Mac Mail no longer asks for a password when opening gmail

Hello all,
When I try and open my email account the password box no longer pops up.Don't know what happened.I use gmail and it always worked fine.Can anyone help me with this?Thank you very much.All reponses are apreciated.

In Mail Preferences, Accounts item: I tried to delete the password (but that did not save). I got this idea from some Mail Help item that I cannot seem to find again. I cannot recall how I did it in Snow Leopard, but I had it set to ask for a password that was used solely for Mail. It would not download anything until I entered that password. Note: I am not on a network; just the single user of the MacPro. Thank you for any guidance you might be able to offer.

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