When are we going to get att.net mail? in AT&T Southeast http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20430853 en Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:40:35 EDT Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:40:35 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20539961 CyberRage : Like Mike, I pay a fee for my email to be handled off AT&T's network. When I signed up port 465 wasn't open but a quick request resulted it that port being opened the same day. No complaints so far. From a notice I recieved two days ago I see that I've been purchased by a data center owner so I may be asking Mike who he uses if things go downhill. It's certainly been better than Bellsouth's email service, I don't know about AT&T servers. I haven't tried them.
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Prop your feet up at Southeast Chat ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20539961 Mon, 26 May 2008 03:52:25 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20536507 anon : I'll give you a date.
June 23rd, 2008.
:)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20536507 Sun, 25 May 2008 08:00:45 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20500045 NormanS :
said by CyberRage See Profile :

And there is port 465 -- secure SMTP
Only if the E-mail service provider offers it. At one time, just after the servers for 'yahoo.com' and 'yahoo.com.au' switched over to using port 465, 'yahoo.co.jp' was still only accessible through port 587 (that has changed since then). The last time I checked, neither 'smtp.aim.com', nor 'smtp.aol.com', nor 'smtp.gmx.net' offered access through port 465.
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port 993 -- IMAP4 over SSL
and port 995 -- secure POP3

Secure should be used with a grain of salt, of course. I've used 585, 465, 995 with no problems. I've settled on 465. No particular reason.
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Prop your feet up at Southeast Chat ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20496842 Sat, 17 May 2008 04:01:23 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20496622 NormanS :
said by Neyland85 See Profile :

Great deal then! Of course with DSL it's not as big of a deal as you have to send out via Bellsouth/ATT unless you're using a web based client.
As mikes60 See Profile points out, any mail hosting provider worth the money you pay them should accept SMTP message submission on a port other than port 25. Per RFC 2821, port 25 was originally designate for mail transfer; but another RFC reserves another port for SMTP message submission. Read RFC 2476.

I have not had to use port 25 for message submission since 'yahoo.co.jp' set up on port 587.
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said by Neyland85 See Profile :

said by mikes60 See Profile :

said by Neyland85 See Profile :

For $12/year you're on a shared host? We got away from shared hosting solutions because they all have the same outgoing email server. This becomes a problem when they over sell their server and mr spamboy decides to start up and the server gets blacklisted.

VPS costs more, but works much better.
No arguement there. But, for my personal purposes, not business, I haven't had one problem in over a year.
Great deal then! Of course with DSL it's not as big of a deal as you have to send out via Bellsouth/ATT unless you're using a web based client.
No, my email provider, as with many others, uses port 587. Everything goes right out thru Outlook.
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said by mikes60 See Profile :

said by Neyland85 See Profile :

For $12/year you're on a shared host? We got away from shared hosting solutions because they all have the same outgoing email server. This becomes a problem when they over sell their server and mr spamboy decides to start up and the server gets blacklisted.

VPS costs more, but works much better.
No arguement there. But, for my personal purposes, not business, I haven't had one problem in over a year.
Great deal then! Of course with DSL it's not as big of a deal as you have to send out via Bellsouth/ATT unless you're using a web based client.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20493607 Fri, 16 May 2008 14:37:15 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491986 mikes60 :
said by Neyland85 See Profile :

For $12/year you're on a shared host? We got away from shared hosting solutions because they all have the same outgoing email server. This becomes a problem when they over sell their server and mr spamboy decides to start up and the server gets blacklisted.

VPS costs more, but works much better.
No arguement there. But, for my personal purposes, not business, I haven't had one problem in over a year.
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VPS costs more, but works much better.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491915 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:22:47 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20491806 mikes60 :
said by Old_Grouch See Profile :

said by mikes60 See Profile :

said by wolfsmane See Profile :

why would it matter if it's bellsouth.net or att.net?
It doesn't. But there will always some people who need to complain about something.
Actually, there are some that would say it does matter.

I'd rather have my name associated with ameritech.net instead of sbc or at&t or any other ________ they adopt.
I'll go you one better. I don't use AT&T/BellSouth email at all. For about $12.00 a year I have my own domain managed by a company that knows how to manage email.
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OTOH, having one of the legacy domains in your email address does mark one as having the right to be an "Old_Grouch"! ;)

I do like my 'pacbell.net' domain, as well. Maybe I should adopt the nym, "Ol' Sourdough".
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said by mikes60 See Profile :

said by wolfsmane See Profile :

why would it matter if it's bellsouth.net or att.net?
It doesn't. But there will always some people who need to complain about something.
Actually, there are some that would say it does matter.

I'd rather have my name associated with ameritech.net instead of sbc or at&t or any other ________ they adopt.
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said by wolfsmane See Profile :

why would it matter if it's bellsouth.net or att.net?
It doesn't. But there will always some people who need to complain about something.

The real nuisance would be if old BellSouth people had to change to ATT. For some people, that would be a lot of work.

I've used my own domain for years, so I never have to deal with this.
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said by wolfsmane See Profile :

why would it matter if it's bellsouth.net or att.net?
The biggest advantage for some people is that att.net is shorter and is less likely to be misspelled than bellsouth.net? ;)

Other than that if the same servers are handling the email it's like the great bard said, "What's in a name?".
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why would it matter if it's bellsouth.net or att.net?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20437150 Mon, 05 May 2008 22:01:03 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20436743 NormanS :
said by jblake See Profile :

they will eventually merge the email systems...
To some extent, that has already happened. All 'bellsouth.net' email is handled by AT&T Worldnet Services mail hosts. All web mail log in for the legacy (unmigrated) SBC email domains has been moved to the same AT&T Worldnet web mail servers that handle 'att.net' and 'bellsouth.net' email.
...and give new users @att.net addresses...
Reportedly, new 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' subscribers, who follow the default account activation steps, are still getting 'sbcglobal.net' email addresses.
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said by amyers See Profile :

The guys at at&t told me that we weren't going to merge over to at&t e-mail addresses, ever. Just like they've kept their other networks.
FWIW, the old, legacy SBC domains are not being retired, and customers using them (I am still 'pacbell.net') won't be forced to give them up. But, currently, new 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' customers are assigned 'sbcglobal.net' accounts, unless they choose a path, in the account activation process, which takes them to 'att.net'.

As for the former Bellsouth region; until that is merged into the 'at&t Yahoo! HSI' system, I suspect that 'bellsouth.net' will remain in effect on new account signups.

I don't know when, or even if, that is going to happen.
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Prop your feet up at Southeast Chat ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20435647 Mon, 05 May 2008 16:58:31 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20434478 jblake : they will eventually merge the email systems and give new users @att.net addresses, however they will never (at least for a very very very very long time) force users to drop their old domains. The issues that would cause would be very troublesome, to say the least.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20434478 Mon, 05 May 2008 13:19:40 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20432828 Hayward :
said by iLive4Apple See Profile :

My E-Mail address is @bellsouth.net. But since AT&T merged does this mean we are going to have the option of getting @att.net or something like that?
You WANT to go through the hassle of changing your email????

While it is a pain to log onto the website now, not just UN/PQ but select your ATT domain as well.

Personally I am glad they HAVE allowed the old domains to still exist.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20432828 Mon, 05 May 2008 02:19:06 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20432141 jhaygood86 : I did say "think".. been a few months since I used AT&T (this place is all Comcast atm) and it'll be another month before I use AT&T again at my new place]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20432141 Sun, 04 May 2008 22:29:06 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20431993 amyers : The guys at at&t told me that we weren't going to merge over to at&t e-mail addresses, ever. Just like they've kept their other networks.

Also, I tested the »www5.bellsouth.net information you posted. When you try to add a e-mail address, it just adds another bellsouth.net account.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20431993 Sun, 04 May 2008 22:02:10 EDT Re: When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20431156 jhaygood86 : I think you can now:

1. Goto »www5.bellsouth.net
2. Click on the " Add/Manage Sub Accounts (Add an email box or create an alias)" link
3. Create email address or att.net alias to your bellsouth.net one]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20431156 Sun, 04 May 2008 18:28:37 EDT When are we going to get att.net mail? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20430853 iLive4Apple : My E-Mail address is @bellsouth.net. But since AT&T merged does this mean we are going to have the option of getting @att.net or something like that?
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