The Apple ID that just isn't

Here is my story. I have an iTunes Apple ID. I'm happy with it. I use it for my purchases. It is gmail based. So far so good.
I also have a mobile me account. I used it to synchronise my Mac and my devices. It worked fine.
I moved to iCloud. iCloud gave me the option of choosing a new apple id. I thought, what a good idea. I didn't want to use my @me.com address from my old mobile me account. I didn't want invitations from my calendar coming from my @me.com
So, I created a new apple id for iCloud. It was my own (regular) email address. I moved all my calendars into my new iCloud apple id and now any invitations come from my regular email address (my iCloud Apple ID).
BUT, there are some people who have my old mobile me email address. I don't use it, but they occassionally email me to that address. So, I thought, I wonder if I can JUST add the old mobile me emails to the set of email addresses that my Mail clients access.
I cannot see how to do that!
Mail is turned off under my iCloud. If I try to turn it on, it asks for an @me.com name and I don't want to create a new one or use the old one.
So, I figure the only way forward is to set up a simple mail hook for my old @me.com account
I'd use this with Mail under Lion and also my iOS devices. Only problem is that even this doesn't work. No imap server I have tried will connect, ssl or otherwise. I've used the usual suspects for imap server. Mail was "smart" enough to call it an iCloud account even though I configured it as "other".
Am I doomed to only be able to read @me.com mail via a web page interface?

You can add a secondary iCloud account to your iPhone and on your Mail on your Mac.  Note: the effectiveness of this has not been tested by me as I'm only using one account.
For the iPhone: Go to Settings > Mail, Contacts, Calendars and choose Add Account.  Choose iCloud and then enter your moved MobileMe account information.  I'm not sure if having the slider for mail turned off will allow you to automatically receive mail or if you'll have to have it check every X amount of minutes (determined by the setting for Fetch).
For the Mac:  Go to System Preferences > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.  Click iCloud and enter your moved MobileMe account information.  This should allow you to check to use Mail here.
Hopefully this helps.

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