text: how do i setup my apple macbook pro's mailbox to receive yahoo mail?   yahoo is web based e-mail, unless you pay for pop through yahoo called "mail plus", available for $20/month. just in case you don't know, pop is where the e-mail is downloaded to your compuer, but web-mail is stored on the server on the web. you can usually view pop mail through the web, but it doesnt work the other way around.  solution: sign up for pop access. this will allow that cool e-mail feature to work. you can do that through your isp for free, yahoo and msn charge a little bit. i use bluebottle (it's free!) then set up mail according to the e-mail server settings.