A password has been established for my Comcast.net mail account, but Mail keeps asking for and rejecting the existing password. This came on unexpectedly. I can access my Comcast mail via the Internet. I have run out of ideas for resolving this issue. No other mail account has the problem.
iPad 2, iOS 9
Be aware that many email providers now require the use of App Specific Passwords when accessing mail over IMAP or POP3. If this applies to your email account, you will need to generate a unique password for your iPad email account - that will differ from your normal Account Password. As examples - AOL, Yahoo, Google, Microsoft all use App Specific Passwords when using anything other than their own email client Apps.
If you need to generate an App Specific Password, you’ll need to log-in to your Mail Providers account management webpage - using a web browser - and generate the Password from the appropriate account security page.
More information about AOL’s App Specific Passwords can be found here:
https://help.aol.com/articles/allow-apps-that-use-less-secure-sign-in?guccounter=1
For Yahoo, more information can be found here:
https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN27791.html
For Gmail:
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB
Microsoft:
Your advice while helpful, did not solve the password problem. I have tried attacking it from both services sites without success. Comcast does have a box to check on his security page, but made no difference whether checked or unchecked. Meanwhile Apple Mail continues to ask for a password that is already in place.
Jayceevee — out of curiosity, I am having the same issue with a Comcast’s email address as of about two days ago, where it’s saying there’s an account error through apple mail. Is your email address through an old account that may not be active anymore?
No, my email account with Comcast is active and I can access it via the Xfinity Connection webpage. This came about with no warning or explanation. One day Apple Mail would not connect to @comcast.net. My wife’s address still works fine.
Email account password is not accepted
