2 step verification disabled my Mac Mail

I set up 2 step verification which seemed fine on my iPhone and iPad when I created and entered the app passwords but my Mac Mail was disabled, saying it couldn't connect to the outgoing server. Anyone have this same issue?
MacBook Air
OS X 10.9.5

Hi Robertshill,
If you are having an issue with sending email I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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and i am in the outgoing SMTP > ADVANCED section of mail where i have an iCloud, GMail and domain based email SMTP addresses.
does anyone know if i set up a SMTP server for Mac Mail as having an authentication set to "none" or set to "password" for GMAIL and whether this password should be one of these online generated 2 step verification passwords?
i seem to have this account on sparrow with no problems at all but i am noticing that GMail mail is not showing up on either of my mac mail installations on either of my machines

Hi Hotwheels
had similar issues. But incoming worked fine immediately, only outgoing was an issue.
(Though on iPad + iPhone both in- and out-going mails worked fine.)
I generated a password via Google only ONCE for may Mail app. And I entered it only ONCE in the settings. No other changes done.
So on the Mail application, I saw e-mails coming in. My outgoing e-mail stayed in my "outbox".
I just switched to another outgoing server. In my case, when I opened the advanced settings, a popup screen showed up with a number (approx 10) outgoing servers, all named exactly the same: "Gmail" ;-)
The one that was selected had the message "off-line" behind it and so were a couple of others.
As soon as I picked one that was apparently on-line, the mails in my outbox were send within seconds ...
So problem solved without actually really changing settings or entering paswords.
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First off, I suggest you not post this kind of
account info in the clear in a public forum for
security & anti-spam reasons.
Regarding the message itself, do you have the web
mail interface for this account open at the same time
you are using Mail to access the account? Have you
logged out of the web mail version before using Mail?
It sounds like some other client app or possibly the
web mail interface has opened a session with the
account & hasn't closed it, preventing Mail from
setting its own lock with the server for its own
session.
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Hi Robertshill,
If you are having an issue with sending email I would suggest that you troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
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Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

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For the last several days I've been encountering an issue with Mail.app and gmail where my application specific password is valid for one day only. This is not the case for the application specific password I have set up to work with Mail on my iPhone or any other apps. I have used two step verification successfully for months until one day, inexplicably, I was alerted that my password was incorrect. As I mentioned, this happens now on a daily basis.
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Hi All,
I used to have that sort of problem,
first you could go to the connection doctor on you mac (it's on your 'Window' - > 'Connection Doctor' )
then check if your google account 'Smtp tab ' and 'Imap tab ' are all on the green light
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There will be several accounts shown up if you have multiple email account registered on you mac mail.
find manually the account of your gmail account (Double click each one of it to check which account it )
Check again if you have 2 key chain on one single account
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click save changes . (enter your admin password)
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K

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I have been hacked several times with google's email service by people in China and I decided to try their two step verification to add some security. But when I try to add the account on my mac mail list it says that it is offline and the app specific password doesn't work. I have changed the app specific password three times and all of them don't work. Please help!

Eliminate Mail by testing in Postbox and MailMate. Both have demos.
http://www.postbox-inc.com/
http://freron.com
If you cannot set an app specific password for these apps then the problem is with your account. It's difficult to actually get Gmail support so your best option might be to delete this account. Set up a new account with two step authentication immediately.
You also have other options for getting a free email account. Set up an Apple iCloud email or get an Outlook.com (previously Hotmail.com, Live.com, MSM.com).
Whatever you do you need to do the two step authentication.

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