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BigBaldTone
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Unable to connect to email on mobile & other issues...

I have been a customer now for around 5 years and this is what I am currently experiencing and quickly coming to the end of my tether with regards to what Virgin Media offers, their complete lack of comms when they make any changes that have a massive impact and just generally being extremely p*ssed off with the service offered!

  1. 2 weeks or so ago, for no apparent reason, my email application on my mobile phone stopped receiving emails from Virgin, and I kept being asked to sign-in. I had not changed anything in config or setup. Despite my best efforts, and I am not a techniophobe, I literally cannot get anything to work on the email application on my phone, or my webmail - I get a "forbidden" URL come up! After doing some research, including on this forum, it seems it's caused by some obscure change that Virgin have instigated and I have to go on a merry go round of websites, config and Christ knows what else for it to possibly work again -  NO GUARANTEE though!
  2. My desktop PC email (windows live) has no such issue and continues to receive emails on a daily basis! However, each and every time I start the application, I get EVERY single email that has been sent that day ( up to the time I re-launch the application) and it is incredibly frustrating!

I have since deleted my email app from my mobile phone, as I got so fed up with going round in circles trying to reset my password and every other trouble shooting activity, so I no longer am able to view or see any emails received, unless I am at home logged onto my desktop!

I cannot talk to anyone, as online support is non-existent and I am on the verge of rage quitting Virgin all together (phone, TV & fibre).

Can anyone explain, in clear terms, what I can do to sort this email issue out - or do I just go ahead and quit, look for another package (NOT Virgin) and start again...

  • Hello BigBaldTone,

    Welcome back to the Community and thanks for taking the time to post. I’m sorry to hear of the issues that you’re having with your email account. 

    Have you tried to use the below steps to reset your email password for third party applications?

    Login > Account Settings >Virgin Media Mail Settings > Manage your Products > Verify that its yourself via whichever means available to you > Manage email password > Get new password

    Kind Regards,

    Steven_L

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  • Finally managed to get to the right place and am now receiving emails via a 3rd party app on my phone

    • Kath_P's avatar
      Kath_P
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      Hi BigBaldTone, 

      Thanks for coming back to us on this one. before the options appear, you may need to re-log in. 

      We're happy to hear that you've been able to get things resolved. 

      If you have any further issues, pop back and let us know.

      Many thanks,

  • Steven

    I don't get those options. Once I access "Virgin Media Mail Settings" the only option I have is to sign-in using my account credentials (email address used when first created account) and that's it.

    As I said in my OP, I just keep going round in circles trying to reset my password or access webmail and nothing works. Yet, my desktop PC, using Windows Live, continues to receive emails without any issues.

     

    • markbivvy's avatar
      markbivvy
      On our wavelength

      When will virgin staff acknowledge there is loads of folks have problems logging in to email or vm home.i have a ticket number here,p013140808had it for a week or more and when it was issued was told the matter would be sorted in 2 days.

       guess what. 

       And not even a reply on here,

      that's probably why 50 odd thousand folk have left in the last few weeks

  • Hello BigBaldTone,

    Welcome back to the Community and thanks for taking the time to post. I’m sorry to hear of the issues that you’re having with your email account. 

    Have you tried to use the below steps to reset your email password for third party applications?

    Login > Account Settings >Virgin Media Mail Settings > Manage your Products > Verify that its yourself via whichever means available to you > Manage email password > Get new password

    Kind Regards,

    Steven_L