HELP getting Mail appliication set up to begin with!

I have no idea how to begin to set up the mail application on my macbook.
Ive read a million help forums but every forum is telling me that the first time I opened up mail, it should have prompted me to set up my account and it never did. When I click on the mail icon an inbox appears with nothing in it.
There is an Inbox folder and a Sent folder, both empty.
I go up to File, then Add Account, but I have no idea what to type in any of these spaces. I DO NOT have a .mac account nor do I want to pay for one.
I have a Yahoo email and a Gmail account that I would like to use in this application which I am very aware is possible without having a .mac account. I would also like to sync these to my iphone but of course have no idea how to if my Mail App. wont work.
Im terribly sorry if I sound like a total idiot. Im usually quite good with computers and technology but this application is not helping me out at all!
Thank you,
Lindsey

Of course, I find a helpful forum on another site right after I posted this one. Ive got everything working now.
Sorry about that.
This can just be deleted.

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