System preferences on Mac won't let me save mail checkbox

Everytime I close system preferences and reopen system preferences i note that mail is un checked?
Maountain lion will not save the tick in the mail checkbox.
Please help as I can get mail to retreive my icloud emails?
Thanks
Paul

Can you be more specific about what isn't working? Can you receive mail? Can you send mail? How is your mail account configured in Mail? What version of OS X are you using?
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