E-Mail and Xfinity Connect Help

[comcast_forum]

Using the old mail system, I was able to use the following code in my own web page at home where I could enter my UserID and Password to directly log into Comcast mail, without having to go through the Comcast pages.   Anyone know how to configure the same thing now with new system?

Comcast Login:
    <form action="https://webauth.comcast.net/auth/login" method="post" name="loginForm"> <input name="passurl" value="http://mailcenter.comcast.net/" type="hidden"> ID&nbsp;<input name="user" size="8" type="text">
PW<input name="passwd" size="8" type="password"> <input value="Login" type="submit">&nbsp;&nbsp; <input value="Clear" type="reset">
      <script>document.loginForm.user.focus()</script></form>

[JR071702]

Not available for SmartZone.

The best you can do is to go directly to the SmartZone logon screen at http://smartzone.comcast.net - you will still have to log in each time though.

JR

[comcast_forum]

I'm finding this link more direct:

https://login.comcast.net/login?s=smartzone

If you read the html source on this page, you can see how all the parameters are setup.  All we then need to know is the server and script(s) the parameters are passed to.  Is this info not available?

[JR071702]

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comcast_forum wrote:

I'm finding this link more direct:

https://login.comcast.net/login?s=smartzone

If you read the html source on this page, you can see how all the parameters are setup.  All we then need to know is the server and script(s) the parameters are passed to.  Is this info not available?

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Apparently not, since no one has come up with a similar shortcut to the Webmail one.   Should you come up with something that works, please post it.

JR

[CCCarole]

FYI- It has also been noted that at a future date, once you sign in, you will stay signed in for two weeks.A definite timeframe hasn't been given yet tho.

[Welcome_to_Post]

Given the success of the current "remember me", yeah,  I'm gonna hold my breath! 

[comcast_forum]

Given that several family members use the same computer at home, we don't find much value in the 'remember me' feature ... thus our desire for the simpliest login path.

[NSM998]

The recommended means to access Smartzone/Webmail is via "http://www.comcast.net".  Keep in mind that sign-in urls will change so the shortcuts will break.

Cheers.

[Welcome_to_Post]

This thread and others indicate that most of us don't like that approach.

[comcast_forum]

We find www.comcast.net to be one of the slowest loading web sites we visit (which seems funny thinking most Comcast customers probably have to go through a comcast domain server before hitting the general internet), thus our desire to circumvent it and its content (especially since we don't use any of its content at www.comcast.net).  Even though the shortcuts may change, break, etc., we'd still rather accept that and update our links occasionally than always work through the recommended comcast.net path.  So, if there are any suggestions (even temporary) we're still interested in the shorted path between two points ...our computer and our email.

[NSM998]

Another reason why I recommend accessing email via Comcast.net is becuase there is "redirect" logic which automatically routes subscribers to the correct Webmail application based on their migration status.  So my concern is if un-migrated users bookmark the direct SZ login url they will deadend and get errors.

[CajunTek]

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NSM998 wrote:
Another reason why I recommend accessing email via Comcast.net is becuase there is "redirect" logic which automatically routes subscribers to the correct Webmail application based on their migration status.  So my concern is if un-migrated users bookmark the direct SZ login url they will deadend and get errors.

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I don't think you were listening. I believe the folks in this thread don't want to access the comcast.net page period. 

I don't personally see the problem. It appears to me to be faster to load than RR's page or about equal to  ATT's page (I have friends with accounts in several ISPs). That aside, Most of these folks appear to have a problem with the page being slow to load and hence use another page as home page. In fact, they don't want to even visit comcast.net.

[Welcome_to_Post]

Thank you, CT. As I said, this thread and others;  there are a number of them. I, for one, haven't visited comcast.net for three iterations, and don't intend to start now.

[JR071702]

CT,

I have found the Beta Home Page http://www.comcast.net/beta/ loads faster than the production Home Page.

JR

[CajunTek]

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JR071702 wrote:

CT,

I have found the Beta Home Page http://www.comcast.net/beta/ loads faster than the production Home Page.

JR

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I can't personally tell the difference in time to open. Both std and beta open right up for me. But this is a very common complaint.

[BruceW · Accepted solution]

Try this:

<form action="https://login.comcast.net/login" method="post" name="loginForm">
<input type="hidden" name="continue" value="http://smartzone.comcast.net/" />
<input type="hidden" name="byPassCPNI" value="false" />
<input type="hidden" name="abs" value="false" />
<input type="hidden" name="r" value="comcast.net" />
<input type="hidden" name="pf_sp" value="" />
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="smartzone" />
User Name: <input type="text" name="user" value="" />
Password: <input type="password" name="passwd" value="" />
RememberMe: <input type="checkbox" name="remember" value="1" />
<button type="submit" value="Sign In">Sign In</button>
</form>

[comcast_forum]

Bruce,

Perfect, works great, thank-you very much for the assistance!

Would you be able to share how you figured out the follow lines:

<form action="https://login.comcast.net/login" method="post" name="loginForm">
<input type="hidden" name="continue" value="http://smartzone.comcast.net/" />

Thanks again!

[BruceW]

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Would you be able to share how you figured out the follow lines:

<form action="https://login.comcast.net/login" method="post" name="loginForm">
<input type="hidden" name="continue" value="http://smartzone.comcast.net/" />

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Sure. I just went to the address you posted in message #3 above, loaded that URL and displayed the HTML source for the form elements. Since the form action didn't include a host name, that meant it was relative to the host for current page, so I inserted "https://login.comcast.net" into "action=/login" to get "action=https://login.comcast.net/login". The [name="continue"] value and the rest of the form elements came directly from the login page source.

This will no doubt break in time as Comcast revises SmartZone, but as you said above, I don't care. When it breaks, I'll fix it! Meanwhile, I have a direct login to my email -- something that, IMHO, Comcast should offer. If they're concerned about "unofficial" SmartZone shortcuts causing problems, why don't they offer an OFFICIAL one?

[slouke]

Bruce, that's brilliant.  How would/could that be used in a FF bookmark?

[BruceW]

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slouke wrote: Bruce, that's brilliant. How would/could that be used in a FF bookmark?

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Thanks. This works for me in FF2 (if any line breaks creep in you'll have to remove them):

javascript:(function(){var w=window,t=document.title,x=w.open().document;x.write('<html><body onLoad="document.loginForm.submit();"><form action="https://login.comcast.net/login" method="post" name="loginForm"><input type="hidden" name="continue" value="http://smartzone.comcast.net/" /><input type="hidden" name="byPassCPNI" value="false" /><input type="hidden" name="abs" value="false" /><input type="hidden" name="r" value="comcast.net" /><input type="hidden" name="pf_sp" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="s" value="smartzone" /><input type="hidden" name="user" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="passwd" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="remember" value="1" /></form></body></html>');x.close()})()

[slouke]

It works, in FF3, too!!

You just have to type your user name and password in the right place and create a bookmark and put the below text in the "Location:" field and you're good to go.

Thanks, Bruce.

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BruceW wrote:
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Thanks. This works for me in FF2 (if any line breaks creep in you'll have to remove them):

javascript&colon(function(){var w=window,t=document.title,x=w.open().document;x.write('<html><body onLoad="document.loginForm.submit();"><form action="https://login.comcast.net/login" method="post" name="loginForm"><input type="hidden" name="continue" value="http://smartzone.comcast.net/" /><input type="hidden" name="byPassCPNI" value="false" /><input type="hidden" name="abs" value="false" /><input type="hidden" name="r" value="comcast.net" /><input type="hidden" name="pf_sp" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="s" value="smartzone" /><input type="hidden" name="user" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="passwd" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="remember" value="1" /></form></body></html>');x.close()})()

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[JosieFB]

This is not working for me in ff3

I copied the javascript above to the Location field of my ff bookmark.

I replaced name="user" with name="XXXXX" where XXXXX@comcast.net is my email address and name ="passwd" with name="YYYYYYY" where YYYYYYY is my password.

When I click on the bookmark, it takes me directly to the signon screen, but gives me the message invalid username or password.

Any idea what I might be doing wrong? 

[slouke]

type="hidden" name="user" value="XXX" /><input type="hidden" name="passwd" value="YYY" /><input 

You have to insert your name and your pw after the value statements between the 2 quote marks (I put XXX and YYY in the places above).

[JosieFB]

Duh!  Thanks.  Now it works perfectly.

[slouke]

Here is a clearer version for those who are computer challenged.  Copy the entire text in the box below into the "location" or "URL" box in a new shortcut.  Then replace NAME and PASSWORD below with your name and password.  I've created a shortcut for each of my email accounts, just remember to log off each one before going to the next one.

Edit - also change the '&colon' to a ':'.  Don't know why it wants to keep changing it automatically in here...

javascript&colon(function(){var w=window,t=document.title,x=w.open().document;x.write('<html><body onLoad="document.loginForm.submit();"><form action="https://login.comcast.net/login" method="post" name="loginForm"><input type="hidden" name="continue" value="http://smartzone.comcast.net/" /><input type="hidden" name="byPassCPNI" value="false" /><input type="hidden" name="abs" value="false" /><input type="hidden" name="r" value="comcast.net" /><input type="hidden" name="pf_sp" value="" /><input type="hidden" name="s" value="smartzone" /><input type="hidden" name="user" value="NAME" /><input type="hidden" name="passwd" value="PASSWORD" /><input type="hidden" name="remember" value="1" /></form></body></html>');x.close()})()

Message Edited by slouke on 02-16-2009 12:18 AM

Message Edited by slouke on 02-16-2009 12:20 AM

[BruceW]

slouke: You may be able to change the "&colon" into an actual ":" like so:

1. Edit the post so everything else looks OK.

2. Click the "Edit As HTML" button.

3. Change "javascript&amp;colon" to "javascript&#0058;".

4. Immediately click "Post".

Clunky, I know, but it seems to work.

Message Edited by BruceW on 02-16-2009 08:31 AM

[CWH803]

How do you implement this HTML form into Internet Explorer for easy use?

[BruceW]

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CWH803 wrote: How do you implement this HTML form into Internet Explorer for easy use?

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Just copy the HTML from message #16 into a local .html file, and then create an IE Favorite to load that file when you want to log into SmartZone. You can make this login automatic by entering values for the "user" and "passwd" items, and adding the following two lines to the beginning of the .html file:

<!-- saved from url=(0014)about:internet -->
<body onLoad="document.loginForm.submit();">

It's also possible to load the JavaScript code from message #25 into an IE Favorite, but IE will complain every time you use that Favorite unless you relax the default security settings to "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer".

Message Edited by BruceW on 02-23-2009 04:48 AM