Gmail "cannot get mail"

I am getting the following error:
"Connection to the server 'pop.gmail.com' failed"
I didn't set up gmail directly on my iPhone. I use OSX mail and have it set up to POP into two gmail accounts and another account. When I sync'ed the iPhone, it copied all of my mail settings. My other email account works fine on the iPhone, but the gmail accounts keep giving me that error and no mail has been downloaded to my phone. Anyone else have this problem? I guess I can delete the accounts from my iPhone and redo the setup right from the iPhone. Is that the easiest solution?

p.s.  Today as yesterday i was coming in over 4G and not wifi.  I'll try again
over my wifi network when I get home.  Gmail over 4G was working yesterday.
thanks...

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