IMAP mail problems -- is someone fixing this?

Hi
I've seen a ton of questions the last day on imap mail problems. I am experiencing the same on my gmail account; it's kicking out a message that my password is incorrect.
I get the password is incorrect at imap.gmail.com; have logged out of gmail on the Mac, logged back in, checked that imap is enabled, 17-tuple checked the password, etc.
Seems a lot of folks have this problem on various providers...is this an Apple problem, and are they doing anything about it?
Thanks

I know this from experience and general knowledge.
If your account's password is rejected with an email client on your computer and with your iPhone, how do you figure this has anything to do with Apple?
AOL reported problems today with AOL account access via IMAP with an email client only. Webmail access with a browser was not affected. This was an AOL server problem which had nothing to do with Apple or with Microsoft for those with a PC who couldn't access their AOL account being accessed as an IMAP account with an email client on their PC either.
Have you contacted Google or Gmail customer or technical support?
Message was edited by: Allan Sampson

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