[gruntwerk]

a neet tool that I have been using is FetchYahoo...

I am running it under linux, but I suppose that it could work under windoze too. . .

FetchYahoo is a Perl script that downloads mail from a Yahoo! account to a local mail spool. It is meant to replace fetchmail for people using Yahoo! mail since Yahoo!'s POP service no longer free. It downloads messages to a local mail spool, including all parts and attachments. It then deletes messages unless requested not to. It can also optionally forward messages to a specified e-mail address and repeat with a given interval.

you can get it at http://fetchyahoo.twizzler.org/

or from sourceforge.net