Pop account no longer working

I have been downloading my gmail account to Mac Mail for 2 years now, but it is no longer working.
I've gone through gmail's help page and double checked all of my settings, no issue.
The error message I get:
There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the settings for account "Gmail" or try again.
The server error encountered was: The connection to the server "pop.gmail.com" on port 995 timed out.
Any ideas?
thanks
gannon
imac Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Well, it could be that the server is temporarily unavailable for some reason -- it works for me, though.
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list.
Also, try using a different method to connect to Internet, if possible, or connecting the computer to Internet as directly as possible, i.e. bypassing any routers that might be present, using an ethernet cable instead of wireless, etc., and see whether that makes a difference.

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