I love my new MacBookPro but I have a few problems.

1. I cannot send emails.  Outgoing server name is correct according to Microsoft Outlook which always worked on my pc.
2. I want to set up a VPN but cannot find how to do this.  Again, on my old pc it works like a dream.
3. Bluetooth does not seem to find anything that is not Apple. Other devices can see in, but Apple seems not to see out.
4. I want to plug in my iPod but am afraid that the few purchased items on the Mac will obliterate those on the iPod - all my original data is on the pc. How do I get the old info onto the new toy?
Please help with any or all of these teething (?) problems.

I have given up for now on the music (had to re-purchase Amy Winehouse and iTunes knew I had already purchased it but would not let me download it again - crafty, hey?) and will get onto the others later.  Anyway, the email problem persists (I have posted a separate problem about adding Windows 7 to try and get around it) and I was told by my ADSL provider that the settings were correct and there must be a firewall or something blocking it - which I checked and cannot see this is where the problem lay.  Up until Thursday morning when I downloaded new software (as sent by Apple) the Yahoo account within Mac had been working fine.  After that even Yahoo's server couldn't be accessed.  So I now rely on Webmail (which can be difficult as it is in Greek - of which I have a working knowledge but not a technical one!).
Has anyone else found a problem after the last updates or should I give up on technology completely?!
Sorry I did not reply sooner but, aside from mailing issues, we had a 36 hour power cut, ergo, no internet.
Thanks.

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