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Yahoo POP3

nicklwj

nicklwj


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how do you get Yahoo email into mail.app?
 
caribiner23

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The key is that you need to subscribe to Yahoo's Mail Plus service. No POP for plain ol' non-paying users.
 
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nicklwj

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that means alluva you got yahoo plus?
 
caribiner23

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I have Mail Plus from Yahoo. Can't speak for any others here.
 
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trpnmonkey41


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I don't use Yahoo. I just use my schools email account and when I am not at school I have my ISP's account. I have gmail also but have never used it
 
inflexion

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i dont have mail plus and i still can get mine through pop3 but ive done it for ages so dunno?
 

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