My .me mail account has converted to iCloud. My desktop Mac will not recognize the password. Any resetting makes no difference. Should I delete the mailbox and reload it?

My Mail application on my desktop iMac has converrted my original .me account to an iCloud account. It keeps asking for the password and rejects the original one. I've tried changing the password and it still rejects it. I've tried using my Apple ID password and that is rejected too. Should I just delete this mailbox. And then reset it up with new account information? Then would I lose all the e-mails or will they "reappear"? Thanks for any tips!

If the old ID is yours, and if your current ID was created by editing the details of this old ID (rather than being an entirely new ID), go to https://appleid.apple.com, click Manage my Apple ID and sign in with your current iCloud ID. Click edit next to the primary email account, change it back to your old email address and save the change. Then edit the name of the account to change it back to your old email address. You can now use your current password to turn off Find My iDevice, even though it prompts you for the password for your old account ID. Then save any photo stream photos that you wish to keep to your camera roll. When finished go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your iCloud data will still be in iCloud). Next, go back to https://appleid.apple.com and change your primary email address and iCloud ID name back to the way it was. Now you can go to Settings>iCloud and sign in with your current iCloud ID and password.

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