Setting up mail on macbook

i've just had to re install all my programs as i was finding the macbook running slow with all the junk on it.
i've never had mail set up on my macbook and i'm trying to set it up,however, i am stuck.
on the 1st pop up of General Information i've selected my account type as POP and my account description as POP Account and my full name dean *** and placed my email address in the space provided. then click on continue.
the 2nd pop up of incoming mail server states
Incoming mail server with an example : mail.example.com ( what do i put here?)
user name ( do i put my full email here?)
password (is this my email password?)
any help would be great thanks
deano

Incoming mail server with an example : mail.example.com ( what do i put here?)
This is where you put in the server that your email comes from (your provider)
If you have, for example, gmail... you would put in mail.gmail.com
user name ( do i put my full email here?)
yes...just like you would login to your email on the client you used before
password (is this my email password?)
yes
any help would be great thanks
Hope it did

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http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13275
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our previous mail program (Turnpike) allowed us to have
further addresses by using mailboxes within the program.
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I had hoped that when either one of us logged on to
get mail, then we would download only those messages
specifically addressed to the e-mail addresses that I
had entered in Mail Preferances|Accounts.
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Mailbox:' because the 2 Mailboxes are on the MacBook.
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