I received email announcement on Jan 4, and read most of documentation. I want to confirm a few points to ensure I get this right the first time. Did Cox indicated how much time we have to accept Yahoo doc? And how long will our emails will be available on cox in the event of an issue - hope for the best, plan for the worst? As I understand they are essentially moving our emails from Cox servers to Yahoo servers. Can I presume we will need to change our pop, smpt, port and other related settings etc. Can we keep our existing@cox.net and existing cox password in place? Thanks

Personally, I loathe Cox and this just adds to it. I wish OEC fiber would get to my area. Or even AT&T fiber. Tired of Cox and the service or lack of.

BTW, can I ask what state you are in? I am tracking which areas are being transitioned and when.

The email address is still Cox.net but the POP/SMTP/IMAP are yahoo.com now. Doesn't the documentation confirm that? Isn't the whole point of this that the email is being transferred to Yahoo's servers, so shouldn't we be using their addresses? Would it help if I got moderator confirmation?

Have you actually set up a client with these settings with Cox email to confirm or are you just going by documentation?

ChrisJ2Thanks for jumping in here; frankly this is a very frustrating process. I have read that document "several" times and have follow up detail questions. The 60 days was one (why isn't that formerly stated in the email0. Also, I have 6 email cox email account address; why did I receive only one announcing the transfer. The documentation indicates that all (each) cox email addresses will be preserved individually. When we do the transfer can we assume we can do one at a time (to preserve individual content etc). I don't have a problem doing the steps 6 times, frankly I prefer it so I can keep each cox address intact. I have heard there will be 3 email communications (I have only received one). Why didn't Cox communicate that upfront. Instead, here we are hunting for little pieces or clues as to what is happening. This approach creates mis information, guesses and more confusion and frustration.I did send a list of questions to Cox cox.help@cox.com yesterday. Hopefully that group will be helpful.Richard

Cox email to yahoo email transition

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sdollen1
New Contributor
4 months ago
Personally, I loathe Cox and this just adds to it. I wish OEC fiber would get to my area. Or even AT&T fiber. Tired of Cox and the service or lack of.
- WiderMouthOpen
  Esteemed Contributor
  4 months ago
  How does it add to it? I think yahoo is better then the no name company Cox had outsourced their email to. Cox could have just canceled Cox email service all together. If you want help with your service, start a new post.
- Darkatt
  Valued Contributor III
  4 months ago
  Why don't you get verizon fiber and THEIR email.. Oh, "Verizon has retired our email service. We have completed our notifications regarding this change, and customers no longer have the option to keep their Verizon Email".. That's why! ROTFLMAO. Keep complaining, at least I still have my cox email address that I have had since the 90's.
  - WiderMouthOpen
    Esteemed Contributor
    4 months ago
    Darkatt wrote:
    and customers no longer have the option to keep their Verizon Email
    That's as of now, 7 years after the migration to AOL. Verizon did something very similar to Cox except they did it way before Cox. See here for more info. I switched to FIOS about 5 years ago but already had Gmail for email service so it wasn't a issue for me. I think this change is great because now people no longer feel held hostage by way of their email. They can cancel service and keep their email. The down side is the security issues Yahoo has.
WiderMouthOpen
Esteemed Contributor
4 months ago
Rdrolet wrote:
Did Cox indicated how much time we have to accept Yahoo doc?
"The offer to accept Yahoo’s Terms of Service will be available for 365 days from the date of your transition notification email or redirect." As per here.
Rdrolet wrote:
Can I presume we will need to change our pop, smpt, port and other related settings etc.
Yes. See here for instructions to change POP/IMAP/SMTP/etc.
Rdrolet wrote:
Can we keep our existing@cox.net and existing cox password in place?
Yes. Email address and password will stay the same.
- WiderMouthOpen
  Esteemed Contributor
  4 months ago
  BTW, can I ask what state you are in? I am tracking which areas are being transitioned and when.
  - Rdrolet
    New Contributor III
    4 months ago
    Thanks, I live in RI
Darkatt
Valued Contributor III
4 months ago
Not sure about the link for ther smtp and pop settings, as the domain is still COX.NET
- WiderMouthOpen
  Esteemed Contributor
  4 months ago
  The email address is still Cox.net but the POP/SMTP/IMAP are yahoo.com now. Doesn't the documentation confirm that? Isn't the whole point of this that the email is being transferred to Yahoo's servers, so shouldn't we be using their addresses? Would it help if I got moderator confirmation?
- Andrew_Wees
  Contributor III
  4 months ago
  this is for after transition POP access settings and instructions for Yahoo Mail | Yahoo Help - SLN4724
  I don't see cox mentioned
  
  POP settings for Yahoo Mail
  Incoming Mail (POP) Server
  Server - pop.mail.yahoo.com
  Port - 995
  Requires SSL - Yes
  Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server
  Server - smtp.mail.yahoo.com
  Port - 465 or 587
  Requires SSL - Yes
  Requires TLS - Yes (if available)
  Requires authentication - Yes
  - WiderMouthOpen
    Esteemed Contributor
    4 months ago
    Have you actually set up a client with these settings with Cox email to confirm or are you just going by documentation?