AT&T - Apple Mail Connection

Apple mail asks for my att.net password everytime I try to send a message. Is there a problem with my settings causing Apple mail on my computer not to connect with my att.net (yahoo) account? How do I fix it?

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I think you are correct. Seems to be an automatic protection.. their new software updated changed my interface so I'm no longer seeing the lock. With you thoughts in mind, I did a bit of sleuthing behind the scenes. I'm satisfied that you are correct. Thanks for your help.

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Apple Mail under Yosemite OS X 10.10 (14A389) can be a pain ...
#1 Connection Doctor :
there is this fine 'OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages' here
http://support.apple.com/en-us/ts3276
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Cheers folks.
I admit, I'm not much of a Mac user, so please bear with me on what might be a "silly" question. I've been browsing and Googling this issue and have yet to find a reasonable answer.
Someone I know was having issues with her email. She has three devices; iPad, iPhone and MacBook Pro. Her email is via POP. All three had been working just fine until she returned from a short vacation, when her email was _retrieving_ just fine with the iPad and iPhone, but not her MacBook. She could send emails via the MacBook without any problems, and I found the option to check connection in Apple Mail (connection doctor, I believe it's called?) which showed all authentication was going through just fine, so I could rule out bad password (she'd changed her iTunes password while on vaca). But no matter what we did, she couldn't receive emails on the MacBook. Oh, and of course I verified that she had the correct mail server info and credentials, which were all set as she hadn't touched the device quite a few days.
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I am using a MacBook Pro. Bought in April 2011. Upgraded to Lion, OSX 10.7.3
I have an Apple mail account that synced with a gmail account in my Mail Program.
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I appreciate any assistance you can give me so I can get back on my email as I have for 4 years.
Thanks Hackintosh...I look forward to hearing from you....you can use the email above and it will come to me through my yahoo web page....Thanks again and let me know if you need any other information. If you respond on here, I may not get the answer from you as I didn't know you responded until I came on discussions. THanks

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