Mail will no longer accept my password

I recently upgraded to Lion and moved my MobileMe account to iCloud. After experiencing problems with some of my apps, I switched back to Snow Leopard (10.6.8, Clean install). I'm now having issues logging in to Mail from my Mac, as my password is being rejected. This problem didn't exist when I set up my account after moving back down to Snow Leopard. Rather, it started a couple weeks ago. I can still login to iCloud via Safari and all of my mail continues to come in on my iPhone 4S just fine, but not on my MacBook Pro. I tried deleting the account in Mail and adding it again, but I can't continue the account setup, as the password is getting rejected from the setup window.
Not sure if this is the issue, but since switching back, I can no longer upload (Share) photos or videos to my Gallery via iMovie or Aperture, since iCloud doesn't work with apps running in Snow Leopard. It's a minor inconvenience that I can live with, since those services will be dropped in June anyway, but is the problem with Mail the exact same same issue? Because System Preferences in Snow Leopard wants to sync with MobileMe, which, as I mentioned before, I am no longer a part of, since upgrading to iCloud.
Am I on the right track here? Do I need to give up using Mail on my laptop, until I can upgrade back to Lion and iCloud?

Problem solved:
http://www.wilmut.webspace.virginmedia.com/notes/icloudmail.html

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