Mail settings on second computer

I am having big problems with my second computer, since the arrival of iCloud. My first computer (iMac running OS 10.6.8) has Mobile Me icons for my 4 Email accounts, and they all work OK -- but my MacBook still has the .Mac icons on the settings and I am having many Email problems. Should the settings and passwords on the second computer be identical to those on the first?

Here are the email settings for iCloud:
iCloud: Configuring Mail with Mac OS X v10.6 or iOS 4
iCloud: Mail server information
Ideally, you should update your computers to the minimum version of OS X that iCloud supports - OS X 10.7.2 to avoid these setup issues.

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