SBCGlobal email service has been around for a long time and users have been using it for its quality service that is not seen everywhere. Not many users were facing failures with the SBCGlobal email service until the time it was merged with the Yahoo mail server. From then on, many SBCGlobal users have been facing various errors; ‘SBCGlobal Attention Code 205.4; being the most prominent.
If you are also having trouble finding the correct solution to this error code or have been locked out of your Yahoo SBCGlobal.net email account due to this error, this might be the right place for you to get all the information about this error and how to fix it.
ATT/SBCGlobal Care Code: 205.4- What is it?
Before you start looking for a solution, you should understand what “ATT/SBCG Global Attention Code: 205.4” means, as this will help you deal with it in a better way.
This error code usually appears when you try to use the AT&T email service or SBCGlobal email; the service that is purchased by AT&T. This error means that AT&T’s servers cannot recognize your email address or password, so you cannot sign in with your email ID. This error also asks you to sign in with a different email ID. This is what the error message looks like:
“That user ID doesn’t seem to work here. Sign in with a different ID.
Care Code: 205.4”
So, if you are unable to log into your SBCGlobal Yahoo email account, this error code could be the reason. Not only Yahoo, but its subsidiaries like att.net, current.com can make login difficult due to the presence of Care Code 205.4.
Now, you know what this error code is all about, let’s move towards the solutions that can be applied to fix it.
Fix Yahoo SBCGlobal.net Care Code 205.4 using these solutions
To deal with SBCGlobal.net email issues like this 205.4 error code, you can try these troubleshooting methods below and see what works for you:
If you have any issues with logging in, you should reset the password for your SBCGlobal email account. This will help if your SBCGlobal email account ever gets locked out due to Attention Code 205.4 as a result of too many login failures. Even if you are entering the correct email address and password, but AT&T cannot recognize you and that is why you are facing this error for making multiple failed login attempts. It is also possible that you have changed your password and don’t remember doing so. All of this is done to maintain the security of your account; therefore, rather than making unsuccessful attempts, it is better to try resetting your password. To do that:
- First of all, visit the ATT password reset page
- Then enter your account user ID and last name and click ‘Continue’ after selecting ‘I’m not a robot’.
- You will then be directed to the account verification page where you will get several verification methods:
- Recovery using mobile phone number
- Recovery using secondary email address
- Recovery by answering the security question.
- Recovery with temporary password
- Select the method you want to use, and then follow the onscreen instructions to get the code.
- Enter the code you receive
- Once verification is successful, you will be allowed to create a new password for your AT&T account.
- Once you have created a new password, try to sign in again with the new password.
Note- After you change your password, be sure to update it everywhere, including all your third-party email apps and devices where you’ve linked your SBCGlobal email account.
If resetting the password did not work for you, the problem may be with the username or user ID. Therefore, your next step should be to recover your SBCGlobal username if you come across CARE CODE 205.4.
If you do not remember the correct username or user ID for your SBCGlobal.net email account, you can retrieve it by following the steps below:
- In a browser, go to the AT&T “Find Your User ID” page
- Enter the email address that is linked to your SBCGlobal email account and then click ‘Continue’ after selecting ‘I am not a robot’.
- Please log in to the email address you just entered, as this is where you will get the User ID for your AT&T SBCGlobal email account. Using that SBCGlobal email ID and password, you can try to log in again; see if it still shows Attention Code 205.4. Don’t worry if you are still facing the same error code as you have a few more solutions to try.
Note- You can also go to AT&T Help Page for detailed instructions on email address recovery.
The ‘Attention Code: 205.4’ error code can also appear when you entered incorrect configuration settings while configuring SBCGlobal.net in Outlook or any other third-party email service. This could be one of the reasons for this error code and that is why SBCGlobal email is not working in Outlook. Therefore, your next step should be to make the mandatory changes to the configuration settings.
Updating configuration settings is not rocket science and you can easily do it yourself. You just need to find the ‘Account Settings’ section of Outlook and select your SBCGlobal email account and then refer to the table below for the correct SBCGlobal.net email server settings:
| Account type | Select from IMAP or POP3 | |
| incoming mail server | Enter imap.mail.att.net (IMAP) | Enter incoming.att.net (POP3) |
| outgoing mail server | Enter smtp.mail.att.net (IMAP) | Enter outgoing.att.net (POP3) |
| incoming server | Enter 993 (IMAP) | Enter 995 (POP3) |
| outgoing server | Enter 465 (for both IMAP and POP3) | |
| Encrypted connection type | Choose SSL (for both) | |
If the above fixes did not work to resolve Attention Code: 205.4, then the problem might be caused by poor or unstable network. For web based email services like SBCGlobal you need a good speed network otherwise errors like Attention code: 205.4 they are always ready to welcome you.
If the problem is the network, you can try resetting your router and modem settings or contact your Internet Service Provider.
Other than that, your browser is just as important as your network. Therefore, make sure to always use an up-to-date browser, as an out-of-date version can cause such errors and will not allow you to have a better experience with SBCGlobal and its services. You can use the updated version of any browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari. Hopefully, all of these solutions will completely eliminate the occurrence of the error attention code: 205.4 and you will be able to successfully log into your SBCGlobal email account.
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Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
