Gmail constantly disappearing in mail.app

Ever since Mountain Lion, I've had problems with my default gmai account. All email is not visible and there is an arroow that appears next to the account. If I take the account offline, then back online, the email will appear for a short time then disappear again. I only have this problem with my @gmail account. I have several Google Apps accounts that have a @mydomainname address and they all work fine. The server settings are the same for all accounts. This is for mail.app. I have no problems with the account using Thunderbird, but I do not want to use TB. THis is accourring on all my Mac devices, Mini, iMac, MacBook Pro.
After taking account offline and back online.

If you don't feel comfortable doing this, then you might wait for someone else to respond.
First off, be sure to have a backup before doing anything.
Quit Mail first.
You will then need to get to your Home Library Folder which is hidden. In the Finder, select Go in the menu, then select Go To Folder. Paste this in the box:
~/Library
Your Home Library will open in a Finder window. At the top of the window, drag the Folder icon next to Library to the sidebar for quick reference for later.
Note that the Home Folder is desiginated by ~ .
Go the the ~/Containers folder and find the "com.apple.mail" folder. Drag that to the desktop.
Then go to ~/Mail folder/V2 folder. Find the folder of the account you are having trouble with and drag that folder to the desktop.
Then go to ~/Saved Application State folder and move the com.apple.mail folder to the desktop.
Open Mail and see if the problem persists. Note that if anything goes wrong, quit Mail, then those folders can be put back to their original locations and replace any new ones created.

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