Mail 4.1 + Gmail IMAP not working anymore

Hello all,
All of a sudden I cannot recieve emails via IMAP gmail anymore. It was working fine till, a few days back when Mail stopped fetching new emails. The gears just keep spilling.
I can send emails via SMTP gmail.
The connectivity doctor shows that everything is ok for IMAP and SMTP.
Googling shows me a lot of people are facing this problem of late.
Anyone here know whats going on?

My Gmail IMAP Account has also stopped working. It continually searches for mail, and if I try to access any of my mail then the Mail program crashes. My wife's Gmail IMAP program is working fine. I have tried setting up another account, and it just keeps searching. Entourage works fine.
How did you remove the account??

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