Mail.app 4.5 cannot receive mail using att. yahoo.

Have MacPro OSX 10.6.8 use apple mail.app 4.5. Server is AT&T & yahoo. After 2 yrs. email suddenly stopped being received or sent. Cannot connect to server. AT&T review all settings as did Apple. After many attempts but actually no change in settings connection successful. Can then use but when log off computer overnight the next morning cannot connect to server. AT&T wants to sell tech package for $15 per month. No guarantee this will fix problem. Am desperate. Can receive & send mail at Yahoo & Mobile Me.
Help needed badly & will be greatly appreciated.
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No, sorry. I eventually purchased Lion and this problem hasn't resurfaced for me. Previous to that, I used the web interface to manage my iCloud email. Clumsy and inconvenient, but was a lot more reliable than the hit-or-miss functionality of iCloud mail on Snow Leopard's Mail.app.

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