Bell south, a popular media company based in Atlanta, Georgia, offers various services like Media service, Email service, Internet connection, etc., with great quality. It is an original bell company in America that has been providing services for a decade now. The company offers its services to almost 18 countries, mainly around the South β Western Part of the U.S. Though the number of users of the email service provider company is growing, users are also facing a few difficulties.
One of them is the Bellsouth email not working. It happens due to many of the reasons, like login credential errors, internet issues, and a lot more. If you are also facing issues while using a Bellsouth email, then go through this guide and get the solution to your problem.
Problems faced by you in accessing Bellsouth Emails
However, there can be thousands of reasons behind your BellSouth email not working, these are a few basic and common issues, which create problems in accessing your BellSouth Email, so before searching for any other way to contact customer care, check them out:
Poor Internet Connection
To send or receive an email or to log in to your account, for everything, we need a good internet connection. And there are days when our internet is not working properly, but we, instead of verifying that, start blaming BellSouth for their bad services.
So, checking your wifi or internet connection first before hustling to your email service providers is always advised. If your internet connection is working with a good speed, then only try to go for other ways.
Mail Server Issues
The server of BellSouth email can be down. However, it is very rare with BellSouth Email, but it mainly happens because of the operating system. It experiences some technical issues. To check the status of the server, go to downdetector.com.
Wrong Login Credential
You can also face issues while login in due to entering an incorrect login account or password. Sometimes you forget the password or user name, and we all know itβs impossible to log in without correct details.
Outdated Web Browser
It is always advised for users to update their web browser within a short interval of time. This is because an older web browser is less secure as well as it also affects the applications that are dependent on it. The applications may face compatibility issues with the older browser, leading to you facing a login error.
Presence of Antiviruses
Antiviruses are important for a systemβs security and privacy, but sometimes, these antivirus settings block the BellSouth email server. So, whenever you try to log in to your BellSouth Email, disable the Antiviruses temporarily.
These were a few problems, and letβs check out how to solve them
Solution 1: Internet Connection
To check whether the problem is in your internet connection or something else, you have to follow the given process.
- Initially, Disconnect your device and then connect again.
- If you are facing the same issue again then, Switch off your router, and then switch it on again.
- Try to rest the internet connection :
- Hit the Window start menu,
- Press the control panel
- Once the control panel is open, hit the internet option.
- After that, click on the advanced tab.
- Hit the reset option.
- Click on Ok for approval to reset the internet Connection.
By this, you can fix your Internet connection and your BellSouth Email, not working issues.
Solution 2: BellSouth Email Server Down Problem
To verify if there is any server issue, you can go to different websites and check if the problem is in the server:
- Open your browser
- Visit downdetector.com, downrightnow.com,or outrage report.
- After reaching the website, find the ATT email service name.
- Click on the ATT service name.
Or Search for ATT Bellsouth
- Click on Ok.
By this, you will get the BellSouth Email server details on your screen. If the server is down, then contact the local office.
If the server is not the issue, then try the other ways.
Solution 3: Email account or Password Issues
Resetting your BellSouth Account password is the simplest solution for your BellSouth email error. To reset the password
- Open Chrome or any other Browser.
- Go to the Bell-south sign-in page.
- On that page, go to the forget password option.
- That will take you to the Account recovery page, where you need to verify yourself as the owner of the account.
- For the verification, enter your BellSouth Email βUser id and Last Nameβ, in the respective boxes.
- Fill the given captcha code in the required box.
- To go to the next window, hit the continue option.
- There will be a few questions available, choose one of them
- Β I will answer my security question
- Β Send me a temporary password
- Β Send me a code on the registered phone number or email address.
9. After selecting one of the options, follow the instructions from their side to reset your BellSouth Email account.
BellSouth Email Not working on iPhone
Bellsouth email error on iPhone is not something surprising, this usually happens due to some setting error.
- For the setting up of BellSouth email on iPhone, You must follow the given steps:
- Go to the setting option.
- In settings, click on the Mail, Contact, and calendar option.
- There will be a list of all the email service providers, Click on the BellSouth email option.
- Click on add email.
- Fill in your BellSouth Email, password, and other details.
- Now, in BellSouth IMAP and POP3 settings, make changes according to the requirements:
- Inbound server for POP3: att.net
- Inbound server for IMAP: Mail.att.net
- Port for inbound Server For POP3 β 995
- Port for inbound Server For IMAP – 995
- SMTP Server (att.net) and mail.att.net (IMAP)
Β 8. Now select yes for the needed SSL for both POP3 and IMAP.
Follow the above instruction to make your BellSouth email work on your iPhone.
BellSouth Email Errors on Android.
To let your BellSouth email work on Android devices, check the configuration, and follow these instructions.
- Go to your BellSouth Email account.
- Hit the menu option, and click on Add account.
- Choose the other option from the list of email service providers.
- Go to manual setup
- There, you need to configure the settings
- Provide the BellSouth Email address there.
- After that check and verify the IMAP and POP3 configuration.
- If required, make the changes accordingly.
- Β Port for inbound Server For POP3 β 995
- Β Port for inbound Server For IMAP – 995
- Β SMTP Server (att.net) and mail.att.net (IMAP)
- Β Now select yes for the needed SSL for both POP3 and IMAP.
- At last, enter your password and hit the next option.
After this, you can easily access your BellSouth email on your Android devices.
BellSouth Email Problems on Outlook
In order to set a BellSouth Email with Outlook, follow these steps:
- Open an Outlook account.
- Go to the File.
- Hit the Add account option.
- Select Manually Configure Server settings from the given options.
- Hit the Next Button.
- A set box will appear on your screen.
- Read and select options according to your requirement.
- After that, choose IMAP or POP settings and go to the next page.
- The POP3 details for the incoming server should be βpop.mail.yahoo.comβ, and for the outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) is βsmtp.mail.yahoo.comβ.
- Enter your username and password, then select more options.
- And after that, click on β My Outgoing server SMTP would need authenticationβ followed by βuse the same settings as my incoming mail server.β
- Select the Advanced Tab.
- Enter the incoming and outgoing server SMTP Port for POP3 as 995 and 465, respectively.
- At last, choose SSL, hit the OK button, and then go to next, followed by Finish.
Conclusion
We expect that this article is enough for you to clear out all the problems related to BellSouth Email. If you tried all these and your BellSouth Email is still not working, you can check our website and contact us too. We are a one-stop solution to all your technical problems.Β