How to Setup and Configure Verizon IMAP SMTP Settings Servers

Today, users prefer to create multiple accounts on different email applications to send or receive an email for personal and professional use. Therefore, managing all accounts becomes completely a difficult situation, by opening them on their respective applications. To provide easy access to VERIZON Mail users, they can access their mail in the VERIZON email client or by adding VERIZON mail accounts to other email applications. To do so, users need to Configure VERIZON Mail's IMAP / SMTP Settings manually.

What is Verizon IMAP/SMTP server settings?

IMAP is a shortened form of the Internet Mail Access Protocol, which refers to the email protocol for storing and retrieving email over a TCP / IP connection. The IMAP protocol allows users to view, manipulate, and organize emails into folders to manage them properly. The IMAP protocol supports all modern email applications. IMAP with SMTP (the simple mail transfer protocol used to send email) is highly recommended by VERIZON due to its features such as flexibility, security, security, and synchronization.

Now, follow the STEPWISE procedure in detail below to configure Verizon IMAP / SMTP settings to access VERIZON mail:

1.       Launch third-party email clients like Outlook and Gmail.

2.       Now, access the User's Settings icon (gear icon) of the launched email app displayed under the username.

3.       A menu will appear on the screen and scroll it until you look for the option to add an account.

4.       Now, click the Add account option.

5.       The Add user account window will appear on the screen. Here, enter the Email Address of the Email and the Password of the VERIZON mail account password in the corresponding fields.

6.       And then, click the Login button.

7.       Now, once again click on the Settings icon of the application.

8.       From the dropdown menu, choose the Network setting option.

Here, go to the Incoming or outgoing server control panel and then, configure the incoming mail server settings as detailed below:

·         Incoming account type: IMAP

·         Incoming mail server: imap.Verizon.com

·         User name to: The name will be displayed to the recipient.

·         Email address to: Email address of the VERIZON Mail account user like user@Verizon.com

·         Incoming password: Password of VERIZON Mail account user

·         Number of destination ports: 993

9.       Similarly, configure outgoing mail server settings as detailed below:

·         Outgoing mail server: smtp.Verizon.com

·         Outgoing Email Address: Email address of the VERIZON Mail account user as user@Verizon.com

·         Outgoing password: Password of VERIZON Mail account user

·         Number of ports: 587

10.   Finally, click the Save button to change the button to save all changes made in the settings.

11.   Users can now use their VERIZON Mail account to send, retrieve and access VERIZON mail using third-party clients easily.

If the user encounters any errors or problems in the above steps to manually Configure Verizon IMAP SMTP Settings or while sending / receiving VERIZON messages, you can read other modules or ask experts on different forums to get quick help.