Ox s lion mail loses server names

My main boot drive failed this past week-end on my MacPro.
I installed a new boot drive, did a fresh install of Lion, and installed all updates.
When trying to setup my email accounts, after receiving mail once on any of my iCloud accounts, the incoming mail server name gets deleted, and that box does not allow input. The only way to fix it, is to delete the email account and set it up again. And then, once I receive email once, the name is deleted again, and thus the cycle continues.
It does not happen for my bellsouth.net accounts - nor gmail. Only iCloud. I have also tried with me.com accounts with no luck.
Any suggestions?
Should I trash everything (email) and start over? If so, what do I delete, and what do I keep?
Thanks

If your password does not meet these requirements change it so that it does:
Minimum of 8 characters, including at least 1 uppercase letter, 1 lowercase letter and 1 number, no special characters.
Verify that you are using the correct server credentials:
IMAP (Incoming Mail Server) information:
Server name: imap.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 993
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
Server name: smtp.mail.me.com
SSL Required: Yes
Port: 587
SMTP Authentication Required: Yes
Username: [email protected] (use your @me.com address from your iCloud account)
Password: Your iCloud password
Note: If you receive errors using SSL, try using TLS instead.
Additional Information
SSL is required for both IMAP and SMTP connection with iCloud. POP is not supported by iCloud.

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