Help connecting Mail app to my @mac account

Hi folks, (Late 2011 MBP) - OSX 10.7.5
For the first time ever im trying to access my @mac emails. Ive openned the Mail app and tried to add an account by entering my @mac username, address and password. The incoming mail server pref pannel pops up and the acount type is set to icloud. Ive never used icloud for mail so i check my icloud preferences and "mail & notes" isnt checked. I check it and it asks me to create an @icloud address. I do this and after hitting 'ok' and 'create' it just asks again. I hafta hit cancel and go back to the icloud pannel where mail & notes is unchecked again. Im assuming that without this checked i cannot access my @mac emails. Any suggestions out there?

Here is how I have Mac mail configured for my me.com mail account:
account type: iCloud IMAP
incoming server: p04-imap.mail.me.com (this is greyed out, so must have been supplied by me.com)
Outgoing server: .Mac(iCloud)
TLS certificate: none
Under advanced:
Port 993 Use SSL
Authentication Apple Token
This works fine for me.

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