Thunderbird doesn't authenticate with iCloud!

Is there any info yet on why iCloud email doesn't work with thunderbird? I copy the same exact server information from Outlook 2010 (where it works normally) and thunderbird fails authenticating.
So frustrating. I do not want to be using Outlook 2010 for email now .

SOLUTION!!!!
It works with some minor tweaking in about:config. However, I now have to resync all of my mailboxes (not sure how that one worked out =P).
In thunderbird, go to Tools, Options, Advanced, General, Config Editor
Search for the string 'mail.server.server'
You should see a bunch of listings as mail.server.server#, where # = 1,2,3, etc
Look for the entry that says 'mail.server.server#.name' and find the name of the account that you have as your iCloud account in Thunderbird. Record the value of # in your brain.
Now go to mail.server.server#.authMethod and set it to 2
At this point, it should connect, but it may lose all of your folders. Just right click your account in the navigation pane, and click Subscribe and update accordingly.
If you just want to see your folders without redownloading everything again, go to Tools, Account Settings, Server Settings (for the iCloud email), Advanced, and uncheck 'Show only subscribed folders'
Everything should now work. This forces thunderbird to use the old-style IMAP login (I believe what Outlook uses and why Outlook 2010 works).
UPDATE: I seem to have had a problem with imap.mail.me.com today, so I switched to p99-imap.mail.me.com and it worked fine.

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