E-mail only account rejected by .Mac server

As an iMac member I have an additional e-mail only account [email protected] but when I try to add this account under mail preferences the following messages appear.Has anyone experienced this type of problem as I would appreciate any insights to find a solution.Is this a known problem for an Apple software update or does the problem lie with my ISP (BT).
"Trying to log into the .Mac server “mail.mac.com” has failed. Please make sure the username and password are correct. If you continue, you may not be able to receive any email."
"The .Mac server “mail.mac.com” rejected the password for user “am.jones” Please re-enter your password, or cancel."
(This message appears continuously even after I have entered the correct password)
This is an iMac account and also fails when I run the connection doctor test.

I think the problem of intermittent connections to the mail server is that it may be caused by OSX's firewall, so what I did was to go to System preferences>sharing>Firewall, I opted for a New port, I selected "other" and named it Mail and under the TCP port number I input 25 or you may input whatever you use (ssl requires a different number) or you may do several to cover all the accounts and name them mail2, mail3 etc. if you are wondering what UDP is, its the following: is a connectionless protocol that, like TCP, runs on top of IP networks. Unlike TCP/IP, UDP/IP provides very few error recovery services, offering instead a direct way to send and receive datagrams over an IP network. It's used primarily for broadcasting messages over a network, in other words if you are not sure avoid inputing a number here. So far Im trying it out for stability, I have read many articles and the solution may be as simple as this, its easy to try and non permanent, any one trying this solution please post any experiences. Thanks

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Welcome To Discussions mburkhardt!
You may also want to Search, or post this Topic in one of the .Mac Forums.
Perhaps one of these;
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