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Originally Posted by JimD
I have had comcast email for quite some time, and use Outlook on my PC to access both of my addresses at comcast. I setup my new iPhone to access these same 2 accounts, using the same username and password that has been used by my PC for many months.
Right after doing so I noticed that after the iPhone tries to fetch email it cuases my PC email to act weird. When the PC tries to get messages, it pops up a requester for the password of my email accounts. The requester is titled "Enter Network Password". The server, username and password are all already filled in, but the "save this password in your password list" is unchecked. This requester sits there waiting for me to click the "ok" button.
Has anyone else seen this sort of behavior, and do you know what causes it or how to eliminate it? I check the "save this password" box and hit OK and all seems well until the next time the iPhone tries to get mail from my comcast accounts.
Is it possible that two clients cannot share access to comcast email?
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Yes - pop3 can't cope with simultaneous access of the same mailbox. You can actually screw the mailbox up completely if you're unlucky. There's no work-around unfortunately. An ISP can tinker with the pop locking but you're unlikely to have any joy with a large ISP.
IMAP is a better solution if you can use it.