Comcast mail

I just finished getting off the phone wt Comcast. I've been on the phone wt them, several times, related to email, and all of their mail settings are correct. They told me that if I have more then one email client when using apple mail, the one I used last will take control of my Comcast mail settings, it wasn't Comcast. They said this can sometimes cause me to get a upside down triangle, next to my Comcast mail box. This error symbol periodically appears, and then just as mysteriously vanishes. They told me that Comcast has to be the primary email, and having other inboxes will screw up Comcast mail settings. I currently have an iCloud, Yahoo, and Comcast account set up in Mac Mail. My yahoo, and iCloud mail always seems to work great, but Comcast goes down a lot. My primary mail is iCloud, but Comcast tells me that their mail will always eventually fail, unless it is the only client in Mac Mail. Does that sound correct, or are they feeding me a bunch of bull? Also, does anyone have any other ideas, as to why this error occasionally occurs, and how to fix it. I'm not entirely sure it is entirely Comcast's fault, since I had no problem getting mail wt them prior to downloading Yosemite.

I Have had Comcast Xfinity Internet and email since I first got broadband service years ago. I have four different email accounts on my two iPads, iPhone, and on my Mac. I use the Mac Mail app on my MacBook Pro and I am also running the most up to date Yosemite 10.10.2. Comcast is feeding you a line of bull cookies. I have no problems at all with any of the email accounts on any of my devices. Not only do I not have any problems with any of the accounts, but I am running Comcast as an IMAP and as a POP account on all devices including the Mac, so once again, the Comcast support people know not of what they speak.
I have never heard of having the last email account hijack the settings for another email account like the Comcast "support" person is claiming.

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