Yahoo Mail and Mac mail

Can anyone help?
I have had a macbook for over a year and successfully used its mail program with yahoo mail.
Over the past week, I cannot send email. I receive everything fine but cannot send or reply.
Account work fine from iphone.
I have tried changing server/smtp bits and security with no avail. I have even re-installed the program to see if that helps.
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Sue

Try manually setting up the account—when you enter your address & password, hold down the Option key when you click Continue. That will allow you to specify manual server settings. Try these settings. I don't know if Yahoo Mail requires a password authentication for its SMTP server.
You can also try contacting Yahoo directly.

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