If I have a mac mail account why do I have to change to i-cloud?

If I have a mac mail account why do I have to change to i-cloud?
Will it cease to work on 30 June, and if so do I have to buy leapord and then lion, updgrade and re-sync/lose a number of things?

Welcome to the Apple community.
Yes, if you do not migrate from your MobileMe account to iCloud you will lose access to all your services after June 30, 2012.
Lion (10.7.2 or better) is required for iCloud. If you have a MobileMe account Apple are giving you Snow Leopard free of charge, this will install the App Store on your computer from where you will be able to purchase and upgrade to lion.

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