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Email Switch to Yahoo and Outlook
Unable to connect Outlook using POP or IMAP instructions for Yahoo Mail. It appears Yahoo is not set up for Outlook to connect our Cox.net email accounts to their POP or IMAP servers (pop.mail.yahoo.com or imap.mail.yahoo.com). Suspect the servers are rejecting anything that isn't a yahoo.com extension. One would of thought Yahoo would have planned for this ahead of time for the Cox.net extensions. When I was able to talk with a person, their suggestion was to wait 24 hrs. and try again. i.e. trying too soon after the switch The switch to Yahoo mail is anything but good. Since switching, about half the time Yahoo is not available and/or takes repeated logins. Yahoo's AI chat bot (AKA Help) is not set up to be much assistance to those with a Cox.net extension. Yahoo wants you to pay for premium service to resolve all but the very basic issues. Always referring you to a tutorial on Yahoo's help page.... which most have already looked at before starting a chat.Solved3.2KViews6likes43CommentsE-mail Transition to Yahoo! is a Mess!
Received two e-mails about Cox's transition of my e-mail account to Yahoo. Last one received March 6th that included transition FAQs (very few). As I use Outlook to access my e-mail, I noted the statement that said if I use a third-party app to access my e-mail I'd receive a follow-on e-mail with instructions to reconfigure Outlook. Well today Outlook is being rejected by Cox servers, or lack of, and I don't have any instructions on configuring Outlook to access Yahoo! using POP. I've been in a chat with Cox for the last 45 minutes and the person on the other end is more confused than I am. This is a VERY POOR roll-out.2.4KViews11likes23CommentsWorse service
Cox has the worse service in the world I pay over $200 for **bleep**ty service every night for the last 10 days my service keep cutting in and out. I wouldn't recommend Cox to anyone even if they were giving the service away for free.I would be quick tell people they do better using and antenna you'll get the same results.51Views1like6CommentsSuccessful Email transition to Yahoo: using Thunderbird on Windows
After spending a good deal of time and effort trying to make Thunderbird get along with Yahoo, I finally figured it out. If you are reading this, you have probably already called Cox only to find out that they have washed their hands of the whole email thing and will only refer you to a phone number for Yahoo. And of course Yahoo is not set up to handle this, so you will wait in the phone queue for half of forever only to find out that they don't know how to set it up either. So in the hope that my experience may help some other poor slob, I present the below instructions, and I hope it helps. I am using the Thunderbird program to access emails on a Windows computer, however I suspect the settings will be the same for anyone using Thunderbird. First, to transfer the emails to Yahoo and establish a webmail account, follow the directions provided by Cox as regurgitated here: "Visit mail.yahoo.com/login and enter your complete cox.net email address, including the Cox.net suffix, as your username. Then enter your current Cox password, and accept the Yahoo Mail Terms of Service. Upon signing in, you’ll set up a new password for your new Yahoo account." Now log out of the Yahoo webmail and open Thunderbird. I have my email accounts and corresponding folders located in a column on the left of the page. Yours may be set up differently, but mine is the default and I will base detailed instructions on that. Go to the left column and click on the line that shows your complete cox email address. If you have multiple addresses, you will need to perform the following instructions for each of them. Now look to the top right of the new page and click on "account settings". At the bottom of the settings page is the line "Outgoing Server (SMTP)", and at the far right of that line is a box that says "Edit SMTP server"; click on it. A pop-up window will open, adjust the settings as shown below: Description: COX Server Name: smtp.mail.yahoo.com Port: 465 Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: OAuth2 User Name: your user name, duh click OK Now go back to the left hand column and click on "Server Settings". On this page the settings will be as follows: Server Name: imap.mail.yahoo.com Port: 993 Connection Security: SSL/TLS Authentication Method: OAuth2 Now close Thunderbird and reopen it. You will now be asked for a password for each of your email addresses. Use the new password that you used to set up the Yahoo webmail. Congratulations you have mail! If you want to use POP instead of IMAP I suggest you first set it up with IMAP and then go back and change the setting after you know it is working.270Views0likes7CommentsYahoo taking Cox Mail
Should Cox be responsible to it's customers, to see that YAHOO is doing a decent job of taking over the Cox Accounts and ensuring that their system is working? I converted account # 1 over, and am NOW seeing this error - Unable to send or receive messages for the Cox (doug1680) account. Header download for the 'Software Licenses' folder did not complete. Server Response: Your IMAP command could not be sent to the server, due to non-network errors. This could, for example, indicate a lack of memory on your system. Server: 'imap.mail.yahoo.com' Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCC0F Protocol: IMAP Port: 993 Secure(SSL): Yes Well - AND - I don't think I am running low on memory, NOR do I think my DISK is low on space. This is a problem specifically on Yahoo, and someone should be responsible to Cox Customers to see that this transition works properly.29Views0likes1CommentCOX to Yahoo, Forward email
I was under the impression the move to Yahoo would work with the same features or more as it did with COX. Why wasn't my COX account configured as it was when it was with COX? I had my email configured to be forward to another account. I can't find in the settings how to do that. From reading I believe mail forward is only in their Premium Mail which is paid for. As a COX customer will COX be correcting this as part of the transfer so COX customers will receive the same level of service they had with no additional cost? I have been missing several emails since the recent move until I noticed the FORWARD was not happening. Please advise, Ken185Views0likes8CommentsFollow up to Cox notice
I recently posted a question about an equipment update from COX. A moderator, DannyS replied that the update involved new Tuning Adaptors. Strangely, DannyS disabled replies, so I'll start another thread with my follow up questions. As stated in the original post, my tuning adaptors were updated about a year ago. Are you really going to update them again or is this an error. I finally got a hold of a real person at Cox. She stated that the update involves new Cable Card, not Tuning Adaptors. She seemed to know what she was doing and was fully aware of the fact I had new tuning adaptors. She has send me two now cable cards. So... What's really going on? Thanks,49Views0likes4Comments