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I have a new issue with Mail where it stops updating. I have it set up with my Gmail via IMAP and have it set to check for new mail every minute. I do not have any input managers installed for Mail.
I will often get new mail and Mail won't notify me. I can see it at the Gmail website, but it won't show up in Mail. Right clicking on the dock icon and picking "Get new mail" does not work, nor does right clicking in mail and picking "Synchronize Gmail". No errors appear and Mail plays the "no new messages" beep.
However, relaunching mail will fix the problem, but only temporarily. So, it shows the inbox as empty, but if I relaunch mail, it will get the new mail and synchronize fine. This tells me that my account information is entered correctly because Mail can connect, it just stops working occasionally until I relaunch it. This is an annoyance because I can't rely on it to tell me if I have new mail.
Anyone else have this problem or have any help for me? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.

I don’t know how to solve your problem, but telling
Mail to go offline, then online again (Mailbox >
Go Online/Offline) might also work and you may
find it more convenient -- you can put a button in
the toolbar for that.
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