Cannot setup mail in ipod

-cannot setup mail in ipod
i have referenced & reviewed the online support pages, tutorials &
forum support groups.
still i am unable to setup mail on my ipod. the major problem is that i
havent been able to find a glossary that explains the terminology used
in the setup instructions. i need definitions & then how to supply what
information required to that particular item.
i have no idea what a server host, outgoing server, incoming host,
smpt, imap, pop nor any of the other terms used within the setup pages.
please explain the procedure, along with definitions of what it is that
i'll be doing step by step.
all i can tell you is that through either safari or internet explorer,
i use mail.com as my email service.
thanks for your help.
bryan3

I had the same problem... I just bought an iMac, it is my first Mac ever, but I have been using iPhones since 2008 and iPads since 2011.
OS X would not allow me to log into my yahoo acct thru system preferences/mail, contacts, calendars.
I got everything resolved....but I did NOT have to change my Yahoo password...all I had to do was use Safari to log into my Yahoo webmail account and it asked me if I wanted to add this account to mail.app on my iMac. I said "Yes" and it presented me with choices of what I wanted to be active (you can choose mail, notes, calendar, etc) I just chose mail only.
However I do have two yahoo accounts, and I could not use the same procedure with my secondary yahoo account.
With the secondary yahoo acct, I tried using Safari webmail to prompt me to add the acct, like it did with my first yahoo acct. But no go. So I went back to system preferences/mail, contacts, calendars. Still no go.
I finally got my second yahoo acct set up using sys pref, but I had to set it up as "Other Acct" not as a "Yahoo" acct.
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