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AT&T irritation

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I have been using Thunderbird for years for phateful@bellsouth.net. Since about a two weeks ago, AT&T via att.net has refused to grant Thunderbird access to my email. Yahoo.com has been happy to supply my email via mail.yahoo.com and offer me a $5/mo add free version. I realize that I originally had a telephone account with Bell South when I set up phateful@bellsouth.net and there was a money stream to AT&T. Is this just a case of the "other shoe finally drops"? As I said, I have been using Thunderbird for a very long time, I like it, I like its features, and I am irked at AT&T. Can you help me or tell me to continue to migrate my email to phateful1@gmail.com. Thanks ajm

I have been using Thunderbird for years for phateful@bellsouth.net. Since about a two weeks ago, AT&T via att.net has refused to grant Thunderbird access to my email. Yahoo.com has been happy to supply my email via mail.yahoo.com and offer me a $5/mo add free version. I realize that I originally had a telephone account with Bell South when I set up phateful@bellsouth.net and there was a money stream to AT&T. Is this just a case of the "other shoe finally drops"? As I said, I have been using Thunderbird for a very long time, I like it, I like its features, and I am irked at AT&T. Can you help me or tell me to continue to migrate my email to phateful1@gmail.com. Thanks ajm

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An AT&T account should work if you use a secure mail key.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1316946#answer-1373790

https://www.att.com/support/article/email-support/KM1240308

But you can set a gmail account to collect mail from other providers' accounts, in gmail webmail settings.

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An AT&T account should work if you use a secure mail key.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1316946#answer-1373790

https://www.att.com/support/article/email-support/KM1240308

But you can set a gmail account to collect mail from other providers' accounts, in gmail webmail settings.