Unless your computer is infected with malware and you know how to use it, there's no way to retrieve cloud based emails, like Yahoo mail, in the manner you're describing, at least that I know of. ...
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Unless your computer is infected with malware and you know how to use it, there's no way to retrieve cloud based emails, like Yahoo mail, in the manner you're describing, at least that I know of. ...
http://email.about.com/od/yahoomailtip1/qt/Recover_Lost_or_Deleted_Yahoo_Mail.htm
To my knowledge, there is no "backup" of a Yahoo email account on your hard drive.