Mac Mail doesn't recognize password but iCloud does

Beginning yesterday the Mac Mail stopped recognizing my password.
iCloud does recognize it.
Checked all the online sources for Preferences and all seems to match the recommendations.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
We're users here, and several of us have apparently encountered the same problem today.
The solution posted by Tareg in this thread worked for me:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5510065?tstart=0

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