Mail 3.6 and Gmail POP - Can't connect

Question

I have been having problems sending mail with a POP Gmail account in Mail 3.6. It worked for a couple days and has been on and off the past 2 days. Now I can send nothing, but can receive. Here are all the settings I can find.
Under the "Account Information" tab
Account Type: POP
Description: Gmail
Email Address: [email protected]
Full Name: name
Incoming Mail Server: pop.gmail.com
User Name: [email protected]
Password: password
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): Gmail (Offline)
-Use only this server is checked
Under the "Advanced tab
-Enable this account is checked
-Include when automatically checking for new mail is checked
-Remove copy from server after retrieving a message is NOT checked
Under the Account Information tab for smtp.gmail.com
Description: Gmail
Server Name: smtp.gmail.com
Under the Advanced tab for smtp.gmail.com
-Use default ports (25, 465, 587) is checked
-Use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is checked
Authentication: Password
User Name: [email protected]
Password: password
I've tried everything here.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1787669
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13275

Answer 1

I had an issue (and still do on a rare occasion) where gMail doesn't recognize the password anymore. I've had to go into my Web-version account and re-create/change my password. It's not a Mac issue (my dad has had to do the same on his PC), it's a GMail issue. If it might help, here are my settings for eMail for my GMail account:
Accounts: Account Information Tab: (won't list everything, just stuff that might matter)
+eMail adresse: [email protected]
+Incoming Mail Server: pop.gmail.com
+User Name: [email protected]
+Password: •••••••••
Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): ("use only this server" is checked)
(Choose "Edit server list" from the dropdown menu.
Account Information tab:
+Description: (don't think it matters)
+Server Name: smtp.gmail.com
Advanced tab:
+Use default ports
+Use SSL
+Authentication: password
+User Name: [email protected]
+Password: •••••••••
After clicking OK, go back to the Advanced tab.
+Enable this account: checked
+Include when checking eMail: checked
+Port: 995 (Use SSL: checked)
+Authentication: password
I hope that helps. I'm using Mail 3.5, but hopefully it's the same. Also, having connection issues due to sharing an ADSL line can make a difference especially if the networking is sloppy or other people are moving huge files.
Message was edited by: Joey Delli Gatti