Connect your Comcast Xfinity email to Claude & ChatGPT

Xfinity email is plain IMAP with one famous quirk: a "third-party access" switch that is off by default. Flip it, and anymailmcp.com connects your comcast.net inbox to your assistant. Comcast is also moving every comcast.net mailbox to Yahoo Mail through 2026; once yours has moved, it connects with Yahoo settings instead.

Set it up in your AI

Pick your assistant, paste one URL, done

  1. Open Settings → Connectors in Claude Desktop or claude.ai.
  2. Click Add custom connector and paste the URL below.
  3. Click Connect, then sign in with your email (we send you a magic link). You add your mailbox from your profile afterwards.
https://anymailmcp.com/mcp
  • Connects in about a minute
  • Free to start, no card
  • Sign-in happens right in your AI

Before you connect

What you need

Check whether your mailbox moved to Yahoo

Comcast has been inviting comcast.net users to move to Yahoo Mail since June 2025, rolling through 2026, and the move cannot be undone. If you accepted it, the steps below do not apply: sign in once at login.yahoo.com with your comcast.net address, create a Yahoo app password, and connect with imap.mail.yahoo.com and smtp.mail.yahoo.com.

Not moved yet: turn on third-party access

In Xfinity webmail: Settings, Security, then check the box under "Third Party Access Security". Without it, every mail app is rejected.

Your comcast.net address and password

The full comcast.net address and the password you use on xfinity.com. No app password needed once the switch is on.

Comcast Xfinity works best with a revocable app password.

Generate an app password

Xfinity questions

The specifics for your provider.

Under the hood

Server settings we auto-fill

You never type these. We detect them from your address and verify them live against Xfinity’s servers — they’re here for the curious.

Server settings
IMAP
imap.comcast.net:993
SMTP
smtp.comcast.net:587
Encryption
SSL/TLS
Calendar: email-only

Xfinity email has no CalDAV calendar. Email works fully.

Let Claude read your Xfinity inbox

One URL in your assistant and you’re connected in about a minute. Free forever until you outgrow it — no card, no trial clock.

Add Xfinity to your AI