iPhone - AT&T mail setup

Set up iPhone AT&T

On this page you'll find the AT&T mail settings for iPhone and iPad. Besides an overview with the imap and pop3 server mailsettings for AT&T, we offer you a comprehensive guide for setting up your AT&T email on your iPhone or iPad.

The exact steps may vary by model, but all the settings can to be found here. If you don't succeed or you think something is not right, do not hesitate to ask your question at the bottom of the page!

1 Choose settings

2 Scroll down and choose Mail, Contacts and Calendars

3 Tap Add account and select Other

4 Tap Add Mail Account and enter the following information:

Name: your name
Email: your AT&T email-address
Password: your AT&T email-password
Description: enter "AT&T"

5 Choose imap under incoming mail server and enter the following information:

Hostname: imap.mai.att.net
Username: email
Password: your email-password

6 Scroll down and under outgoing mail server, enter the following information:

Hostname: smtp.mail.att.net
Username: email
Password: your email-password

7 Tap save and in select your emailadress in the next screen.

8 Scroll down and under outgoing mail server choose SMTP.

9 Under Main server select smtp.mail.att.net and make sure the following information is displayed:

SSL: ssl
Serverport: 465

10 Tap done and go to the previous screen. Choose Advanced and make sure the following information is correct:

SSL: ssl
Serverport: imap.mai.att.net

11 Again, go back to the previous screen. Restart your iPhone to finish the setup!

Question and Answer

I am continuing to get a message that my User ID or Password are incorrect. I can't access my email so how do I get either or both of these re-set?
1 week ago
I am continuing to get a message that my User ID or Password are incorrect. I can't access my email so how do I get either or both of these re-set?
3 weeks ago
My incoming and outgoing mail is giving me an error message; how do I reset this on an IPhone 6Plus? Error message: imap.mail.att.net is not working. How do I reset?
2 months ago
These settings say MAI without the L. Is that correct
2 months ago
I am getting messages that my att account settings are out of date. Where do I find att account settings?
2 months ago
How do I verify my email password?
2 months ago
please restore my mail
1 year ago
restore my e mail
1 year ago
keeps saying name or password for imap.mail.att is incorrect
1 year ago
Agree with earlier spelling comments: imap.maiL.att.net - right? Mail with an "L" ?? Re-setting up att yahoo email acct on my iphone not working following password change. sigh.
1 year ago

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Mail settings AT&T

POP / IMAP	imap
Incoming server	imap.mai.att.net
Incoming port	993
SSl (security) incoming	ssl
Outgoing server	smtp.mail.att.net
Outgoing port	465
Requires sign-in	yes