Mail app and Yahoo account not playing together

[Macbobit]

Hi,

I'm a little confused about how the 'Mail' app on my MBP works with my yahoo account. I thought I had set it up properly; emails appear in my 'Mail' inbox but I am unable to send anything - every time I try, the app requests me to enter my yahoo username and password. I do but it tells me they are incorrect. If the details are incorrect why do they work when I log in to yahoo with a browser?

I read somewhere that you have to have a payed for yahoo account to get proper access to it's service. If this is the case it sure isn't obvious, unless I have just been looking in all the wrong places...

I am also having trouble importing my yahoo contacts to the mac Address Book app.

Please help!!!

 

[swiftaw]

What are you using for your incoming and outgoing servers?

 

[gdphishman817]

I use Yahoo with Mail and you need Yahoo Plus to do it. Costs like 15 bucks a year I think, well worth it. I've been using it for years and Yahoo's spam filter is really good.

 

[Macbobit]

the incoming one has plus.pop and the outgoing one has plus smtp in it.

I don't have a yahoo plus account.

Are there any online accounts that provide the service I'm after?

 

[gdphishman817]

gmail works with apple mail for free.

 

[Macbobit]

Is it easy to import all my old emails and contacts into gmail? And then into 'Mail'?

 

[celticpride678]

Try and follow this tutorial on setting up Yahoo! Mail in Mac OS X Mail: http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/et_free_yahoo.htm

About the Address Book Syncing, go into Address Book, go to the preferences, select “Accounts” at the top and then select “Synchronize with Yahoo!"

 

[Macbobit]

Thanks celticpride678, I'll check that out.