Gmail no longer working with Apple Mail?

In the lasts 24 hours, without making changes to hardware or software, Mail has quit retrieving mail from my gmail accounts.
While I never receive any sort of warning about passwords or other issue, I simply get this:
And the "activity" window just stays that way... for hours with no result. The Connection Doctor window:
The Church Email account is an old one that is no longer active... I just haven't removed it from my list. But the "verify username and password" message is consistent... Strangely enough, down the same window - the SMTP connection works just fine. I can sent mail from all of my gmail accounts using Mail... Considering that the user name/password is the same for both sending and receiving mail.. SOMETHING is funky with Apple Mail.
Anybody have a guess what to check? This is frustrating.

Michael Battenfield wrote:
Anybody have a guess what to check? This is frustrating.
Did you change any setting in Mail? Did you change your gmail account password? Did you activate 2-step verification on your gmail account?
If you haven't done anything from above, maybe problem is with your network... Did you try to turn off your router for few minutes and then turn ON again?
Did you install any 3rd party security apps on your Mac? Did you enable system firewall? Do you use any proxy servers? Do you use VPN?
There might be more questions...
Michael Battenfield wrote:
SOMETHING is funky with Apple Mail.
Works without any problems on my end...

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I just switched from my iPhone 5 to a new iPhone 6 Plus running iOS 8.1.2. After I put the latest backup to the new device everything was set up fine. Unfortunately Google Mail doesn't work with the Apple Mail App any more.
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RESPONSES:
1)   When I set up my iMac, I did not transfer any data directly from my windows PC. I simply used the same iTunes login and account. I have access to all of the files via the "Purchased" section of the iTunes store. If I click "Download Previous Purchases" text, I can download ALL of the purchases I have ever made.
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QUESTIONS:
3)   So can my iMac not stream the data directly from itunes, without download? Apple TV can, but perhaps that is something among many things that maker it unique, and awesome.
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i'm trying to set up a gmail account to the apple mail program on mac (still works in iphone and ipad). after many diffrent approaches,
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CONNECTED Jan 30 20:09:18.605 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1SSLv3] -- host:imap.gmail.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x7fce3bf06260 -- thread:0x7fce3a6cd620
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INITIATING CONNECTION Jan 30 20:09:25.862 -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x7fce3bc695a0
INITIATING CONNECTION Jan 30 20:09:25.862 -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x7fce3bd1ec80
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CONNECTED Jan 30 20:09:26.220 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fce3bd1a5e0 -- thread:0x7fce3a2d2e20
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220 mx.google.com ESMTP ns7sm1237401lab.5 - gsmtp
READ Jan 30 20:09:26.254 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fce3a16d680 -- thread:0x7fce3bc695a0
220 mx.google.com ESMTP tm10sm1235019lab.10 - gsmtp
READ Jan 30 20:09:26.255 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fce3bd1a5e0 -- thread:0x7fce3a2d2e20
220 mx.google.com ESMTP go4sm805859lbb.16 - gsmtp
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EHLO [10.0.0.72]
WROTE Jan 30 20:09:26.322 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x7fce3bd1a5e0 -- thread:0x7fce3a2d2e20
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220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
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220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
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220 2.0.0 Ready to start TLS
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