[Mac User #001]

I seem to be posting a lot more than usual lately. And I'm learning so much about OS X. Its exciting. Well, the title says it all, thanks.

[JKT]

Yahoo should tell you in their support documents, but I believe they offer IMAP accounts. If they do, then use that protocol rather than POP.

[adamfishercox]

You need to have Yahoo! Mail Plus.

And then this page will help you:

http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/bizmail/pop/pop-03.html

[Mac User #001]

Ah. Are there any email clients I can use that are free and still work with Mail?

[adamfishercox]

Gmail

[Chongo]

aol/aim/nestcape. I tried with the free Yahoo. I set it up like aol/aim but it would not download mail. You will have to use your ISP's mail server to send mail.

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by adamfishercox 

Gmail

Perfect. Thanks.

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by adamfishercox 

Gmail

Heh, sorry. What type would Gmail be then?

[adamfishercox]

Gmail: Help Center - Configuring your email client: Apple Mail

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by adamfishercox 

Gmail: Help Center - Configuring your email client: Apple Mail

Well thats convenient. Thanks for all your help

[adamfishercox]

No Problem.

[Mac User #001]

One last question, if you don't mind. Already, Mail is saying I have 9 unread messages, but there are none in my inbox, and I've clicked "Get Mail" with no results. Any ideas?

[adamfishercox]

Can you give me a screenshot? I'm not sure what you mean... where does it say you have 9 messages?

[Mac User #001]

Both at the Mail title bar and at the Dock icon.

[adamfishercox]

Looks like you have a little bug, given that it say out of 0 messages, 9 are unread.

Try clicking Get Mail again, going to your gmail account and clearing out any mail there, and quitting and restarting Mail. If none of those work, try sending an email to yourself. Perhaps the real message will smack Mail into realizing there is one and only one message there.

[Mac User #001]

Smacking Mail into realization worked. Thanks, you've been a great help. Turns out I did have 9 messages in Mail's inbox, which were actually messages from Gmail's sent folder. But now its fine. Again, thanks.

[Big Mac]

Mail sometimes gets its number unread wrong. It's annoying but normal.

Btw, the term "email client" means email software installed locally on your computer. Mail is an email client.

[Mac User #001]

Originally Posted by Big Mac 

Mail sometimes gets its number unread wrong. It's annoying but normal.

I guess they have something to fix in the next release.

Btw, the term "email client" means email software installed locally on your computer. Mail is an email client.

Alright. So Gmail, Yahoo!, MSN, and others would be called an email... provider?

[moonmonkey]

FYI yahoo.co.uk works with mail without yahoo plus (for free).