Who runs comcast.net
Comcast, under its Xfinity brand, and increasingly Yahoo. Xfinity’s help pages call the accounts “Comcast.net email”, and the Xfinity mail-client settings still describe Comcast’s own servers. On October 10, 2026, DNS for comcast.net listed eight MX hosts, all Comcast’s: mx1.mxge.comcast.net and mx2.mxge.comcast.net with priority 5, and six backups with priority 50.
That is changing. Yahoo’s help article Information for Xfinity Comcast.net email accounts moving to Yahoo Mail says Xfinity will move Comcast.net email accounts to Yahoo Mail at different times in 2025 and 2026:
- Who moves: active Comcast.net accounts of current and former Xfinity customers. Yahoo counts an account as active if it was signed in to within the past two years.
- Same address: after the move, users sign in at Yahoo with their Comcast.net address. Yahoo’s reminder: “Make sure to include the @comcast.net part of your email address when signing in!”
- New settings: after the move, mail apps connect to Yahoo’s servers (
imap.mail.yahoo.com,smtp.mail.yahoo.com) with the full Comcast.net address as the user name.
DNS already reflects the move in one place: the comcast.net SPF record includes Yahoo’s _ipspf.yahoo.com next to Comcast’s own ranges, so Yahoo’s servers may send mail for the domain. Expect the MX records to change as the move goes on; the MX lookup shows the current state.
Can you still create a comcast.net address?
Not documented. Neither Xfinity’s current help pages nor Yahoo’s migration article says whether new comcast.net addresses are still being created, so we leave that open. What Yahoo’s article does say: the addresses belong to current and former Xfinity customers.
Is comcast.net a valid email address for your list?
Yes. Things to keep in mind:
- Free provider.
comcast.netis on our free email domains list, so it counts as a personal address. It’s not on our disposable list. - Inactive accounts don’t move. Accounts nobody has signed in to within two years aren’t part of the move to Yahoo, so very old comcast.net contacts deserve a check before you mail them. Use the bulk email verifier for a list, or is this a real email address for one.
- Phishing around the move. Yahoo warns users to be cautious with links in emails or text messages that appear to come from Xfinity or Yahoo, and with messages that threaten a loss of access unless the user accepts Yahoo’s terms right away. A message like that deserves a second look; the scam email checker shows the warning signs in a sender address.
Users who still read their mail on Comcast’s servers need the Comcast IMAP settings; after the move, Yahoo’s settings apply.
Sources
- Yahoo Help: Information for Xfinity Comcast.net email accounts moving to Yahoo Mail, checked October 10, 2026
- Xfinity Support: Email client programs with Xfinity email, checked October 10, 2026
- Verisign RDAP: comcast.net, checked October 10, 2026