You are definitely maintaining one or more email account on more than one smart devices. No matters, you are using Roadrunner, Bellsouth or SBCGlobal email. The steps for accessing the mail are almost the same with minor differences. Have you ever tried to access Bellsouth email on Galaxy Note 8 device? If not, then try the steps given below to configure and access it.
- To begin with, you must need to have a valid Bellsouth email address and password.
- You can prefer either a wired or wireless connection.
- Read all on-screen instructions before starting configuring the account.
- Go to ‘Start Up’ screen and open ‘Main menu’ from the drop-down list.
- Click ‘Email’.
- Open list of Email service providers. Click on ‘Bellsouth’. In case it is not available, you can add it manually with the help of on-screen keyboard.
- Enter the email address of your Bellsouth account.
- Enter the password you use to login to the account.
- Tap ‘Setup’ followed by ‘Guided manual’.
- Select ‘POP3’ for account type out of the two given options.
- Enter the email address and password again to verify yourself.
- Select the username for your email account. This must be different from that of other email accounts maintained by you.
- You are now directed to POP3 server page where all the details are to be entered.
- Click to enable the SSL security feature.
- Enter the port number in the desired field. If you don’t know the port number for your Bellsouth email, you can check online from the link.
- Go to ‘Delete from email’.
- Enter outgoing server address settings which must be preceded by suffix SMTP.
- Select SSL for the outgoing server as well.
- Enter the port number for the outgoing server. Enter 465 in the field and check if it works for your email or not.
- Enter details for your Authentication. If you find this option enabled on the device, then disable it and move to the next step.
- You will now connect to the server for verification of your information.
- Click to start the setup process.
- If asked for sync, select time interval according to your choice. The time interval which you will select will allow email server to check for any new mail within this time span.
- Any new message if received will be displayed in the form of notification on Galaxy Note 8 screen.
- Tap ‘next’.
- If you want, you can change the username of your Bellsouth account later on as well.
- Click on ‘Account name’ after this.
- Tap ‘Next’.
- Account successfully configured message will soon get displayed on the screen. Try sending the mail now to your own email address or to your friend’s.
- To receive the first message on your device, an SMTP request is to be sent to the server for the same.
This is all about the process of configuring the Bellsouth email account on Samsung Galaxy Note 8. We hope you will be able to configure it on your own.