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In checking my password during account setup, I get an error message even though my username and pw are correct and my config was found in the ISP database.

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Comcast has changed it's name to Xfinity, but I cant get Thunderbird to let me set up my account under the Xfinity name. Can someone hwlp?

Comcast has changed it's name to Xfinity, but I cant get Thunderbird to let me set up my account under the Xfinity name. Can someone hwlp?

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Have you considered just changing the settings in your existing account?

What is the information you have that is prompting you to try and change anything?

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The ISP database has a few possibilities for Comcast:

imap.comcast.net on 993, SSL/TLS, or 143, STARTTLS, or mail.comcast.net on 993, SSL/TLS, or 110, STARTTLS; smtp.comcast.net on 465, SSL/TLS, or 587, STARTTLS.

The IMAP and SMTP settings recommended by Xfinity are here.

For IMAP on TB, they suggest imap.comcast.net on 993 and smtp.comcast.net on 465; SSL/TLS, authentication = normal password, User Name = email address.

Which settings were offered by the TB database, and what do you want, IMAP or POP?

See also https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1320016

Modified by sfhowes