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What to Do When Bellsouth email is not working in Outlook
Outlook is an excellent email client, but many users reported that BellSouth email does not working in Outlook. This can not a big problem, but there is a way to solve this problem.
Many users have Bellsouth email, but some users reported problems using Bellsouth email and Outlook. Talking about problems, here are some common problems that users have reported:
Bellsouth Email Login Problems, Authentication Error: Sometimes you may not be able to log in to Bellsouth Email. If this happens, you will need to change your password and create a secure email key.
Do not send email Bellsouth Email: If Outlook does not send email, there is probably a problem with your email settings. Just reconfigure the email and verify if the required information is correct.
Bellsouth Email did not work: If Bellsouth Email does not work with Outlook.com at all, you can try using webmail or multiple email clients as a temporary solution.
Steps to fix Bellsouth email not working in Outlook email
Method -1 : Change your Bellsouth email password and create a secure mail key
If Bellsouth email does not working in Outlook, you can solve the problem by changing your password. This problem may occur with some inherited accounts, and to solve this problem, it is suggested to visit the Bellsouth website and change your password.
After changing the password, check if the problem is still there. If the problem persists, you can try to create a secure email key. This is basically a password that you will only use for Outlook. If you want to make sure your email is protected from malicious users, using a secure email key is an excellent way.
How to create a secure mail key,Let’s follow the instructions do this:
- Go to your Bellsouth profile page and click on the login info option.
- Now select the Bellsouth email account you want to create a secure email key.
- Scroll down to the Secure mail keys section and choose Manage secure mail keys setting Option.
- Now select the option Add secure email key.
- If you wish, you can enter a name for your security code to identify it better. This is not mandatory, but may be useful in the future.
- Now select Create secure email key. Click the Copy secure mail key to the clipboard.
- Click on OK.
Now all you have to do is go to Outlook and change your password with secure email key. After doing this, check whether the problem is still there or not.
Method – 2 : Make sure that your Bellsouth email account is properly configured
If your Bellsouth email does not working properly with Outlook, the problem may be because your account is not set up correctly with Outlook.com. To solve this, all you need to do is find your account and make the necessary changes.
We will show you how to add and configure a Bellsouth email Account correctly, but if you already have a Bellsouth account, you should modify it a bit.
To add a Bellsouth account to Outlook, you just need to do the following instruction to setup:
- Open Outlook and go to File> Click on Add account.
- Select Manual configuration or Additional server types and click Next.
- Now choose POP or IMAP and click Next.
- You will now be asked to enter your display name and email address.
- After doing this, you must enter the server information. If you are using a POP3 account, enter inbound.att.net and outbound.att.net for incoming and outgoing servers, respectively. Enter your login information and click More Settings. Now go to the Advanced tab and set the incoming server port number to 995. Set the outgoing server port to 465. Save changes
- If you are using an IMAP account, set up incoming and outgoing servers at imap.mail.att.net and smtp.mail. For port numbers .att.net, respectively, use 993 for incoming servers and 465 or 587 for outgoing servers.
- If you wish, you can click on the test account settings button and check if your settings are correct.
Method – 3 : Update your Outlook profile Details
Sometimes, your Bellsouth email does not working in Outlook because your Outlook profile is corrupted. This can happen for several reasons, but you can solve the problem by doing the following:
- In Outlook, go to the File tab and choose Information.
- Choose Account and then Account Settings.
- Change the folder for the Outlook data file, then Inbox.
- After doing this, save the changes and verify if the problem is resolved.
Method – 4 : Forward Bellsouth email to Outlook email
If you do not receive emails from Bellsouth in Outlook, you can solve this problem by configuring all your emails to be sent from Bellsouth emails to Outlook email.
This is only one solution, but until you find a permanent solution, this solution may work for you. To forward your email, be sure to use the BellSouth server and set up email forwarding to the desired email account.
