I just received an answer to the problem from Yahoo UK customer care, the settings suggested work for me.

Receiving Email:
Server Type: POP
Server: pop.mail.yahoo.com (even if you have a .co.uk account)
Port: 995
Username: yahoo id without the @yahoo.co.uk (use entire email address for ymail.com and rocketmail.com)
Security: SSL Encryption
Authentication Type: Password

Sending Email:
Server Type: SMTP
Server: smtp.mail.yahoo.com (even with a .co.uk account)
Port: 465
Tick the box Server requires authentication
Security Use secure connection: SSL encryption
Authentication Type: PLAIN
Username : yahoo id without the @yahoo.co.uk (use entire email address for ymail.com and rocketmail.com)


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