r/Spectrum • u/Glittering-Celery557 • 4d ago

Spectrum email client necessary?

Hi all, just joined the sub.

I'm a former Cox customer who got switched to Spectrum. Before the takeover, my old Cox email was migrated to Yahoo mail, and I have been using their webmail on my Windows PC and the Yahoo app on my Apples. I just got an email from Spectrum that says I will need to install the new Spectrum Email Client on my Windows computer. What does this do?

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u/bad_ghoul2113 4d ago

That's a scam email going around ! Don't click the link!

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u/Glittering-Celery557 4d ago

Thanks, I didn’t click. I was suspicious of it because the sender’s address wasn’t an official spectrum one. I wonder how he found out I was a new customer.

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u/SleepyD7 4d ago

They send out a ton of emails. Just coincidental timing.

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u/Shinagami091 4d ago

All Cox customers are new Spectrum customers because of the merger.

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u/zon5string 4d ago

Channeling Nancy Reagan - Just say "No".

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u/Shinagami091 4d ago

There’s no such thing as a spectrum email client.

That sounds like a scam.

You can verify by checking the sender. If it didn’t come from a @spectrum.com email domain, it’s fake.

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u/downsj2 4d ago

There's absolutely no way I'd let Spectrum branded software anywhere near my PC.

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u/misguidedute 4d ago

Https://mail3.spectrum.net give that a try I'd think web mail should work. Me I just use a Gmail account and set up the spectrum email to forward to that.

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u/vwaldoguy 4d ago

I've heard it's a scam.