Can't Connect the Mail app to my Gmail Account

Hey everyone,
Recently my gmai account stopped working with the Mail app on my 13" Macbook Pro Retina, running mountain lion. I have deleted the mail account and readded it, but it keeps saying the server isn't responding. This is becoming quite a problem as it is important that I reply to my emails as soon as possible, and without push notification on my mac it's proving difficult.
Anyone got any suggestions?
Thanks,
J

...never mind...the problem somehow fixed itself...

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