# How to set up email account for Yahoo or hotmail on Mac OSx

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**Created:** [December 20, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-up-email-account-for-yahoo-or-hotmail-on-mac-osx/73802 "2004-12-20T17:45:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![lydia219](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/58956e/32.png) [@lydia219](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lydia219)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-set-up-email-account-for-yahoo-or-hotmail-on-mac-osx/73802/1 "2004-12-20T17:45:51Z")

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I tried many times to set up account for Yahoo or Hot mail by Mail on Mac and got failure. I wanna send email straight from Mail. Who can tell me how should I do?

user address: [prettylydia@yahoo.com.cn](mailto:prettylydia@yahoo.com.cn)  
server: [mail.yahoo.com.cn](http://mail.yahoo.com.cn)  
type: POP ( not sure)  
ID:prettylydia  
password:xxxxxxx  
SMTP: [smtp.yahoo.com.cn](http://smtp.yahoo.com.cn)