How to Transfer Bell Email to Outlook in Simple Steps?

There can be many reasons Bell.net users want to save their emails in Outlook accounts. This is why, in this article, we will share methods to transfer Bell email to Outlook and the reasons. Let’s start the article with an introduction to Bell Mail.

Know About Bell.net

Bell Internet, (formerly known as Sympatico) is a Canadian Internet service provider. It is the largest internet provider in Canada. Apart from internet service, it also offers email service to its subscribers. The Bell email provides many features, such as user-friendly interface, mobile-friendly, ad-free inbox, and many more. But still, some Bell Mail users move their emails to other email clients, such as MS Outlook.

The reason you want to transfer Bell Mail to Outlook can be many. For example, you are closing the existing Bell account, want to create backup of your important emails, etc. So, there can be many reasons to set up your emails from Bell to Outlook. Below we share a user query to help you understand the issue most of the people will face when transferring their data.

“I worked for a Canadian company and had a Bell.net account. Now, I want my Bell emails on my personal Outlook account. As of now, I no longer work for that company. But the problem is I don’t know how to transfer the files. Therefore, suggest a method that can help me move the emails.”

From the above query, we now understand the problem. Let’s see the benefits you can have when adding Bell’s email to the Outlook 365 mailbox, aka Outlook.

Benefits of Transferring Bell Email to Outlook

Migrating your emails to Outlook will provide many features that can help you in your work and make it easy. Below we explain some benefits you will get when transferring the emails.

• In terms of security and privacy, Outlook provides excellent security measures. For example, password-protected files, two-step authorization, etc. make your emails more secure than in the Bell account.
• Outlook is part of Office 365, where users can use other Microsoft products to improve their productivity.
• Bell is a webmail that requires an internet connection. But, in Outlook, you can also view your data in offline mode.

Due to these features, most users want to transfer their Bell emails. Now, to the main topic of the article, which is how you can add Bell email to your Outlook 365 mailbox. In the upcoming section of the article, we will provide you with ways to set up your Bell emails.

Manually Set Up Emails from Bell to Outlook

Bell email and Outlook support IMAP/POP3 accounts, which you can use to import the files. For this, you have to enable the IMAP on your Bell account and then follow the steps below.

• Open the Outlook program and go to the “File” menu. Then, click “Add Account” option.
  
• Enter your Bell email username, email address, and password.
• Select the “Manual setup or additional server types” and press “Next”.
• Click the “IMAP” button from the “Add-Type” option.
• Now, we enter the email settings, type “imap.bell.net” on the incoming server.
• Enter “smtphm.sympatico.ca” in the Outgoing mail server field.
• Type your Bell Mail email address and password. Click on the “More Settings”.
• Selecting the “My Outgoing Server (SMTP) requires authentication” in the Outgoing Server tab.
• Click on the “Advanced” tab, under the Incoming server (IMAP), and choose SSL as the type of encrypted connection.
• In the outgoing server (SMTP), click the “TLS”. Press the “Next” button.

Now Outlook has verified the information that you have entered. After it completes, click Close.
After connecting the account, restart Outlook. You will see a folder that contains your Bell email. As this method is free, it also has issues, which we will also discuss.

Problems with the Manual Method

The steps we provided can help you transfer your emails. But, many users may face issues doing it. Therefore, let’s see what those problems become hindrances in the work.

• The process is time-consuming, as there are many steps you have to follow.
• You need professional knowledge when following the steps.
• There can be errors which become difficult to connect your accounts.

Hence, the manual solution is not an effective way to add Bell email to Outlook 365. But there is another method that will help you import the data.

Steps to Add Bell Email to Outlook 365

• Download the software. Click on the “Open”, then “Email Accounts” >> “Add Account” button.
  
• Enter your Bell email details and click the “Add” button.
  
• All your data will be present in the software. Preview the emails.
  
• Click on the “Export” option and then the “Office 365” button.
  
• Browse the location and hit the “Save” option.
  

From these steps you successfully transfer yout Bell email to Outlook. In addition, there are amazing features the software provides.

Amazing Features of the Tool

• You can import the emails in various document file formats.
• It auto-detects the IMAP settings when entering the correct email address.
• The software is also used to extract attachments, email addresses, etc.
• You can sort out your email using the advance search options.
• Prior knowledge does not required to use the software.

These are some of the features the tool provided. By using them your work will be much easier than the manual method.

To Conclude

Many users want to transfer Bell emails to Outlook, but some have difficulty doing it. Therefore, this article explored the ways to add emails to your Outlook 365 mailbox. Other than that, we also explained why there is a need to migrate your data.