Comcast moves Xfinity email to Yahoo Mail

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[ducttape45]

Comcast is migrating Xfinity residential email accounts to Yahoo Mail, a shift that underscores how ISPs are offloading non-core applications to specialized providers. Comcast is transitioning existing Xfinity email mailboxes to be hosted by Yahoo Mail while allowing customers to keep their current @comcast.net or @xfinity.com email addresses. The migration is being phased, with customers notified by Comcast when their account is eligible and given guidance to complete setup. After migration, users access their mailbox through Yahoos web and mobile clients or supported third-party email apps. Mail, folders, contacts, and calendar data are moved as part of the process, with Comcast publishing specific steps and FAQs on support pages to reduce friction.

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[ducttape45]

I don't know if anyone else saw this, but I got an email from Xfinity today that said my email would now be migrating to Yahoo Mail. I found a few different websites explaining it, some that came out last year, but this is the first I've seen it.

This webpage probably gives the most information:

Information for Xfinity Comcast.net email accounts moving to Yahoo Mail

Needless to say I'm not very happy with this turn of events. I've been toying with going to a local fiber optic internet company and I think this will be the event to finally push me to do that. Comcast/Xfinity has been difficult to deal with for years, and now this. I had a Yahoo account and I hated it, and now my Comcast email account is being migrated there against my wishes.

[PAR35]

Verizon sluffed off their email to AoL almost a decade ago - 2017.

[Merrick]

Verizon bought AOL 10 years ago then did the same to us. Then they dumped AOL and we were told, “you want tech support, start writing checks...”

[Jonty30]

I don’t get how making life more difficult for customers will result in keeping their business.

[Mark]

FreeRepublic will give you e-mail service. Freepathon would appreciate a few dollars.

[jimtorr]

I’ve been happy with Yahoo Mail for more than twenty years........but I do use Yahoo premium, which currently costs $35 per year.

For that price I get good service with no ads or spam from Yahoo.

I use Yahoo Mail for the back end and Apple Mail for the front end.

[ealgeone]

Tried getting through to xfinity today on a service issue.

It'd be easier to drive to the Moon that get a real person on line who speaks American English.

[T-Bird45]

Cox made this move about 3 years ago. I didn’t care for it at first but have become accustomed to it. Kept my e-mail address the same so I didn’t need to make contact info changes with anyone.

[Nekman]

Chances are you only get someone who will try to upsell you....no matter what.

[Codeflier]

ATT has been doing that for years.

[sneakers]

I have not received my notice to change yet, but I have been hearing that they are slowly notifying everyone.

[Revel]

I have though of taking one of the promotional deals with an new internet provider for a lot cheaper monthly bill for 2 years. The one reason I have not is because the New internet provider did away with having their own E-mail several years ago. If the provider I have now did this then I would have no reason to stay with them.

[ducttape45]

I had about that.

[FreedomPoster]

Never have your email be associated with an ISP.

You may change ISPs, you don’t want that to force an email provider change.

[ducttape45]

I hear ya, and tomorrow I am calling a local fiber optic internet company to get them hooked up, then I'm going to dump Comcast. They don't have email service, but that's ok.

I'm just tired of seeing, yet again, a company or service that I bought into selling off a vital component to someone that I don't want to deal with. I got away from Yahoo long ago and now Comcast is trying to force me back that way. Nope, ain't gonna happen.

[ducttape45]

You know I saw that option yesterday when I donated but I opted out. Maybe I should have taken that.

[ducttape45]

Where I am, I have only two options; Comcast or Broadway Broadband, which is a fiber optic service that is run by the local electric utility. They don't have email but I have a Gmail account as well as two MS accounts, but only so I can keep my Windows 10 ESU active until Oct this year. After that, I hope to be running Linux exclusively and not have a need to for any MicroThief accounts.

I hate it when these companies, that I bought into for their services, sell off to someone else I DIDN'T want to deal with. Same thing happened with a Walmart credit card account I had years ago. They sold it to Capital One who I totally despise. I was soooo happy to finally get that cc paid off and closed.

[ducttape45]

I had HEARD about that

[ducttape45]

That’s why I’m finally making the switch to fiber optic. Plus Comcast’s service is horrible.

[ducttape45]

Did Cox move to Yahoo email?