Problem getting mail.

Hello. I have an iPhone 4, and ever since I updated to the iOS 6 software, I have been unable to receive any email. I use yahoo mail, and whenever I refresh my inbox it either checks for mail for several minutes (resulting in "updated 9/19/12 23:13"), or it says "Cannot get mail. The connection to the server failed". I've already gone to the troubleshooting section for iPhone 4 email on this site, and none of those suggestions seemed to help. I know that there is no problem with my yahoo account, because I tried opening my mail with my second generation iPod touch and I was successful. I've also done plenty of research. Many people suggested deleting the mail account and then setting it up again, while others suggested using the safari browser to access mail from there. Although those are two great ideas, they still don't seem to solve my problem. Yahoo mail won't let me log into my account on safari, for some strange reason, and if I delete my yahoo account from my phone to set it up again I will lose my iCloud data! Not being able to access my email on the go has become a great inconvenience… so ANY tips or suggestions are greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance.

I'm not sure why I thought it would completely delete all of my iCloud data. But according to the picture I attached, if it deleted all of the iCloud data off of my phone I'm not quite sure how I would get that data back. It makes me a bit nervous because I've read that others were unsuccessful in deleting and setting up their email accounts all over again... so I'm a bit afraid to take that risk.

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