I could not get a good answer to this one from Verizon or Motorola. Since Google offers free IMAP I set up my phone to use that so that I could ensure that I was using SSL.
PS - Anyone else feel like Motorola tech support is not so knowledgeable about the Droid?
All you should need to do is sync your phone to gmail. It's a google phone everything happens automatically. Settings/accounts & sync, make sure your gmail and auto sync is on.