Mail quota and server issue

I keep getting one of two messages all of a sudden.
Connection Failed
There maybe a problem with the mail server or network. Check the settings for account "*%[email protected]" or try again.
The server error encountered was: The connection to the server "mail.mac.com" on port 993 timed out.
Or I get a message saying that I am at 99% of mail quota. What do either of these mean?

I was aware that you have a .Mac account based on the information you provided in your original post.
My question was/is, how are you accessing your .Mac account with the Mail application on your Mac - the account type - .Mac, IMAP or POP?
The default account type for a .Mac account with the Mail application is a .Mac type account which is really an IMAP account and behaves in the same way.
You can access a .Mac account as a .Mac type, IMAP or POP account with the Mail application and as an IMAP or POP account with another email client such as the Mail application on your Mac or on a Windows PC.
Very few (no others that I'm aware of) email account providers include/support such a choice of account types. The majority support a single account type - IMAP or POP with POP being the most common.
With a POP account, you have the option to remove messages from the server when downloaded by an email client such as the Mail application. There is no such option when accessing an IMAP account with an email client such as Mail. A .Mac type account or IMAP account received messages remain on the server until deleted from the account's Inbox mailbox or moved from the account's Inbox mailbox to a mailbox stored locally on your hard drive. Transferring a message from a server stored mailbox to a user created "On My Mac" location mailbox with Mail (which is stored locally on your hard drive) saves the transferred message locally on your hard drive and removes the message from the server at the same time.
The same doesn't apply to a POP account which is the reason for my question regarding the account type.
Go to Mail > Preferences > Accounts and under the Account Information tab for your .Mac account preferences will show the account type at the top.
You can raise the amount of server storage space allocated for email messages or remove messages from the server to get rid if the error message and back under your server storage limit.

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