Mac mail with att yahoo

I have a macbook pro that I am havng trouble with my ATT yahoo email settings. I can send and receive email from that account on my iPad, iPhone, and mac mini without problems. But on my Macbook I cannot send email with my ATT account. I can send with my mac.com account but my other accounts which use the default att sicne that is my dsl provider will not work.
I have tried several different settings for the inbound, outbound smtp, pop and other settings. I have tried what ATT told me to use but keep getting the error that I cannot send with the outgoing server.
If I try the same settings that are in my ipad etc. it still does not work. I have deleted, quit mail, then restarted it and added the att email account but it still will not work.
Am I missing something?
Does Mail have some creative ways that it uses outgoing servers?
Thanks,
Phil

Here is some more info:
I have found that if I use Outlook I can send just fine. Also If I take my Macbook to another location with a different internet (McDonalds, Starbucks) I can send and receive just fine. It appears the problem is with how mac Mail works with my dsl modem or a setting with AT&T.
I see that others may be having the same problem and are using Thunderbird. I like mac mail and want to keep using it so I am hopeful this can be fixed.

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