Do you use a desktop program or a mobile app to access and manage AT&T Mail? If so, we suggest you use one with Open Authentication (OAuth) technology. OAuth encrypts your username and password. Learn about OAuth and find out if your app uses it
What if your email program or app doesn’t use OAuth technology? In that case, you’ll only be able to access AT&T Mail with a 16-character secure mail key. Be sure to create a secure mail key for each of your AT&T email addresses and subaccounts. By doing so, you’ll be able to:
It’s easy to create a secure mail key from your mobile device, tablet, or computer. Have your user ID (email address) and password ready to sign in to AT&T.
Good to know: Each device you use to access your email will have its own secure mail key.
A secure mail key won’t affect your AT&T email password
You’ll still use the same password for your AT&T Mail account in OAuth-compatible apps and other AT&T products like currently.com and webmail. When you change your AT&T email password, you won’t need to get a new secure mail key.
Keep your secure mail key as long as you like
Secure mail keys never expire.
Create a new secure mail key for a blocked or locked account
For safety reasons, we delete secure mail keys whenever we have to lock or block your account. If that happens, you’ll have to create a new secure mail key for each AT&T Mail account.