Is there a way to set up iCloud with a non .me email account?

Hi, hoping someone can help?
Next week I will be working 3 days in the office and 2 from my home in Leeds.
I have 2 iMacs - one for each location.
I was wondering whether there's a way of setting up iCloud with my work email address in order to sync my emails on both machines? I have to refer to my emails quite a lot in my job and it will be rather frustrating to have some one one machine and the rest on the other.
Oue email server is POP only. I use Apple Mail on both machines.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Vikki

Hi
Thanks both for the replies.
Work has our mail server settings set to 'remove from server immediately' - so I would have some on one and not the other as they will have already been collected.
Does the mail folder need to be in the library folder (or wherever it is - I'm on my PC at the moment so can't see where the actual folder is located) - or can i move it? I have a dropbox account and was just wondering whether i could pop it in there?

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