Mail won't work unless I use my MobileMe account which is dead

I've been trying to use my Apple Mail app in 10.6.8, but whenever I try to it asks for my MobileMe password. It then tries to set up a MobileMe mail account. I don't want nor need any account except my work account. I try to delete the MobileMe account in the Mail preferences window, but it keeps coming back. This is a dead application, so I'm not sure what is happening. When I try to create my work account it tells me it can't verify the password. Very strange. The words "MobileMe IMAP" appear after Account Type in the Accounts window and it cannot be deleated! It then tries to guide me to set up an additional account and it automatically puts in my five years defunct mac.com account! What is going on! I have to go through the motions of this bogus account before it lets me go any further to set up a functional email account. How do I get rid of this ghost account? Thanks in advance.
MH Brown

Hi Michael,
If Mail won't allow you to change the settings when setting up a new account, you may want to make sure that "Automatically set up account" isn't enabled. You may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: Configuring Mail for your email account
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1277
Regards,
- Brenden

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