Pulling folders in to Mail from Yahoo account

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Pulling folders in to Mail from Yahoo account

Hi. When I set up my Yahoo email account on my iPhone it pulled in all the folders I'd created and it allows me to file emails in to these folders from the handset. When I set up Mail on my iMac with the same Yahoo account it didn't do this which makes the Mail function pretty useless. The account is pulled in via POP and my OS is Snow Leopard. If anyone can help I'd be truly grateful!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Dec 24, 2009 12:43 AM

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Dec 24, 2009 1:04 AM in response to buttonman

You can't manage your Yahoo folders on the Mac using POP mail.
Pop mail just gets the mail from the server, it does not allow you to manage the content on the server.
To do that you need to use an IMAP mail account.

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Dec 24, 2009 1:13 AM in response to Ian Parkinson

Thanks for the reply. Does this mean that Yahoo isn't an IMAP mail account or do I need to alter the details I enter when setting up the account in Mail? I'm not the most IT literate person as you might be able to tell, and I'm baffled by why a phone can do the folder thing but the iMac doesn't seem to!

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Dec 24, 2009 1:24 AM in response to buttonman

It works on the iPhone because Yahoo have setup a special way of working with the iPhone called 'Push' email, it is the way you get your emails on the iPhone as soon as they arrive. This in effect means that on the iPhone Yahoo are offering an IMAP mail service. Unfortunately Yahoo do not offer an IMAP mail service for computers, they only offer POP email. This is not a failing of the computer, it is down to the service that Yahoo provide.

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Dec 24, 2009 1:26 AM in response to Ian Parkinson

That's brilliant Ian - many thanks and have a great Xmas.

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