GMail and the Apple Mail app

The Apple Mail app will occasionally throw out an error about being unable to use the SMTP server (GMail hosted).  When this happens, mail is essentially useless.  The 'Quit' option is grayed out in the menu and I have to go in via the terminal to get the PID and kill the app.  This didn't happen when we were on Verizon email.  I created GMail accounts for my family about a year back and it's been happening ever since - not often, but about once a month.
One theory I have:  when I'm at work, I'll check our home GMail from the web interface.  If my wife is at home checking email with the Apple app, I wonder if we are running into some kind of contention issue.
Anyone else seen this?
Thanks for your help.
Bob Ess
Sachse, Texas

Hi there Bobby,
You may want to keep this article handy for the next time you are experiencing issues with your mail
OS X Mail: Troubleshooting sending and receiving email messages
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3276
- Griff W.

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