Bellsouth email server settings enable you to use the email setup from any type of device. You may face problems while configuring your Bellsouth email account on different devices and Outlook with the required and correct Bellsouth email server settings. You must be familiar with some general IMAP, POP, and the SMTP server settings, with the help of which you can configure your Bellsouth email account on any device or email client platform.
Bellsouth IMAP Server Settings (Incoming Mail Server)
Below are the detailed and correct Bellsouth IMAP server settings required to enable incoming mail services of your email account. You must enter and apply the IMAP server settings as per the following details:
Bellsouth net email server settings for IMAP
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server account type: IMAP
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server user name: Your full BELLSOUTH.NET email address
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server password: Your BELLSOUTH.NET email password
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server hostname: imap.mail.att.net/
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server Port: 993
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server TLS/SSL required: Yes.
- Bellsouth.Net Authentication required: Yes.
Bellsouth POP Server Settings (Incoming Mail Server)
You will be provided an option to select anyone out of IMAP or POP server depending on your preferences and requirements. If you have chosen the POP server for incoming mail services, you need to apply the following Bellsouth POP settings.
Bellsouth net email server settings for POP
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server account type: POP
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server user name: Your full BELLSOUTH.NET email address
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server password: Your BELLSOUTH.NET email password
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server hostname: pop.mail.att.net
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server Port: 995
- Bellsouth.Net Incoming Email Server TLS/SSL required: Yes.
- Bellsouth.Net Authentication required: Yes.
Bellsouth POP Server Settings (Outgoing Mail Server)
You also need to input and apply the required Bellsouth SMTP server settings to access and use the outgoing mail services of your Bellsouth.Net email account. The SMTP server is responsible for the outgoing email services of your email account. Without it, you cannot send emails from your account.
Bellsouth net email server settings for Outgoing mail server
- Bellsouth.Net Outgoing Email Server account type: SMTP
- Bellsouth.Net Outgoing Email Server user name: Your full BELLSOUTH.NET email address
- Bellsouth.Net Outgoing Email Server password: Your BELLSOUTH.NET email password
- Bellsouth.Net Outgoing Email Server hostname: smtp.mail.att.net
- Bellsouth.Net Outgoing Email Server Port: 465
- Bellsouth.Net Outgoing Email Server TLS/SSL required: Yes.
- Bellsouth.Net Authentication required: Yes.
Once you configure the above Bellsouth email server settings, the outgoing mail services will be enabled in your account, and now you can send emails to your email contacts without any hassle.
How to Set Up Bellsouth Email Server Settings for iPhone?
Follow the steps given below to set up the Bellsouth net email server settings for an iPhone:
- Click on the settings icon, and under that, you will find many other options such as emails, contacts, and calendars.
- Click on add account option. Now the mail account settings will open on your screen. Enter your Bellsouth login credentials such as email address and password, and then click on the Next option.
- Choose POP3 as the server account and then enter the hostname.
- Under the outgoing mail server section, you need to click on the SMTP link and then on the next button to verify the settings.
- Once the setting is successfully verified, save the complete process.
Finally, the email settings have been added to the iPhone.
Set Up Bellsouth Email Server Settings for Outlook
Below given are the detailed steps to help you set up the Bellsouth email server settings for Outlook. This process doesn’t require any manual configuring of the incoming and outgoing servers. You have to enter your Email ID and Password and sink emails. To set up Bellsouth email server settings for Outlook, you need to follow the steps given below:
- First of all, open the Outlook client.
- Then click on the File tab and then on Add account.
- Choose “Manual configure server settings or additional server types” and then click on the Next button.
- Once the Manually Configuration process is completed, click Yes on the next window.
- Enter your Bellsouth.net email address and name. You also have to choose between IMAP and POP protocol. Now, click on the Next.
- Enter ‘imap.mail.att.net‘ for the Incoming Mail Server.
- Enter ‘smtp.mail.att.net‘ for the Outgoing Mail Server.
- Now, you have to enter your email address and password.
- Choose the More settings option and then check both of the following boxes: “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication” and “Use the same settings as my incoming mail server.”
- Move to the Advanced tab and check that the Incoming Server port number for POP3 is 995, and the Outgoing Server port is 465.
- From the Use the following type of encrypted connection section, enable the SSL layer.
- At last, click on the finish option.
If the above steps to configure Bellsouth email server settings for the Outlook fail, replace the imap.mail.att.net and smtp.mail.att.net with the pop.mail.yahoo.com and smtp.mail.yahoo.com, respectively.