My Icloud account is not receiving mail on my mac laptop.

Hey Mac wizards,
I am trying desperately to receive mail on my mac laptop...it just randomly stopped working.
I have looked online, changed configuration but just can't seem to do it.
Can anyone help me out please?

Mavericks 10.9
Mail: Version 7.0 (1822)
gmail IMAP
Inbox on my Mail Desktop does NOT match what iphone, ipad, or web mail shows. Because it is NOT getting mail or syncing. Still doesn't when I hit the get mail button, get new mail, get all new mail etc.
Connection doctor says gmail IMAP is green.
Troubleshooting already performed: Restarted mail. Rebooted computer. Deleted gmail account and re-added it ... TWICE. Downloaded and installed new mail app (which was acually the same one I already had). Spent an hour on the phone with Mac support.
How can you act like this isn't a WELL known problem:
http://osxdaily.com/2013/11/07/mail-update-os-x-mavericks-fix-gmail-bugs/
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-fix-mac-os-x-mavericks-problems/
http://www.zdnet.com/concerns-rise-on-os-x-mavericks-gmail-compatibility-7000022 481/
http://www.macworld.com/article/2061254/hallelujah-apple-issues-update-for-mail- in-mavericks.html
http://www.imore.com/did-mavericks-mail-update-fix-your-gmail-woes-poll
http://www.macrumors.com/2013/11/07/apple-releases-mail-update-for-mavericks-to- address-gmail-issues/
Most of these talk about a fix. I updated by Mail and it is NOT fixed.

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