Mail account setup

Trying to setup my mother's new macbook.
She has an existing bellsouth.net e-mail account.
When I try to add the account I get the error "SMTP can't connect to the server..."
(her .mac account works fine)
I'm sure all the info is entered correctly--
Ideas?
Many thanks

It looks like bellsouth.net support forwards to the AT&T site. For POP email accounts they are recommending:
Incoming mail server: POP3
Outgoing mail server: Outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication
Incoming mail port #: 995, secure connection (SSL) checked
Outgoing mail port #: 465, secure connection (SSL) checked
Your Email Address:
[email protected]
Incoming (POP)
pop.att.yahoo.com
Outgoing (SMTP)
smtp.att.yahoo.com
Here's their page to set up using an older version of Mac Mail - but the settings should still work.
http://support.att.net/bellsouth/asp/contentview.asp?sprt_cid=1fe5ff01-b129-4dd5 -bb48-61ce1d7e84f3
I guess the main difference is that they a saying port 995 instead of port 993.
Hope this helps.

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