Why won't Mail 8.1 access my SMTP Account for Yahoo mail?

Today a brand new problem.  Incoming mail from my Yahoo mail account to Mail v8.1 is fine, but Mail cannot login to or send via the SMTP account for outgoing mail.  When I run the Mail Connection Doctor all it tells me is I am connected to Yahoo! POP for incoming, but not to SMTP for outgoing.  It all worked yesterday.   Any idea what is happening here and how to fix it?

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