Mail won't work from att.yahoo email account in Northern California

I am in the S.F. Bay Area and use ATT phone service (and broad band, I think or DSL, I am not sure) and I have a yahoo email address ([email protected]).
To set up Mail I have tried all different combinations for Outgoing Server, something like SMPT:att.yahoo.com or something like that, I can't quite recall. Anyway, it would not send. What am I doing wrong ? I have also tried
smpt: yahoo.com and many other combinations and no luck.
I also have a Mac email address ([email protected]) and that is set for my incoming server. I was told by someone that all I need to do is to set my outgoing server to the phone-server that I have (which is ATT). Hope the question makes sense. I am computer novice. I hope you can reply with an answer that I can understand ! Many thanks .... Dr. Know Not All
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.9) computer unsavy

This is kinda what you need;
I would try to setup a new account
check this>
account type POP
description: pop account
Email address: [email protected]
full name: your name
incoming mail server: pop.att.yahoo.com
User name: (your name)@sbcglobal.net
Password: whatever yours is
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): smpt.sbcglobal.yahoo.com
Click on "Server settings" then
Server port 25
authentication: password
user name: your user name
password; your password
This is the current setting for my Mail program.
Att and sbc are one and the same.
Yes it is DSL.
good luck

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