Mail.app with Yahoo! account

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Published on 2010-01-21T16:53:06Z Indexed on 2010/03/18 14:01 UTC
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How can I use a vanilla Yahoo! account (free) with mail.app in Snow Leopard? I note that with my iPod Touch I can access my Yahoo! account without a single problem.

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