"Cannot Get Mail" notification driving me crazy!

Hi everyone,
I'm new here, I decided to sign up after much frustration with hopes that someone can help me resolve this issue once and for all.
Every now and then (more like randomly) an alert pops up stating "Cannot Get Mail The user name or password for '[email protected]' is incorrect" It gives me two options, one is "Settings" and the other is "OK".
Regardless of which I choose the message pops up a few more times, even when I know the password is correct/hasn't been changed and when I re-type it in the settings. I understand this is procedural when passwords are changed and need to be updated on the iPhone settings but this happens out of the blue for me and very constantly. It mainly happens with my iCloud account but it also happens with my other e-mail accounts.
Does anyone know what the problem may be or what I should do to fix this? I sometimes think that it may be a problem with the server, just for my own sanity.
Much thanks in advance to anyone that can give me a clue

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