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Tutor

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14 Messages

Thursday, May 11th, 2023 5:04 PM

Cannot access att.net e-mail via POP3 or IMAP

My att.net e-mail stopped working about two weeks ago.  I can access e-mail via the web client but not with Outlook.  I contacted Support and was told to use the following:

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[Support] : Complete the Server Information:
Account Type - Select IMAP or POP3.
Incoming mail server - Enter imap.mail.att.net (IMAP) or inbound.att.net (POP3).
Outgoing mail server - Enter smtp.mail.att.net (IMAP) or outbound.att.net (POP3).

[Support] : Complete the Logon Information:
User Name - Enter your full email address.
Password - Enter or paste your secure mail key.
Check Remember password and Require logon using Secure Password Authentication.

[Support] : Select More Settings. 
Complete Outgoing Server info:
Check My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication.
Select Use same settings as my incoming mail server.

[Support] : Complete Advanced info:
Incoming server - Enter 993 (IMAP) or 995 (POP3).
Use the following type of encrypted connection - Choose SSL.
Outgoing server - 465 (IMAP and POP3).
Use the following type of encrypted connection- Choose SSL.
Select OK and then Next. Outlook will test your account info. If everything passes, select Finish.
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These settings matched what I had setup already.  After much frustration and gyrations, I finally deleted the account entirely and recreated it.  Now it's telling me that my credentials are invalid although I know that's not the case.  How does one go about resetting the password for a POP3 account?

Tutor

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14 Messages

4 months ago

You probably need to create a new secure mail key.  AT&T keeps doing this with no forewarning.  I think creating a new secure mail key is always the solution...maybe.  Really frustrating.

New Member

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30 Messages

4 months ago

I did get a new secure mail key but it didn't help. ATT won't acknowledge that they did anything-obviously they did. 

New Member

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30 Messages

4 months ago

This is getting to be a pain keeping track of multiple log in credentials, like servers, email passwords, and mail keys. 

Tutor

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14 Messages

4 months ago

Stopped working again for me about two days ago and then started working again.  I guess it was a temporary outage.  Of course, no notification from AT&T.

New Member

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30 Messages

3 months ago

The pop3 server still does not work. AT&T did something to kill it. I have verified all settings several times and got a new key. 

Nothing worked. 

New Member

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30 Messages

3 months ago

Mine worked for a few days and then stopped again. It would be nice if they would fix the pop3 server. 

Looking like it was a mistake to start up with AT&T. Plenty of competition. 

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