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Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026 9:03 PM

Non Delivery email

I keep getting Non Delivery emails when I forward the many phishing emails I get to:  abuse@*,spam@*, phishing@* or phish@*   I call the security phone number every time this happens.   Why can't the IT department change the code to accept these emails before the filter the true spam emails ???   I worked in IT over 30 years and know this logic is possible before the filter.

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12 days ago

I put the same question and was eventually led to someone higher in the IT department. I found it unbelievable that a spam/phishing email forwarded to the abuse@ location, would be treated as spam/phishing.He actually told me the following, in response. Once a spam/phishing email has been forwarded to the abuse@ location and is accepted, when any more emails follow that one, if they are copies of the accepted one, they will return a non-delivery response to any of the copies, with the above explanation. As a 40+ year (retired) software engineer, I could not believe the answer! Assuming I was told the facts, this is the most ridiculous design I've ever seen. This from a 100+ billion dollar company.

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@plumld​ Thank you for your message.   I agree that their IT department should change their filter code !

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12 days ago

@LoisMax3rd @plumld 

You don't forward these emails, especially when reporting to Xfinity.  You copy/paste the headers along with the body of the spam mail into a new email and send to whomever you were  forwarding emails too.  When you forward a spam mail you are just as guilty of spamming as that email was when it came to you.  This may be why you're getting the messages you do.

How do I report a spam email sent to my Comcast.net email account?

When reporting spam emails, it is critical that you send us the email headers. Please do not forward the spam email. Forwarding the email will remove the original headers.

Webmail Users

  1. Select the message you wish to report as spam.
  2. Click the "Spam" button in the right-hand corner of the webmail console.

The above is from here:  https://spa.xfinity.com/help/email-abuse?faq=report-spam-email 

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@Again​ Excuse me! When I said forward the spam email to abuse@......, I should have said that I was forwarding the spam email as an attachment. This is covered by a piece of the Comcast FAQ, that you conveniently failed to highlight:

Webmail Users

  1. Select the message you wish to report as spam.
  2. Click the "Spam" button in the right-hand corner of the webmail console.

Email Client Users (Windows Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird, etc.)

  1. Select the message you wish to report as spam.
  2. Send the spam message as an attachment to missed-spam@comcast.net.

My associated comment regarding what I was told by the IT guy at Comcast, is really the point that I was trying to get across.

Once a spam/phishing email has been forwarded (as an attachment) to the abuse@ location and is accepted, when any more emails follow that one, if they are copies of the accepted one, they will return a non-delivery response to any of the copies, with the above explanation.

As a software design, it's a complete fail in the response department.

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@plumld Thanks for the feedback on our email feature. We recommend upgrading it to Yahoo email when you get the invite. That way you have better tools for emails and how they're sent. Check the details here https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/yahoo-email-migration-overview. It is also free, and we highly recommend it to all our customers that need to rely on a good email system. 

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@XfinityBenny​ you can't be serious! You'll have to enlighten me on why anyone would want to migrate to Yahoo, but please don't. Migrating would be the last thing that I could think of doing. Right, free with ads, etc.

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plumld - We’ve chosen to partner with Yahoo Mail to provide customers with a comcast.net email the ability to upgrade their email account to Yahoo Mail for a better email experience at no extra cost. Yahoo Mail provides a ton of great features, including enhanced security, smart and intuitive calendar features, AI-driven tools to streamline your inbox management, and a mobile app so you can stay connected on the go. 

 

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11 days ago

Thank you for your post LoisMax3rd, we appreciate you and your time. I can tell you that our expert, @Again has it right. Following the steps they posted will get the info to the proper place.

 

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