Outgoing mail server is greyed out

My email is being forwarded from Verizon to icloud.  I receive the mail in icloud but when I send messages it send from Verizon address.  the outgoing mail preference is greyed out and reads p03-imap.mail.me.com.  Any ideas of how to crrect this.  I'd like to change from Verizon to iCloud.

Hi Lawrence. I'll go through the process. I click on SMTP under outgoing mail server. My primary server, smpt.aol.com is on. The next screen says server, which is on, then underneath that is the outgoing mail server. Everything under that heading is greyed out, which includes the host name, my user name, password (which says optional), user ssl (which is on), authentication, then server port 587. I need to change my password where it says optional, but it is all greyed out and won't allow me to do so. Thanks very much for your help! 

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