Gmail stuck in Mail Outbox

I am new to MacBooks...
I have two questions
1) I have a charity email address that uses gmail. I have added these account details to mail and whilst i receive mail fine. I don't seem to be able to send emails.
I have checked my google settings and these seem to be fine. When I go into mail>preferences>account its say outgoing smtp server is offline?
How do I change this?
2) Does mail have to store all my emails on the computer? Or is there a way of restricting this?
Hope you guys can help.

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