bellsouth.net email not working iOS 14.4.1

add a new account on your iphone and choose yahoo. Login in with your regular bellsouth email and password through yahoo's login page that pops up.

Hi Premeau.

THIS DOES WORK!! Thanks so much!

I wanted to provide you and the discussion panel with an update. When lirose posted earlier that this worked I couldn’t log into AT&T due to a password issue. Because my Bellsouth account was grandfathered in I had been able to retrieve my email on my iPhone with an old password (prior to this last update) even though a few years ago I set up a different password when I had received an email to do so from Currently (AT&T Yahoo). So now everything is working. Thanks also lirose for your explanation of your process of adding the secured email key.

THANK YOU!! I was having the same issue for the last 2 days. I unfortunately could not locate the secure mail key through my AT&T account by the steps you provided - but previously had obtained a secure mail key that I "saved" elsewhere. When I entered it - the email seems to be working now. I do find that every update from Apple resets some feature or another and until there is an issue you have no idea!

SandyJ2021 wrote:

I too didn’t have any trouble with my Bellsouth email until the last Apple update.

Which coincided with AT&T moving the hosting of Bellsouth and other AT&T accounts to Yahoo.

Also you do choose Other when creating the account on your Apple device.

By the way I’m on 14.4.2 and have had no problems using Apple Mail since I went on 14.4.2 with getting and sending my ATT email using Apple App.

my problems started when I was on a desktop and changed my password. When I tried to enter the New password on my IPhone and IPad, the ATT/Yahoo side gets misdirected and lost! Yes I could switch to secure key but WHY? ATT has stated Oauth is more Secure than using a security key. I read that on ATT.com And on ATT.com it says the APPLE Mail APP uses Oauth, so we shouldn’t have to switch to a security key. BUT somebody doesn’t have the connections between APPLE Mail and Currently ATT Yahoo Email working with Oauth, it seems? I prefer they get it fix, and I want to use the more secure method of Security that ATT prefers and I think APPLE also prefers, Oauth, instead of secure key. That was their original intent, I believe, from what I read on ATT.COM

My Yahoo email account is still functioning properly using APPLE Mail APP. I haven’t had to change anything on it. Why ATT, and not YAHOO too?

I would expect Yahoo to use the better security method too, Oauth.

I still ask, anybody at ATT or APPLE know when this problem with Apple Mail and ATT email Currently... will be fixed?

Thanks

CampClem wrote:

What do you mean by "go to profile"? On my iphone? On my computer (where I can access my bellsouth email)?

I didn’t post that, another user did, but they mean log in to your AT&T account, then go to your account profile. It’s on the Account menu in the upper right corner of the page.

I did what you guys suggested and it worked!!! (secure mail key). I had taken my phone to a tech guy at a retail outlet. He was no help - not it the know at all!!! Thanks for that great help.

Also I could not check my voice mail on phone - this fixed that problem also!!!!

You have a good point. Please let Apple know: https://apple.com/feedback. This is a user-to-user forum; Apple’s participation here is minimal.

I had the same problem on March 10 when IOS updated on my Iphone. My bellsouth email not working - saying password not entered (even though I did) -- I deleted account (as instructed above) and re-entered Imap server data, etc. Still saying same thing -- password not entered - even though it shows password in there? Help.....

My Bellsouth email also quit working after the IOS update in March 2021. It’s also saying password not entered and of course the password is there. I too deleted the account and tried to reenter the account but it will not accept it due to the password problem. The account is accessible on my Windows based laptop and was working fine on my iPhone and iPad until the last update. PLEASE HELP.

Thanks again. I just now turned off my iPhone and restarted and it still wouldn’t add the account. I’m receiving the same password error as before. I really think it’s on Apple’s end due to the update.

Thanks. This doesn’t work for me. I cannot log into AT&T with my Bellsouth account as I no longer have them as a provider, even though my email account was working before update. Several years ago I had received an email from Yahoo! that they were taking over service of AT&T’s email so I set up a new password with them for my Bellsouth account. This sounds crazy but that works on my Windows laptop through the Yahoo currently login. BUT on my iPhone my old password for Bellsouth on the att.net did work before the update.