ICal server did not recognise username or password

Hi,
I have just installed Snow Leopard 10.6.7 on my 2Ghz Intel Core Duo Macbook. I have also upgraded to iCal 4.0.4. When I run iCal I get this error message
The server did not recognize your user name or password for account “*****@mac.com.” Make sure you enter them correctly.
When running Leopard and the previous iCal version I did not have this problem.
I can successfully log into the Calendar function using Mobile Me. I have kept my ****@mac.com mobile me address, so that my correspondents did not have to change their address books. I now seem to have two identical Calendars in iCal one to ***@mac.com and one to ***@me.com. Could this be part of the problem?
As always your advice will be treasured.
Regards
Dick

Did this, hope it has resolved the isssue.
Select problem calendar, right click it, select account details, cleared and re-input password.
Still puzzled why I have ***@mac.com and ***@me.com calandars.
Regards
Dick

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