Considering the popularity, reach, and customer’s trust value of SBC email service providers, if you’ve signed up on the same and realized that SBCGlobal also similar to its fellow services, not free from webmail related errors then, what will you do now?
Have no idea about what to do, don’t worry! Let us tell you that, you can configure your SBCGlobal email account on any third-party email client of your device be it iPhone, Android, Mac or Windows! However, for doing the same, if you’re further wondering about what are the SBCGlobal.net email server settings for each of the aforementioned devices, then, luckily you’re reading the right blog.
Here we’ve mentioned not only about the procedure of how you can configure your SBCGlobal email account on ‘iPhone, android, Mac Mail and Windows’ email clients but also the mail server settings of each of them which consist of the IMAP email server (responsible for handling the incoming email services) and the SMTP email server (responsible for handling the outgoing email services).
The SBCGlobal email settings play a vital role in the configuration of your SBCGlobal account because without having proper SBCGlobal.net email settings, you won’t be able to use the SBCGlobal email service on any device. Thus, to have a fair idea of the same, let’s have a look on the general “IMAP and SMTP” Server Settings that are necessary for setting up a SBCGlobal email account on any third-party email client—
SBCGlobal Email IMAP Settings (incoming mail server)
SBCGlobal Mail Server Account Type
IMAP
SBCGlobal Mail Username
Your Full SBCGlobal Email Address
SBCGlobal Mail Password
Your SBCGlobal Email Account Password
SBCGlobal Mail IMAP Hostname
imap.mail.att.net
SBCGlobal Mail IMAP Server Port
993
Required SBCGlobal Mail IMAP TLS/SSL
YES
Authentication Required
YES (SBCGlobal Email account Username and Password)
SBCGlobal Email SMTP Settings (outgoing mail server)
SBCGlobal Mail Server Account Type
SMTP
SBCGlobal Mail Username
Your Full SBCGlobal Email Address
SBCGlobal Mail Password
Your SBCGlobal Email Account Password
SBCGlobal Mail SMTP Hostname
smtp.mail.att.net
SBCGlobal Mail SMTP port
465
Required SBCGlobal Mail SMTP TLS/SSL
YES
Authentication Required
YES (SBCGlobal Email Account Username and Password)
As you input and apply the aforementioned “IMAP and SMTP” server settings of SBCGlobal.net email account, you will be able to use the incoming as well as outgoing mail services of your SBCGlobal email account without any hassle.
However, you need to note that the server settings for each of the devices that we’ve mentioned in this blog are slightly different from one another. So, chances are that you might get confused with the server settings while configuring your SBCGlobal email account on to your respective devices thus, to avoid even the minor possibility of entering the wrong server settings during the configuration process of your SBCGlobal email account, below we’ve mentioned them individually for iPhone, android, Mac as well as Windows devices resp. Therefore, have all your attention here:
Step to Execute for Configuring SBCGlobal Email Account on iPhone Devices
Step 1– To begin, open your iPhone’s ‘Settings.’
Step 2– Inside the settings of your iPhone; select the option of ‘Mail.’
Step 3– As the next step, select the ‘Accounts’ option.
Step 4– Moving further, you’ve to simply select the option of ‘Add Account.’
Step 5– In continuation, locate and select ‘Other’ option from the available menu (if your sbcglobal.net email provider is not mentioned in the option.)
Step 6– After that, choose ‘Add Mail Account’ option to input all the asked details of your SBCGlobal account like—
Your Name,
Your Email ID and
Your Password
Your Account Description
Step 7- Once you’re done entering the details of your SBCGlobal email account, click on the ‘Next’ button to move further for selecting the account type as ‘IMAP’ in order to input the following SBCGlobal.net IMAP Mail Server Settings for iPhone Devices—
IMAP Server Settings:
Incoming Server
imap.mail.att.net
Incoming port
143
Outgoing Server
smtp.mail.att.net
Outgoing port
465 or 583
Secure port
993
Security type
SSL/TLS
Insecure port
143
Security type
None
“Requires an encrypted connection (SSL)”
Must not be tick-marked
“Type of encrypted connection”
None
Step 8- Similarly, repeat the same process and enter the following ‘SBCGlobal.net SMTP/POP3 Mail Server Settings for iPhone Devices’ in case if you have selected the ‘SMTP or POP3’ as your SBCGlobal account type—
POP Server Settings:
Incoming Server
inbound.att.net
Incoming port
110
Outgoing Server
outbound.att.net
Outgoing port
465 or 583
POP Secure port
995
Security type
SSL/TLS
POP Insecure port
110
Security type
None
“Requires an encrypted connection (SSL)”
Must not be tick-marked
“Type of encrypted connection”
None
Step 9– Once you’re done entering the server details, click on the ‘Save’ button.
Step 10– That’s it! Now, you’re all set to send and receive sbcglobal.net email on your iPhone device.
Step to Execute for Configuring SBCGlobal Email Account on Android Devices
Step 1- To start the configuration process, select the third-party ‘Mail application’ from your android device’s app menu.
Step 2- Inside the app, just the email address and password of your SBCGlobal email account input in the required fields.
Step 3- Once you’re done entering the details of your SBCGlobal email account, move further to select the option of ‘Manual Setup.’
Step 4- Under it, you’ve to select the account type as either ‘IMAP’ or ‘POP3.’
Step 5- Now, in case if you have chosen the account type as IMAP then, input the following ‘SBCGlobal.net IMAP Mail Server Settings for Android Devices’—
IMAP Server Settings:
Incoming IMAP server
imap.mail.yahoo.com
Incoming Secure Port
993
Security type
None
Outgoing IMAP server
Smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Outgoing Secure port
465 or 587
Security type
SSL/TLS
Insecure port
143
Security type
None
Step 6: Consequently, if you have chosen the account type as POP3 then, input these following ‘SBCGlobal.net POP3 Mail Server Settings for Android Devices’—
POP Server Settings:
Incoming POP server
pop.att.yahoo.com
Security type
None
Incoming Secure Port
995
Outgoing POP server
smtp.att.yahoo.com
Outgoing secure port (SMTP)
465
Security type
SSL/TLS
Outgoing secure port (SMTP’s roaming server)
587
Security type
SSL/TLS
Outgoing port (SMTP)
25
Security type
None
Outgoing insecure port (SMTP’s roaming server)
587
Security type
None
Step 7– After entering the server details, click on the ‘Done’ button and that’s it! You’ve successfully applied the SBCGlobal email settings for using the SBCGlobal email account on your android device.
Step to Execute for Configuring SBCGlobal Email Account on Mac Devices
Step 1– Initiate the process by opening the ‘Mail client app’ on your Mac.
Step 2– Once you launched the Mail app; select the ‘Mail’ and ‘Add Account’ option respectively from its top menu bar.
Step 3– Then, you can either go with the automatic configuration process for the used and already available email accounts that are displayed in the list or you can simply select the option of ‘Other Mail Account’ to manually configure your SBCGlobal email account on your Mac device.
Step 4– In case you’ve selected the ‘Other Mail Account’ option to go with the manual configuration process then, move forward to input the following details that are associated with your SBCGlobal email account—
Your ‘Name’ in the place of the “User Name” field that will be displayed to all your SBCGlobal email account contacts.
Your ‘Full SBCGlobal Email Address’ in the place of “Email address” field.
Your ‘SBCGlobal Email Account Password’ in the place of “Password” field.
Step 5- Now, hit the ‘Next’ button and as per your requirement select the account type either ‘IMAP or POP.’ For instance, if you select ‘IMAP’ as the account type of your SBCGlobal email account then; input these‘SBCGlobal.net IMAP Mail Server Settings for Mac Devices’—
IMAP Server Settings:
Incoming Server
imap.mail.att.net
Incoming port
143
Outgoing Server
smtp.mail.att.net
Outgoing port
465
Secure port
993
Security type
SSL/TLS
Insecure port
143
Security type
None
“Requires an encrypted connection (SSL)”
Must not be checked
“Type of encrypted connection”
None
Step 6- Similarly, if you choose POP as your account type then, input the following ‘SBCGlobal.net POP3 Mail Server Settings for Mac Devices’—
POP Server Settings:
Incoming Server
inbound.SBCglobal.net
Incoming port
110
Outgoing Server
outbound.SBCglobal.net
Outgoing port
465
POP Secure port
995
Security type
SSL/TLS
POP Insecure port
110
Security type
None
“Requires an encrypted connection (SSL)”
Must not be checked
“Type of encrypted connection”
None
Step 7– Now, after entering the SBCGlobal server settings as we’ve mentioned above, ignore both the “Unable to verify account name or password” and the “two server identity” prompt messages.
Step 8– In the end; simply click on the ‘Continue’ and ‘Sign In’ option to finally access your SBCGlobal email account on your Mac device for exchanging incoming and outgoing messages.
Step to Execute for Configuring SBCGlobal Email Account on Windows Devices
Step 1– To begin, launch the ‘Thunderbird’ email client program on your Windows PC.
Step 2– Inside the program, click on the option of ‘Local Folders’ and then to move forward, also click on the ‘Email’ option.
Step 3– After that, tick the option of ‘Skip this and use my existing email.’
Step 4– Now, you have to input all the necessary details of your SBCGlobal email account such as—
Your Email Address
Your Name
Your Phone Number
Your Password
Step 5- Once you’re done entering the account details, click on the ‘Continue’ button to further make a choice based on your requirement of the email account type as either ‘IMAP’ or ‘POP3.’
Step 6- Next, you need to click on the option of ‘Manual configuration’ for entering the below mentioned settings as per the choice of server that you’ve just selected. For instance, if you have selected ‘IMAP’ as your account type then, enter these ‘SBCGlobal.net IMAP Mail Server Settings for Windows Devices (Thunderbird Email Client Application)’—
IMAP Server Settings:
Incoming IMAP Server
imap.mail.att.net
Incoming Secure port
993
Outgoing SMTP Server
smtp.mail.att.net
Outgoing Secure port
465
Security type
SSL/TLS
Insecure port
143
Security type
None
“Requires an encrypted connection (SSL)”
Must not be selected
“Type of encrypted connection”
None
Step 7: And, in case if you have selected POP3 as your account type then, use these following ‘SBCGlobal.net POP3 Mail Server Settings for Windows Devices (Thunderbird Email Client Application)’—
POP Server Settings:
Incoming POP Server
inbound.att.net
Incoming Secure Port
995
Outgoing POP Server
outbound.att.net
Outgoing Secure port
465
Security type
SSL/TLS
Insecure port
110
Security type
None
“Requires an encrypted connection”
Must not be selected
“Type of encrypted connection”
Must be set to None
Step 8: Now, in the end, click on the ‘Done’ button as well as ‘Confirm Security Exception’ option. That’s it! This way, you’ll be able to successfully configure your SBCGlobal email settings on Thunderbird email client program.
Moreover, not only on Thunderbird email client of Windows devices, if you want you can even configure your SBCGlobal email account on MS Outlook which is one of the most popular unified email desktop client and for that, you can refer our another blog that contains ‘SBCGlobal.net email server settings for adding Sbcglobal email to MS Outlook.’
