Forums page to reach out. Has this concern remained active for you since originally reaching out?

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8 days ago

13Feb2025

I've been having similar issues all afternoon. The error is from a different server though.

The connection to remote server imap-east.ge.xfinity.com was refused or timed out while attempting to connect. Please try again later.

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Hi je_0914, I see you mentioned that you're not experiencing this issue anymore, which is great news. To confirm, you're able to send and receive emails now? 

 

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8 days ago

Ours came back but I did call Xfinity and initiated a case ticket this morning.  All is still well this evening.   Eastern Massachusetts.  

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Thank you for the update, user_dda0dt! I am happy to read that all is well and yours came back. 

 

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8 days ago

is it fixed for everyone or still having issues? If having issues, has Xfinity provided a timeline when it would be fixed? Also, I was told by someone trying to email me that their email bounced back so from 10 am to 2 pm all my emails might be lost or sent back to the senders?!!

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@user_1yayfr​ 

The mail server for me settled back to normal about 5:30 PM here in south central PA. No issues since then.

Regular Visitor

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6 days ago

Trying to use my xfinity email from the xfinity appsuite page.  First error I kept getting was, "The connection to remote server imap-east.ge.xfinity.com was refused or timed out while attempting to connect. Please try again later."  Tried to find help w/the bot and had it run through the restart of my (xfinity provided) modem.  No help.  Installed a windows update and restarted my computer.  Now I get this error message, "Unable to connect to mail server. Possible reasons: The mail server is (temporarily) down or there are network connection problems. Please try again in a few minutes."

The only issue I can see on my end is that IPv6 has no internet connection.

Can someone PLEASE tell me if servers or down or there's something wrong w/my connection? 

And if the latter, advise of solution?

Thank you.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Unable to connect to mail server.

Official Employee

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GrammieRee Thanks for reaching out! I did find this issue has been identified, and is being addressed by our engineering team. We don't have an estimated time on when the issue will be resolved. Hopefully soon! Thank you for your patience! 

 

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Moved to Email as this is not Accessibility/disability related.

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Oh good!   As long as the issue is on YOUR end, and you know about it & are working on it, I'm happy because I know it'll get fixed!

Thank you so very much for letting me know!  :)

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I keep getting it as well. Comcast is getting worse instead of getting better. Also too many spam emails I cant block. 

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GrammieRee You're welcome! My team is happy to help, and we appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

 

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6 days ago

The connection to remote server imap-east.ge.xfinity.com was refused or timed out while attempting to connect. Please try again later.

I have been getting this message all morning.

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled email is not working

Official Employee

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JoshuaS Thanks for posting on our Forums. Are you trying to access your email from the Xfinity website or with a third-party client?

 

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me too - cannot send on iPhone, two different windows computers, through IOS mail, Thunderbird, or Xfinity web - ALL of our comcast emails are not working - we have six comcast email addresses.  I can sign in, see settings, access other Xfinity stuff - no internet issues.... just email 

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@user_dda0dt

 

Thanks for reaching out to us, are you able to access your emails via https://www.xfinity.com/email , I know you stated you can sign in but to clarify when you go directly to our website from a laptop or a computer are you getting any error messages when you try to send an e-mail or has anyone told you they get an error message when trying to send you an e-mail?

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Concerns moved here to the E-mail help section.

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@XfinityOrlandoM​ no I can sign in to the Xfinity web email, but it will not load - time out.  I can access email settings but not the email messages.   The pane is completely empty.   Happens with all six of the comcast email addresses we have.  Also will not work on Thunderbird on PC or on IOS devices.   I have several windows computers and have tested them all.   Clearly an issue on Xfinity's end as far as I can tell.

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6 days ago

Thursday, 2-13-2025 - Comcast E-mail:  Comcast e-mail is very dysfunctional, and has been periodically for at least a week.  There are problems in loading new incoming e-mails, and even problems in deleting e-mails.  I have received various messages, saying my mailbox is nearly full - it is NOT - my email usage is currently at 11% of Comcast's stated 10GB capacity. Since Comcast has recently increased its rates, one would think better service would be in order.  This appears to be a major problem with the Comcast email online app.  For reference, I am accessing Comcast e-mail on a laptop, not a cell phone. This needs to be be rectified. 

Note: This comment was created from a merged conversation originally titled Comcast E-mail Continually Dysfunctional - FEB 2025 - Maryland

Official Employee

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Thank you for reaching out to us @dp87! There was a known issue that was resolved by our engineers earlier today. For troubleshooting purposes, could you please:

  • Clear cache and cookies on your devices.
  • Close all browser tabs and windows.
  • Then sign back in to the Xfinity email here.

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