[P1] Mail issues and Comcast High Speed Internet

[Wai Lee]

On Sunday, July 13, 2003, at 09:11  PM, Gary D. Adams wrote:

> Wai Lee wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Has anyone been experiencing any mail issues if they were moved over 
>> from AT&T Broadband to Comcast?  With my system, I'm finding that 
>> it's difficult to download mail.  I have to Get Mail several times 
>> before it gets them if at all.  Many times I will get incomplete 
>> downloads and then duplicates when I try again.
>>

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> Mac Fixit had this report:
>
> Thursday, July 10 2003 @ 07:20 AM PDT
> Troubleshooting Mail.app: Comcast.net conflict and solution 	
>
> We previously noted some problems with receiving and sending messages 
> in Mail.app when using Comcast.net, associated with the address 
> switch-over from attbi.com.
>
> If you are still having problems, try going to the to the Service 
> Center section of the Comcast.net Web page, and in your main account, 
> turn off the e-mail screener application.
>
> This should allow messages to flow properly in and out of Mail.app 
> once again.
>
Hi Gary,

Thanks for the info.  Turning the email screener off didn't solve the 
problem.  But in that same chain of discussion, someone suggested that 
people remove old pre-comcast emails.  I did this and it appears to 
have solved the problem!  Happy again.

Regards,
WL