How to Import Comcast Mail to Thunderbird
Mozilla Thunderbird is an email application that allows you to add your third-party email accounts (such as your email account with Comcast) to the program. Once configured, the program imports messages from the Comcast email servers and transmits sent messages through Comcast's email servers. Before you can import mail from the account, you must configure Thunderbird to use the account. All you need in order to do this is your email address and password; Thunderbird automatically inserts technical information, such as "incoming" and "outgoing" server addresses needed to send and receive email.
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Instructions
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Open Thunderbird by clicking "Start" (the Windows-logo button on the lower-left-hand corner of the screen), then click "All Programs" and select "Thunderbird."
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Click "File," "New," then "Mail Account."
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Enter your name, Comcast email address and password in the window that appears. Click "Continue."
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Select "IMAP" as the download option. IMAP downloads all existing messages (new and old) from the mail server. POP3 only downloads new messages.
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Click "Manual config" only if the "incoming" and "outgoing" servers were not entered automatically. Skip this step if Thunderbird entered the information, as expected. The "Account Settings" window appears after you click "Manual config." Enter your name, email address and password. Click "Continue." Enter the "incoming" and "outgoing" server information and port numbers (see Resources for the list). Click "OK."
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Click "Create Account." The messages are imported into the program once you click "Create Account." Click "Read Messages" to access your mail.
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