ATT / Sbcglobal email not syncing with email client

Supposedly, this took affect over 5 years ago. The Sbcglobal email needs a special one time password for email clients. It is not the same password for the webmail.

Create a secure mail key

It’s easy to create a secure mail key from your mobile device, tablet, or computer. Have your User ID and password ready to sign in to myAT&T.

  1. Go to Profile and choose Sign-in info.
  2. Select the email account that needs a secure mail key. (You’ll find a menu at the top if you have multiple accounts.)
  3. Scroll to Secure mail key and select Manage secure mail key.
  4. Choose the email address that you’d like to use, if you have more than one.
  5. Select Add secure mail key and then enter a nickname for the secure mail key to make it easier to recognize.
  6. Choose Create secure mail key.

OLD INSTRUCTIONS

To create or change the one time email password for your email client, do the following.

  1. Go to Att.com/emailclient
  2. Then click on “update existing setup”
  3. From here it depends on where you are receiving your emails. But at the end you should also be at step 8. Steps 4 through 7 are for Outlook.
  4. Then “Desktop/laptop”
  5. Then “Pc”
  6. Then “Outlook”
  7. Then “Next”
  8. On the next screen make sure to click the word “here” then sign in and follow the instructions on the previous page.

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