Can't add Icloud mail account to Yosemite

I upgraded to Yosemite when it launched. Mail app had been working fine since then, but yesterday it started giving issues with my ME account on the mail app. After much investigating, I decided to re-add the account and after deleting it from my internet accounts now it won't let me add it. Says it can't connect at this time.
This is getting infuriating. It works "fine" on my iphone 4 that obviously I haven't upgraded since iOS 8 won't work on it, but I can't be offline on my computer.
It is the correct password, I'm doing the proper procedure, this is ridiculous.

Hi,
You say it's your iCloud ID but then you refer to Internet Accounts as if it is a separate Mail ID.
Do you mean you are going to iCloud after you use Internet Accounts or is it a separate mail ID ?
If this is the iCloud ID can you log in to the Web based version of iCloud in a Browser ?
9:17 pm Thursday; April 9, 2015
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I recently updated to iOS 5 on my 64GB iPad 2 +3G. I signed up for iCloud using the same Apple ID I have been using all along.
I was also able to create a new iCloud mail account using @me.com. What is the advantage of having this new email account?
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I used the same Apple ID I already had to set up my iCloud, but I used a slightly different variation of that email address to set up the iCloud mail account.
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Also, the iPad is considered superior to other tablets because of the wealth of apps available (140,000). Isn't that a little hyped?
There seem to be a lot of duplicative apps that are not too useful. For example, there are tons of calculator, alarm clock, and reminder apps in the app store.
Thanks for any insights you can provide.

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