MAIL: cannot send, "limits exceeded"

Aloha,
When I attempted to send my first Mail-originated e-mail this morning, I received the message:
The sender address [email protected] was rejected by the server p13-smtp.mail.me.com.
The server response was: [email protected]: You have exceeded your daily sending limits. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4863
I tried to send from both my iPhone and MacBook and received identical messages.
As I hadn't sent a single e-mail, how can this be?
Following somewhat old thoughts here in Apple Discussions, I called my Service Provider to see if the problem was at their end.
After a delightful 1/2 hour it became abundantly clear the problem was not with the Service Provider.
Following other somewhat old thoughts there in Apple Discussions, I tried sending e-mail from my iCloud account as accessed through a browser.
Again, cannot send e-mail. The response:
Your message cannot be delivered to the following recipients:
Recipient address: (my school e-mail address)
Reason: Server rejected MAIL FROM address.
Diagnostic code: smtp;550 5.7.1 [email protected]: You have exceeded your daily sending limits. See http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4863
Remote system: dns;p13-asmtpout.me.com (TCP|17.164.56.16|42392|17.164.60.196|25)
This problem has persisted all day.
The problem manifests both at home and where I teach.
Yes, I can receive e-mail at my Mail account, on both my iPhone and MacBook.
No, I have no other problems with my computer or iPhone.
As I rely on Mail as my primary e-mail... HELP!!!!
Any assistance would be gratefully received.

You can send mail from the same account on your other devices? You're sure of that?

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