How To Configure Bellsouth Email With Outlook?

Every person has multiple email accountsand sometimes it becomes difficult to handle two accounts on different sites and login and sign-out together on routine basis. However, if you have an account on Outlook email and Bellsouth email then, today you will most certainly get a solution to your problem. Here we will make you aware of the steps on how to configure your Bellsouth email with Outlook email. You will be able to send and receive emails from Microsoft Outlook. So, let’s get started:

Before you start with the process, let us remind you that Bellsouth has been recently merged with the AT&T email service provider. Thus, the configuration settings areaccording to recent development:

Bellsouth Email Settings:

• Open the browser and go toan Outlook email account.
• Go to ‘Settings’.
• Click the ‘File option’.
• Now, click on the option ‘Account setting’ which is present below ‘File option’.
• Click ‘Email account to Update’.
• Followed by ‘Internet Email Setting’ this is present below ‘Email Account To Update’.

1. Make sure that you have chosen any one option out of POP3 or IMAP.
2. Now, it will ask you to enter your ‘Username’ and ‘Password’.
3. Enter the right ‘Email Address’ and ‘Password’ in the allotted field carefully.

• Now, let’s look up further steps involved in POP3 and IMAP.

1. Firstly for POP3, follow the steps:-

1. Enter “att.net” in the incoming call server.
2. The port is 955
3. In the option ‘Use The Following Type Of Encrypted Connection’ chose SSL
4. In the option ‘Outgoing Mail Server’ chose att.net.
5. The SMTP for ‘Outgoing Server’ is 465.
6. Again, in the option ‘Use the Following Type of Encrypted Connection’ choose SSL.

2. If you select IMAP, follow the steps:-
   1. Enter “att.net” in the incoming call server.
   2. The port is 993
   3. In the option ‘Use The Following Type Of Encrypted Connection’ choose SSL
   4. In the option ‘Outgoing Mail Server’ choose att.net.
   5. The SMTP for ‘Outgoing Server’ is 465 or 587.
   6. Again, in the option ‘Use The Following Type Of Encrypted Connection’ chose SSL.

• After doing the settings carefully, click ‘Ok’.
• The Pop-up window now opens that will ask your email address and password, enter both in their respective field and click the option ‘Next’ on the Internet Email setting.
• Finally, click on the ‘Finish’ to end the process.

These steps will successfully help you to configure Bellsouth email SMTP settings on the Microsoft Outlook account. This will allow you to read your emails and send your mails through one account. For more information you can visit Bellsouth Email Account.