Cannot connect my email server to Mail.

Hey... so I'm trying to connect my yahoo mail account on apple mail, but when I try to send something a message always comes up saying:
"The server “plus.smtp.mail.yahoo.co.uk” cannot be contacted on the default ports. Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be sent."
So does anyone know how to correctly connect a yahoo account? There's a bunch of funny abbreviations like POP & SMTP, I don't know what those mean... Can anyone help?
Thanks

A couple of questions to clarify things:
1. Your profile shows you are in Vancouver, WA (USA); yet you are saying that the yahoo mail server you are referring to is in England?
2. You need to check your settings in Mail and tell us if you have a POP or IMAP account with your ISP (Internet Service Provider). My guess - if you are in Vancouver - you have Comcast? Which would mean it's POP, but we need to make sure.
You can see that information in your Preferences -> Accounts.
3. If you are in the US, Yahoo does not offer automatic forwarding of emails unless you are willing to upgrade to and pay for the Yahoo Plus (I believe they still offer it free in some parts of Europe, but not in the US).
SMTP simply means "outgoing mail server" and, if you are on Comcast, it would read "smtp.comcast.net"; that information would also be available in the Accounts pane.
Without getting more in-depth information, we can only guess at this point. If you'd be able to set up Yahoo, you would have to follow Yahoo's instructions on server name and port numbers. That information is available from Yahoo.

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