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How to Export SBCGlobal Email to Outlook? Complete Guide

SBCGlobal, now known as AT&T is one of the most popular internet, telephone, data services, and email providers across the world. But, since 2008 they have discontinued their email services which has led many users to want to export their data to other email clients. However, not everyone has the required technical knowledge to transfer their files from one email platform to another. But you don’t need to worry about that as this article will provide you with an easy step by step guide to export SBCGlobal email to Outlook.

Table of Contents:

1. Why Do You Need To Transfer SBCGlobal Email To Outlook?
2. Set up SBCGlobal Emails in Outlook Using Manual Method
3. Using Professional Software To Export SBCGlobal Email to Outlook
4. Why use Professional Method over Manual Method?
5. Conclusion & FAQs

Why Do You Need To Transfer SBCGlobal Email To Outlook?

As SBCGlobal has discontinued its email services, users have been looking to transfer all their important data files to other email clients, like Outlook. There are multiple reasons that lead to the need to export SBCGlobal email to Outlook, let us discuss some of them in brief.

• Emails are one of the most preferred modes of communication amongst working professionals and thus, contain a lot of important information in the form of attachments like documents, notes, invoices, images, etc. Hence, you must create a backup of all your important data to be safe in situations like virus attacks or accidental deletion.
• Many users want to access their emails even in offline mode, which can be done with Outlook as it allows its users to read and clear the backlog emails even in offline mode.
• Outlook also has a user-friendly interface, higher security, and great server response time which makes users want to transfer SBCGlobal emails to Outlook.

Read More: How to Manage Multiple Mailboxes in Outlook?

Set up SBCGlobal Emails in Outlook Using Manual Method

1. Open the MS Outlook application click on the “File” tab and then on “Add Account” to start with the account setup.
2. Now, select “Manual setup” and click on “Next” to choose the service as “POP or IMAP”.
3. Next, provide the user information such as your name and email address, and after that select “POP3” as the account type.
4. Now enter the incoming mail server as “inbound.att.net”, the outgoing mail server as “outbound.att.net” and provide the required login information.
5. After this, click on “More Settings”, then on “Outgoing Server” and select the checkbox “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”.
6. Now click on the “Advance” tab, select the checkbox “This server requires an encrypted connection (SSL)” and under the “Incoming Server” field enter “995”.
7. In the “Outgoing Server” field enter “465” and select “SSL” as the type of encrypted connection.
8. Next, click on “OK” and then “Next” to start the process to configure SBCGlobal Email in Outlook.

This manual method can be very confusing for users who don’t have good technical knowledge and they may still find it difficult to set up SBCGlobal Emails in Outlook. But, don’t worry, as we have an ideal solution to export SBCGlobal email to Outlook discussed in detail in the next section.

Note: SBCGlobal.net uses Yahoo as the base provider for email communication and to export your data you can use Freeviewer Yahoo software which supports the @sbcglobal.net email address. 

Using Professional Software To Export SBCGlobal Email to Outlook

An ideal solution to your problem will be to export SBCGlobal email to Outlook using Freeviewer Yahoo software. You can transfer your SBCGlobal emails by creating them into a PST file, which you can later import to Outlook very easily.

Let us discuss how you can do this in the very simple steps mentioned below:

1. Go to “All Programs”, open the professional software, provide your login credentials, and then click on “Login”.
2. Now under the “Select email format” select “PST” to import the downloaded file into Outlook.
3. To choose the destination where you want your files to be saved, click on “Browse” and after that click on “OK”.
4. You can use the “Delete After Download” option to delete all your data from the server after your files have been successfully downloaded to your computer.
5. Use the “E-mail Filter” option to create a backup of only the selected email folders as per the selected time interval.
6. The software will now start the process, and after the download has been completed successfully click on “OK”.

Now to import the downloaded PST file into Outlook open the app and click on “File” at the top left side of your screen. Select “Open & Export”, click on “Import/Export” and then select “Import from another program or file” option. Now, select the “Outlook Data file” option, click on “Next” and “Browse” to select the file that you want to import. This will now complete the process to export SBCGlobal email to Outlook.

Why use Professional Method over Manual Method?

• Using professional software to export SBCGlobal email to Outlook saves a lot of time when compared to manual methods in which the setup process takes a lot of time.
• You can convert your email files to other file formats as well like EML, MBOX, PDF, etc. which can not be done while using the manual method.
• While using the manual method to transfer SBCGlobal email to Outlook there can be a situation where you face some issue with the internet connection and you have to start with the process all over again. Whereas, the professional software allows you to resume or pause the download process so that you don’t have to repeat the entire process.

Conclusion

You can use the methods we have talked about in the article to easily export SBCGlobal email to Outlook. However, the manual method to set up SBCGlobal emails to Outlook won’t be suitable for everyone, especially for someone with limited technical knowledge. As an ideal solution to your problem, you can use the professional Yahoo backup software mentioned above in the article to download the PST file of your emails and easily import it to Outlook.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q.1 Does SBCGlobal support IMAP?
Ans. Yes, SBCGlobal.net supports both IMAP and SMTP and you can send messages or check your emails using other email programs such as Mailspring, Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc.

Q.2 Can I still have access to my SBCGlobal email account?
Ans. Yes, use AT&T’s sign-in page and enter your login credentials in order to access your SBCGlobal email account.

Q.3 How can I get back my lost AT&T username and password?
Ans. In case you have lost your AT&T username and password just click on the “forgot User ID/Password” link on the official sign-in page. After that, enter your telephone number, click on the “Continue” button, and follow the mentioned instructions to get back your login credentials.