Charter email still not working with apple mail. Any suggestions?

I can receive email but not send. Charter blames apple and says it does not support 3rd party apps, Apple blames charter and says charter is not allowing me to send. I have tried the recommended Charter settings mobile.charter.net, but these do not work. I have tired my old setting of mail.charter.net and this seems to work if I am on my home wifi network, but when I leave home , it will not send. This has been going on for 3 years now and neither apple or charter support can figure it out?


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Posted on Jun 25, 2023 11:53 AM

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Posted on Apr 23, 2024 7:37 PM

2024 UPDATE > Charter support is pretty clueless regarding apple mail, they don't care.

Apple support doesn't really know or want to know anything about charter, no surprise there.

If you don't have the technical patience to work around/ through this issue, you may as well give up and use a new email account other than charter.... the issue comes & goes and then comes back & goes again!

And of course charter has webmail system everyone can use directly rather then inside apple mail.

The problem is charter webmail & apple mail don't work well together and likely never will. After batting this around off & on for about 5 years, I notice it's especially disfunctional (or temporarily broken) right after charter does a periodic system update, but nothing bad really ever happens when apple updates its system. My conclusion is its clearly a charter issue, which causes some kind of recognition/ communication glitch that seems to last awhile.


I've solved the problem most quickly and the same way every time it happens by simply deleting any charter email accounts from apple mail (on every apple device - imac, ipad, iphone), then restarting the apple devices and setting up all the same charter email accounts in apple mail again, always as imap accounts and using incoming/outgoing server designations <mobile.charter.net>. I also suspect that since charter still has options for both pop & imap accounts (for users that don't know why they want them) this creates another possible technical glitch that may contribute to this issue although I don't understand why.


Anyway.... my final answer is: delete charter email accounts from apple mail, restart. set same accounts back up, restart.... may have to repeat process a few times until it works.... its stubborn, but normally gives up & works again.

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Mar 1, 2024 4:36 PM in response to annettehaj

A solution was written here in response to problems setting up Complex mail services such as Google mail, Yahoo, and AOL that open a Safari Browser window half way through the account setup process on the Mac. I will post below because the suggestion that using Cellular instead of built-in Wi-fi suggests in MIGHT have some relevance. But it may not apply at all.


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<< Can’t configure complex emails setups in Sonoma >>


The issue appears to be Safari's "advanced tracking and fingerprinting protection". Go to Safari's Settings -> Advanced and uncheck "Use advanced tracking and fingerprinting protection".


https://discussions.apple.com/thread/255361223?answerId=260028169022&sortBy=oldest_first#260028169022


Thanks bosmacs!



Jun 25, 2023 12:01 PM in response to ku4hx

Yeah, probably the only solution. I have escalated this to both charter and apple to no avail and tried every setting know to man or women. I tired new passwords, deleting and reloading, clearing out router and modem, etc. What's strange is my wife's mail works just fine and she has charter as well. I hate to change my email address and is complicates life, but it appears I'm end the end of road on this one. Thank you.


Oct 16, 2023 6:06 AM in response to cm33stl

Yes Charter has been horrible at solving this problem. Charter blames Apple, Apple blames Charter. I'm convinced it's charter however after considerable trouble shooting. Charter email is hit and miss once I leave my home turf. All my email gets stuck in out " outbox". I'll eventually ditch the charter email, but I procrastinate as it's such a pain to move everything. I stayed with charter thinking a big company would support their system.


Jan 12, 2024 8:34 PM in response to BobTheFisherman

Here's what charter blames apple and visa versa means......

Charter Spectrum (if you engage them in discussion about this) will tell you Apple Mail is a third party app, which it is in respect to Charter, and charter doesn't know why charter mail periodically doesn't work or work properly using Apple Mail - charter has no crossover knowledge/ awareness what happens when an Apple Mail user tries to load charter mail in to that app. And of course Apple has no crossover knowledge or responsibility to know why charter mail doesn't work well with the Apple Mail app properly sll the time.

Feb 1, 2024 9:54 AM in response to BobTheFisherman


FYI to BobTheFisherman

Here's what 'charter blames apple' and visa versa means......

Charter Spectrum (if you engage them in discussion about this) will tell you Apple Mail is a third party app, which it is in respect to Charter, and charter doesn't know why charter mail periodically doesn't work or work properly using Apple Mail - charter has no crossover knowledge/ awareness what happens when an Apple Mail user tries to load charter mail in to that app. And of course Apple has no crossover knowledge or responsibility to know why charter mail doesn't work well with the Apple Mail app properly sll the time.



Jun 13, 2024 3:11 PM in response to cm33stl

If I delete Charter.net email from my iPhone Apple Mail app . . . do all my email disappear? Or since they will still be on my Spectrum web page, will I be able to repopulate the iPhone Apple Mail app? I know the answer is probably simple, but I have a lot of my life in the Spectrum.net email account . . . apologies for the paranoia, but I wanted to be absolutely sure.


Jul 7, 2024 2:20 PM in response to karlm01

I'm having the same issue. Out of the blue one day several years ago I noticed that I couldn't sent email on my MacBook Pro with my Charter account, but I could receive email. I was able to send and receive email on my iPhone, but a few days ago I it won't receive email and says there is an account error. I haven't changed any charger email settings on my MacBook Pro or iPhone, so what the heck?!


When I first had this issue on my MacBook Pro I contacted Charter and of course they couldn't figure it out. The only suggestion they had was to delete it and install it again, which could delete all my emails from years ago that I don't want to lose.


One interesting note is that most spam emails would be blocked on my MacBook Pro but they would get through to my iPhone even though I would flag them as being spam and block them.

Aug 3, 2024 1:07 PM in response to macinsale33

Thanks so much. Yes I've come to the conclusion Charter is a lost cause and I'll have to get rid of this email account and service. I might be able to get it to work from time to time, but it's highly unreliable. It only work 100% when I'm home on my own wi-fi and or network. Once I leave or travel , forget it. Charter is a dinosaur it appears.

Aug 14, 2024 7:08 PM in response to karlm01

I accidentally deleted charter e-mail from my iMac when I was trying to delete my Comcast account. No big deal, just went to add it back and it just says unable to verify account. I tried changing my password to be sure it was correct. I talked to Charter who said it was Apple and Apple who said it was Charter's problem. I updated to a more current operating system. Still won't add. Then talked to a friend who said her Charter e-mail quit working completely 3 weeks ago. I'm now having to switch everything to my gmail. I am still getting my mail on my phone, but often it won't send e-mails. Was hoping for a magic fix in this thread, but I'm just giving up.

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