Ads in Webmail

...and when you could just enjoy uninterrupted streams on YouTube.

I agree, the ads are annoying, but I also understand they help keep the Cox Webmail system free. If you don't want to get ads, then all you have to do is setup and use a mail client. POOF, no ads. 

unfortunately, blocking ads and popups in Cox ALSO causes me not to be able to read email attachments!!

Are you sure about that?   I block ads and popups.  I just sent a test email containng a text file attachment to my Webmail account from a different email client. I was able to open the attachment in Webmail. The browser is Microsoft Edge.

If you don't want to get ads, then all you have to do is setup and use a mail client. POOF, no ads.

That would work.  Or, you could just block ads and use Webmail.

I block ads and pop-ups and had no problem opening an attached text file in an email my Webmai account received from a different email account.

There are things you can do about both of the issues you mentioned.  I don't see ads in Webmail and I rarely see spam.  But, when I do, I won't see it repeated..

Did you want help or did you just want to vent?

I need your help

keep the costs that we are paying for Internet/TV/Telephone down

You're kidding, right?  Consumer Reports released a survey this month from over 60K of its subscribers and Cox is specifically and boldly noted as the "most expensive" of the 24 providers...especially its TV service.  The cheapest TV service is Kinetic by Windstream at an average of $114 per month and Cox averages $218 (+ 91.22%).

Cox is charging us more as well as spamming us more out of pure, unadulterated greed.

My costs are great. I have phone and internet, (preferred hsi), for $85 a month, including all taxes. To add TV, is "Get all your favorite shows on broadcast TV, with local news, live events, and sports—all for just ^$50 a month with one Contour box included." so, 135 a month, phone, unlimited LD, with caller ID and voicemail, Preferred HSI, and tv for 135 a month, seems to me like a good price. A check of providers actually shows you are incorrect. For starting packages, there are only 2 providers with lower costs, but their services provided are MUCH less than what you would get with Cox. I realize you are butthurt over something, and can do nothing but denigrate Cox, their service and prices, but in all honesty, I am very satisfied. I have had top notch service for decades, my internet is fantastic, my telephone service is great. My home phone rings my cell phone as well, so I never miss a call whether I am at home or not. So while starting TV service is 50, (or 53 based on ads all over as well as on consumer reports), you do NOT need every single service there is. If you WANT to spend more, you can. 

First, you're shopping on the Internet and obviously have never heard of promotional pricing, hidden costs, the fine print and being easily duped.  Meaning, you will not pay only $50 for Cox cable-TV service.

Here are some hidden costs to factor in your limited research, which will easily add another 20% to your bill:

• Broadcast TV Surcharge
• FCC Regulatory Recovery Fee
• Rights-of-Way Use Fee
• Public, Educational and Governmental Fee
• Regional Sports Network Fee
• Local Utility User Tax
• State Sales Tax
• County Sales Tax
• Local Sales Tax

I subscribe to TV, HBO, Internet and telephone.  The overall cost breakdown of my entire bill is as follows:

• Contour TV:  43.18%
• Cox Internet Preferred:  25.40%
• Taxes, Fees and Surcharges:  20.55%
• Cox Voice Essential:  10.87%

Also, year-to-year, Contour TV has been the most increasingly-adjusted service on my bill since 2019:

• Contour TV, 3 increases, average of $4 per increase, YTD increase of $12.01
• Broadcast Surcharge, 3 increases, average of $3 per increase, YTD increase of $9
• Regional Sports Surcharge, 2 increases, average of $1.50 per increase, YTD increase of $3

Second, 60K+ real people, including me, partook in the Consumer Reports survey.  The survey specifically asked our type of TV package:  starter, basic, advanced, number of premium channels, etc.  After Consumer Reports compiled and analyzed the data, Cox is the most expensive cable-TV service.

However, I should have known you'd dispute the results of this survey after a smarmy search on google.

unlimited LD,

I'm unsure how you interpret "unlimited LD [long distance]", but I can assure you it doesn't mean long-distance calls are free.  If you make a long distance call, Cox will charge you a Usage Fee.

A few years ago, I asked Cox, "If my Cox Voice Essentials includes 'Cox Long Distance,' why do you charge me after making long-distance calls?"

"The Simply 5 plan includes Cox Long-distance which means that it covers making long-distance calls at the rate of $0.05 per minute on all domestic long-distance calls."

Meaning, if I want just to be able to dial a long-distance number from my telephone, I have to first pay Cox $5 a month.  After I dial the long-distance number, Cox will then charge me a Usage Fee at 5 cents a minute.

The real kicker is I'm using the Internet to make these long-distance calls and it's only voice data transversing the Cox network.  Meaning, a long-distance video-conference would not only exponentially use more data, but it'd be 100% cheaper because it wouldn't cost anything.

You are inaccurate, yet again. Unlimited = unlimited. I pay a single charge and get all the LD I want, at no additional charges. 

Additionally, all those taxes and fees you are talking about for TV, doesn't line Cox's pockets, it goes to someone else. 

Now back to the original issue. if you don't want to see annoying ads, Use A MAIL CLIENT!!!

I asked if you wanted help the first time you posted that.  Instead of asking for help, you posted the same thing again. You obviously don't want help.

I did research to determine why I'm unable to block ads with Google Chrome.

• Deleted all Cox cookies.
• Uninstalled Google Chrome.
• Reinstalled Google Chrome (Version 107.0.5304.107).
• Changed default browser to Google Chrome.
• Verified the permission setting for Ads was Block (default).
• Opened Webmail.

Results were inconclusive.  A new install of Google Chrome still didn't block Webmail Ads.  They appear at the top and right and, when sending email, over the reading pane.  But, this computer previously had Google Chrome installed and uninstalled.  Possibly something from the previous install is preventing ads from being blocked.

Another factor could be the registry edit I made to change policies for:

ChromeCleanupEnabled and ChromeReportingCleanupEnabled

That was done to prevent Google from periodically taking control of my computer.  It's unknown whether that could affect Chrome blocking ads.  However, given the choice between Webmail ads or Google using a significant amount of my computer processing whenever it runs a checkup, I'd prefer the ads.  My best choice was a different browser. 

If you use Google Chrome and see unwanted Webmail ads, use Microsoft Edge for Cox Webmail.  If you use Google Chrome and Webmail ads are blocked, let us know.

Use a mail client like Microsoft outlook, or opera mail. 

Why would I want to do that?  I was just curious why Chrome doesn't block ads.  I don't actually use Chrome for anything.  Webmail isn't my primary email.  But when I use Webmail, Microsoft Edge is my browser of choice.  There are no ads.  Read the second paragraph of the post before the one to which you replied.

Using a mail client means no ads. You open and you're in, no login required, it programmed into the client. Also, I have mine setup as POP, so it physically downloads a copy of the email to my computer, so it's stored both on Cox's server, as well as my desktop computer. 

POP removes email from the server.  IMAP downloads its headers.