Install MacFreePOPs and make sure the freepopsd service is running.
Select Mail | Preferences... from the menu in Mac OS X Mail.
Go to the Accounts category.
Click + at the bottom of the Accounts list.
Type your name under Full Name:.
Enter your full Yahoo! Mail address (e.g. "
[email protected]") under Email Address:.
Type your Yahoo! Mail password under Password:.
Make sure Automatically set up account is not checked.
Click Continue.
Make sure POP is selected under Account Type:.
Enter "Yahoo! Mail" under Account Description:.
Enter "localhost" (without the quotation marks) under Incoming Mail Server:.
If you run into problems using "localhost", try "127.0.0.1".
Type your full Yahoo! Mail address ("
[email protected]", for example) under User Name:.
Mac OS X Mail probably has already entered your user name, and it's enough to append "@yahoo.com" to complete the address.
Click Continue.
Click Continue again, ignoring the error. We'll take care of that in a bit.
Make sure Password is selected under Authentication:.
Leave Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) unchecked.
Click Continue.
Select an existing mail server to send mail under Outgoing Mail Server:.
You cannot send mail through MacFreePOPs. If you have no outgoing mail server through your ISP, you can use a Gmail or AIM Mail account's.
Click Continue.
Now click Create.
Highlight the Yahoo! Mail account in the Accounts list.
Go to the Advanced tab.
Enter "2000" (not including the quotation marks) under Port:.
Close the Accounts window.
Click Save.