Using Mail with no .mac account

Hi, I know I can use Mail without a .mac account, but how? Everytime I open Mail, I get the 'enter your .mac password' thing, and not having a password, means I can't get any further, into the settings or anything.
What do I do?
Mimble

Check out this article:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106683
Good luck!

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Multiple User accounts are the answer.
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I've lost/erased loads of emails recently. Lion seems to have changed and I can't figure out how to fix it.
I have a Macbook which I use for all mail and archiving. On a second Mac I sometimes look at mail and then erase it from there safe in the knowledge that it's already on the Macbook and is going nowhere.
At least that's how it worked until Lion.
Now if I d/l mail on the second machine and erase it and even though the same mail is already in the mail app on the Macbook it gets erased too. Obviously they're both sync'd and reflect whatever each other is up to but I can't find any way to change this.
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SigmaT wrote:
Yes I log in directly to iCloud mail on my PC
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i'm using mail on osx 10.7 with multiple gmail accounts. when i create an email, i check to be sure i'm sending/replying from the correct account. after i send it, somehow it actually sends it from a different account, other than the one i've selected "from." this is evidenced by the reply email i receive. how can i fix this?
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If the problem remains, select the Accounts tab in the preference dialog, then select the affected account in the list on the left.
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Hello, sounds like you haven't switched to iCloud yet, the old dot Mac & MobileMe servers are going away or gone for most already.
Do not delete the old account yet. sign up for an iCloud account if you haven't.
I understand .mac mail will still come through. Do not delete the old account yet.
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iCloud Mail setup, do not choose .mac or MobileMe as type, but choose IMAP...
On second step where it asks "Description", it has to be a unique name, but you can still use your email address.
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• Password: Your iCloud password
SMTP (outgoing mail server) information:
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