Mozilla Thunderbird ISP Configuration Settings: Verizon.

Verizon provides two types of email accounts: verizon.net and Verizon Yahoo!. If your email address ends in "verizon.net", you are not a Verizon Yahoo! user. Note that Verizon Yahoo! broadband has been discontinued in some areas. See Verizon's service notice for more information. 

This article describes the connection settings for both Verizon services, and describes how to change from Yahoo! to Verizon.net (if your Yahoo! broadband service has been discontinued). This article assumes that you have already created an account (for example, through Automatic Account Configuration) and provides instructions for modifying an existing account. 

See Configure an account for general information about setting up Thunderbird accounts.

Verizon.net

Use these settings if your email address ends with the suffix "verizon.net" (for example, "johndoe@verizon.net"). Note that there are conflicting reports regarding the availability of connection security and the ports on which connection security is available. You may need to contact Verizon for assistance.

Incoming mail server

1. Open the Account Settings dialog (Tools | Account Settings).
2. Select your Verizon account in the left column.
3. Change the following settings:

• Server type: POP Mail Server
• Incoming mail server: incoming.verizon.net
• Port: 995
• Username: name@verizon.net e.g. jane@verizon.net
• Connection Security: SSL/TLS
• Authentication: Normal password

Outgoing mail server

Select Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the left column in the Account Settings dialog, then select "Verizon SMTP" from the field on the right. Click Edit.

• Server name: outgoing.verizon.net
• Port: 465
• Connection Security: SSL/TLS
• Authentication: Normal password

Yahoo! Verizon

Use these settings if your Verizon account has the suffix of "yahoo.com". 

 

Incoming mail server

1. Open the Account Settings dialog (Tools | Account Settings).
2. Select your Verizon account in the left column.
3. Change the following settings:

• Server type: POP Mail Server
• Incoming mail server: pop.mail.yahoo.com
• Port: 996
• Username: name@yahoo.com e.g. jane@yahoo.com
• Connection Security: SSL/TLS
• Authentication method: Normal password

Outgoing mail server

Select Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the left column in the Account Settings dialog, then select "Verizon Yahoo! SMTP" from the field on the right. Click Edit.

• Server name: smtp.mail.yahoo.com
• Port: 466
• Connection Security: SSL/TLS
• Authentication method: Normal password
• User name: name@yahoo.com e.g. jane@yahoo.com

Changing server settings from Yahoo! to Verizon.net

If your Verizon Yahoo! service has been discontinued and you have been instructed by Verizon to switch to Verizon.net servers, you must change your account settings to use the new servers.

1. Open the Account Settings dialog (Tools | Account Settings).
2. Select your Verizon account in the left column.
3. Change the following settings:

• On the Server Settings page, change the Server Name from "pop.mail.yahoo.com" to "incoming.verizon.net". Change the User Name to the account name provided by Verizon (for example, "myname@verizon.net").

• Select Outgoing Server (SMTP) from the left column in the Account Settings dialog, then select "Verizon Yahoo! SMTP" from the field on the right. Click Edit.

• Change the Server Name to "outgoing.verizon.net" and the user Name to the account name provided by Verizon (for example, "myname@verizon.net").

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