How do I populate the "incoming mail server" field in mail.

My icloud account is not able to send or recieve emails. Other accounts are. When checking preferences I see the Incoming mail server field is empty and I can not populate it. How can I get round/fix
this, please?

Your iCloud email account is automatically set up when you check Mail in System Preferences.
Go to System Preferences>iCloud, uncheck Mail, restart your Mac, then go back and check Mail again. This will remove, then automatically set up your iCloud email account again with the proper settings.

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1. Deleted any non-functioning iCloud-IMAP accounts from Mail's Preferences. I had two that were working fine, so I left those in place. One of those was the primary iCloud account on my Mac, i.e., the account used for "Find My iPhone/Mac/iPad" and iCloud storage, etc.
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I unclicked the "show notes in inbox" option and when I tried to save the changes I received a pop up box with the following message: Invalid Incoming Mail Server - The “Incoming Mail Server” field cannot be empty.
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Using a Mac Mini, OS 10.8.5.
I started with the System Preferences / iCloud pane by putting a selection for "Mail". The dialog then directed me to use the Mail app's setup to create the iCloud email account. I opened Mail, clicked the + sign, and accepted all the default settings after entering my email address. (It auto-fills most options based on the "@icloud.com" address.) On closing the preferences window, the "Save" option appears, and I chose that. It seemed to start configuring, and then popped up the dreaded "The Incoming Mail Server” field cannot be empty" message.
I have read half a dozen other discussions about this. The solutions that work or that were suggested include making changes to iOS devices (I have none), deleting previous Apple service email accounts, such as .me or .mac (I have none), and removing the selection for "Mail" in System Preferences > iCloud (I've tried it both off and on, no-go).
Are there actually six different possible solution for this? If so, I'm looking for solution #7.

On a Mac, the server fields are automatically configured, which is why they are grayed out. If your iCloud mail isn't working, go to System Preferences>iCloud, uncheck Mail, restart your Mac, then go back and check Mail again. If that doesn't fix things, go to System Preferences>iCloud, click Sign Out, choose Delete at all of the prompts, restart your Mac then sign back in. (This deletes the iCloud account and data from your Mac, but not from iCloud. Your data will reappear on your Mac when you sign back in, after a brief delay as it redownloads.)

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