I am having trouble receiving gmail with Apple Mail.

I have deleted and re-added my gmail account several times, and for some reason my iMac is struggling. I have searched and verified that every setting is correct on gmail's end, and done the same in my iMac, but for some reason it takes forever to receive messages, and when mail attempts to synchronize, the lower left "Receiving x of x messages" bar will run and run, but to no avail. Any secret solution out there?
Thanks,
Tim

Hi Tim,
Is it POP or IMAP account?
Gmail send but not receive...
Here are two steps that have come in handy in related situations
1) login to gmail on your computer or device via a web browser
2) once logged in successfully, go to this URL to unlock:
https://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptch
The Password rejection can confuse people since it's a catch all meaning...
This Password, Username, Authentication method... is not recognized on this Port to this Server, or a server end problem.
Or duplicate entries in Keychain Access.
If using a browser to login via WebMail works it's not Name or Password, but one of the other ones.
The receiving email ports are:
IMAP is port 143
IMAP-SSL is port 993
POP is port 110
POP-SSL is port 995
Outgoing ports are...
SMTP and SMTP-SSL is on ports 25, 587 and 465. Port 587 has to be SSL, and port 465 is enforced TLS-wrapped and is generally used by Outlook users.

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