I FINALLY figured it out (only an hour and a half)!!! I have Mac OS X 10.6.8
When you have your MAIL open, click on "MAIL" in the upper left corner of the Menu Bar.
Click on "Preferences".
Click on "Accounts" tab across top of pop-up window.
Click on the Account that you want to update in the left column.
Make sure the sub-tab "Account Information" is highlighted (if not, click on it).
I don't know how to do a screen shot, but here's what I have...
Description: Moms email
Email Address: accountname@verizon.net
Full Name: My name
Incoming Mail Server: pop.verizon.net
User Name: accountname (what comes before your @verizon.net in your email address)
Password: (enter your password here)
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): Click on the entry in this box and select "Edit SMTP server list"
Click on the old server name and type in the new server name "smtp.verizon.net"
On the bottom half of that screen click on the "Advanced" tab.
Click on the "Use custom port" and enter 465
Click on the box "Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Authentication: Select "Password" from the drop down box
User Name: Enter your user name
Password: Enter your password
Now click "OK"
Check the box that says "Use only this server"
Now click on the "Advanced" tab on the same pop-up window (sub-tab).
On the bottom half of the page, enter this information:
Port: 995 Then check the box "Use SSL"
Authentication: Password
Now you can close the pop-up window. It will ask you if you want to Save the changes, select "Save".
Don't know for sure if restarting your system is required, but it sure can't hurt. This FINALLY worked for me. Hope it works for you.
