Signed out of mobile me -- will I lose all email now?

I was reading posts and took someone's suggestion about signing OUT of "mobile me" (because obviously it's no longer in existence) in order to sign back in to icloud. However, it's been so long since I've used mobile me that I can't remember my password. I thought it would be the same as my Apple password, but apparently not because that doesn't work.
So if I'm signed OUT of mobile me on my computer, does that mean I will no longer receive email on my computer?
Or am I safe because mobile me doesn't exist anyway.
I have a Mac Air and I'm on 10.6.8 so I can't actuallty access icloud in my system preferences or change it from mobile me to icloud.

It's better to sign out - before you do so go to the iDisk and Sync panes and stop any syncing which may be running.
If you migrated your MobileMe to iCloud before 1 August you can set Mail up to access iCloud emails:
Entering iCloud email settings manually in Snow Leopard or Leopard
If you didn't migrate then you can't do anything with iCloud until you upgrade to Lion or Mountain Lion.

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