Can I keep my email running without iCloud?

Question about moving from MobileMe to iCloud.
I am using Mac OS 10.4.11 and I do not plan to upgrade my OS software at this time.  I am not using any wireless devices such as iPhone, iPad, or iPod.  The only "wireless device" I use is my PowerMac G4 using Airport and whatever wireless signal from a modem is handy for internet connection.  I am using Apple's Mail application and wish to continue using it just as it is with my existing email addresses.  I currently have a MobileMe account which I'm not worried about losing when it's phased out as long as my Mail application and email continues to function.
My question is do, I have to sign up with, or make the move to, iCloud in order for my Mail application and my email to continue working in the near future?  I do not mind losing MobileMe and I do not mind not having iCloud if my email will work without it.
I do not wish to purchase iCloud service and I hope I do not have to pay to keep my email working.
I do have iDisk at the moment but I prefer to let it go rather than to continue to pay for a remote upload/download storage service, although I wouldn't mind keeping it if I don't have to pay for it.  My main concern is just keeping my email going in the simplist way possible.  I'd love to hear I do not have to do anything meaning not worrying about losing MobileMe and not having to get iCloud.

eden and 1 wrote:
sorry, i'm confused. i have exactly the same problem as OP. your answer says "yes you will lose your email" and then "you can still use email (but not calendar or contacts). can you explain how that would work exactly? webt to the link roger provided on how to set it up with tiger, but lookig for a less technical explanation of day to day fuctionality. is it worth it?
You are in a bit of a cleft stick because of the age of your operating system.
If you have a MobileMe account and do not migrate then all its facilities, including your email address and messages, calendar and contacts syncing, and the iDisk, Gallery and website hosting, will cease to function at the end of June and the contents of your iDisk will be erased.
If you migrate from MobileMe at http://me.com/move , or if you don't have a MobileMe account but create a new iCloud account, you will be able to access your email following the instructions I posted. You will not be able to access calendar or contacts syncing, nor any of iCloud's other facilities.
If you have a MobileMe account and migrate your email will be moved to iCloud, your calendars and contacts will disappear from MobileMe, but your iDisk, Gallery and website hosting will remain the same until the end of June when they will disappear.

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