Yahoo! Mailboxes to Mac Mail

For years I've been using Yahoo! Mail and just using the web interface. Why? So that if I was at a different computer I could still see all of my mail - including any in folders that I had set up in Yahoo! Mail. I did this despite hating the interface. I'd like to move it all into Mac Mail - since I can now just sync it on my iPhone and get the same results w/ a better interface.
I can't figure out how to get Mac Mail to see my Yahoo! Mail folders & import them. It's all fine for anything in my Inbox.
Can someone get me going? Thanks, in advance.
-Rob

I'm aware that MobileMe will let me do what I'm trying to do, but I'm not really into spending money for a service that I don't need. I have no need to instantly (or remotely) sync devices. I can happily wait until I'm back at my computer & can plug in a cable. I'm not quite sure why I'd ever need to sync my phone to my computer over wifi. If I'm missing the point of MobileMe - then please let me know. Btw - I don't need networked storage either.... I'm a fairly simplistic user.

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