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AT&T email Setup
I am trying to update the mail server settings on a mail client running on Windows 7. I have been provided with the information noted below from AT&Ts link, also noted below. The IMAP servers (imap.mail.att.net, smtp.mail.att.net) work as expected. Indicating that I have properly setup both the servers and the Secure Mail Key provided by AT&T for the account. Also, the Outgoing POP server, smtp.mail.att.net, works as expected. However, the provided Incoming POP server, inbound.mail.att.net, return the following error from the email client. "2: Bad address "inbound.mail.att.net"." I tried changing the server address to pop.mail.att.net but this made no difference.
Can anyone explanation as to why the provided address inbound.mail.att.net is not working? Everything else is.
IMAP (Incoming Mail)
imap.mail.att.net
Port: 993
SMTP (Outgoing Mail)
smtp.mail.att.net
Port: 465
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POP (Incoming Mail)
inbound.mail.att.net
Port: 993
POP (Outgoing Mail)
smtp.mail.att.net
Port: 465
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_xyzzy_
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The server settings are documented here. Compare what you posted above with the SMTP servers and ports defined in that settings page. I'm hoping you just made a bunch of typos but you make those mistakes too many times I think for them to be typos.
Which configuration are you trying to set up in your email client: POP or IMAP? Your post is confusing because it sounds like you are trying to configure both. That fine so long as you configure two accounts in your client; one for POP and one for IMAP. But I doubt you really intend to do that.
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prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format.
If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any other MIME-compliant system,
you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer.
If you cannot, please ask your system administrator for assistance.
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Would be nice if you provided a link to where you got that from.
Unfortunately, I deleted the email notice from AT&T which provided the initial link once the issue was resolved. Nor is the page saved in my browser history. So I can not provide the link. However, below is a image that I took of the complete page as part of my notes. Perhaps you could find it via a search.
IMAP allows me to access the folder structure of my mail account without having to login through the web portal. This, in turn, allows me to access folders other than the Inbox, such as the spam folder, and move emails back and fourth between my computer and the mail server. Thus preventing me from having to be exposed to the myriad of advertisements that defile the internet. Something I can do without.
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As part of the POP/IMAP/SMTP email protocol exchange it always "logs in". That's what the authorization info in your client's settings provide. There is no way to access the servers without passing that information. Your client does the work so nothing is being "saved" in the work you have to do to access the servers via an email client. By definition, IMAP configured clients are always in sync with the servers and the webmail always mirrors the servers. Anyway, do whatever you find best for you.
The top of what you show looks like it's coming from the Troubleshoot & Resolve. I was hoping I could find it by going there, clicking Email Setup & Repair -> Setup or Update Email Applications. Unfortunately that ended in with an alert - "Unfortunately, we are unable to access Troubleshoot & Resolve at this time." If I could get in there and that same incorrect info was in there I would report it. Oh well. Not going to worry about it.
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