How can I delete messages from my yahoo mail box on my macbook air? they aren't deleting.. HELP!!

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i just got a macbook air for christmas and i set up my yahoo mail on it. it is pulling up messages from 2006 and i want to delete them. after i delete a message it keeps showing back up. and the number of messages in my inbox does not or will not change.
 

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You will have to delete them from the yahoo side. It's deleting off device not the server. Sign onto yahoo email online and delete there