Mail 5.3 won't receive Gmail (only 1 of 4 accounts!)

I'm running OSX 10.7.4 on a MBP Retina (can't update OSX due to some music software compatabilty issues).
Using Mac Mail 5.3.
I have 4 GMail accounts that I use all in Mac Mail.  All of a sudden 3 days ago, one of them stopped receiving mail, though it will still send it just fine.  All of the settings are the exact same.  When I log onto Gmail with a web browser, all my email is there, and it's working fine on my iPhone.  In my gmail settings, POP mail is enabled as it always has been.  Nothing has changed!!
Can anyone help?

My IMAP Gmail stopped working Jan 22 2013. Gmail POP and other email accounts worked.I have Lion on a 2012 Macbook Pro.
In the end, after trying many websites, I just clicked the tilde (~) next to the Gmail Imap account and it downloaded two weeks worth of mail. It took a few minutes with the grey spinning wheel but finally came through.

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