Mail password suddenly rejected

Hello,
For reasons unknown, after having my email delivered all morning, I came back from an errand and the Apple mail icon was bouncing. It stated essentially that the server rejected my password and to re-enter the password. That accomplished nothing. For the past 4 hours, I can't get email or send any. I have removed and recreated my account 6 times. I have also reinstalled the Mountain Lion software and all its updates which have taken 2 hrs and 8 minutes to do. I am no closer to getting email than I was this morning. Can someone please clearly direct me to fix this problem that arrived from nowhere. I did not change any settings in the mail preferences before this happened. And, yes, I know my password. And, yes, the mail icon is still bouncing. PS. I can't access mail even on my iPhone.
Thank you ahead,
Al Eugene

I agree with arthur, so maybe you should access by browser and see if you can find anything.
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