Mail stopped working for iCloud

I have an iMac 3.2Ghz Intel Core i3 - 12GB RAM - OS 10.6.8
Tonight my iCloud mail account stopped receiving and sending email... just stopped... worked three years ago... worked yesterday... worked this afternoon... now it doesn't work. I get this error message "The MobileMe IMAP server 'imap.mail.me.com' rejected the password for user '[email protected]'"
I don't want to upgrade to the newer OS because they won't work with older programs like Appleworks. I have 23 years worth of Apple works files that I use as a school teacher and I am not interested in learning a new application.
Mail always worked before. I made absolutely no changes in any settings. I can send and receive web eMail on iCloud.com, so I know the account is still active. All the other email accounts are active and online. Only the iCloud account stopped working.
Did something change with Apple? Did they stop supporting Mail for Snow Leopard?
Thanks for any advice.

Some very simple workarounds and other comments.  I apologize for such a back to basics post.
The last post is 6 days old and I still have a problem.
I noticed the same problems with my iCloud mailbox using Mail 4.6 and OSX 10.6.8, it simply stopped working about a week ago and I can get it partially/sometimes working for a while by fiddling server settings. Changing your settings is a waste of time - this is Apple's problem to address. Making these changes just makes you feel like you're doing something helpful while they fix whatever is really broken.
If you are completely locked out of using your mail then the following 2 suggestions will get past that.
1. Use a browser to get to icloud.com, login, and select Mail. You should now have complete access to email.
2. If you use an ios device then you'll probably already have your email on it.  If not, then set up your iCloud account in your iPhone/iPad/iPod mail program.  Again this will give you "complete" access to your email.
I put complete in quotes since you obviously cannot easily transfer to/from Mac applications from your phone.

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