Problem with Mail accessing Gmail account

I don't know if this is a problem with Gmail or with my Mac, but any hints appreciated. I did some tidying of my Mac permissions this morning, and since then my Mail programme refuses to accept my Gmail application-specific passwords. (Both incoming and outgoing.) I have revoked the old ones and started again but it makes no difference. One thing that seems odd is that on the Gmail page for setting up the passwords, it lists my passwords at the bottom of the page with 'created date' but under 'last used date' it says 'unavailable'. I don't know if this is significant.
Any ideas how I solve this? I am using Mac OS 10.7.2, and Mail 5.

An update on this: I just tried to enter my POP password by going into Mail's Preferences (rather than just typing it in when prompted by a pop-up window), and got the following:
Error Saving Preferences:
Writing your preferences to disk has failed. Your preferences may not have been saved. The permissions on ~/Library/Preferences may be wrong or your disk may be full.
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despinte installing the mail update on the 7th Nov 2013, may mail does not sync and update with my gmail accounts accross my devices?
what should I do?

as rediculous as this is, I enabled "all mail" under the labels, then went into the actual apple mail settings and checked some box about updateing immediately (for deleted items) . then I had to quit mail then open it back up - it "appears" to have synced properly. I'll let you know if it all comes back, but this is really a pain in the butt, I swapped from Entourage a few months back because it started acting weird with gmail.
anyone have any other mail options if this continues to not work? I don't want to have to pull gmail in my browser to move read items each day.
thanks for all the help.

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But If I just send an email to info@ it correctly ends up at info@ I cannot figure out it this is a gmail setting or a setting in my Mail App.
Any help appreciated as I am finding the gmail system on Mail difficult to fathom.

Please disregard. I deleted the account and set it up again - somehow it fixed the problem

I have a problem with Mail on my Macbook Pro. It is configurated with a gmail account, and now I can't access the mail. Is it possible to reboot the account or..? Please help:)

I have a problem with Mail on my Macbook Pro. It is configurated with a gmail account, and now I can't access the mail. Is it possible to reboot the account or..? Please help:)

The question mark means the computer cannot find a bootable volumes so can;t do anything, That, combined with annoying sounds, strongly suggests a failed hard drive.
You can ask a "genius" at an Apple Rtail Store to test it but I'm pretty sure the drive is kaput. I'm hoping you had your data backed up.

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I want to retrieve e-mail from my account on Gmail in my application, but I have a problem. I cant establishe a connection with pop3 server...
Do you have an example (full) in Java code for retrieving a mail from Gmail account.
I used the example from JavaMail Api 1,4 Specifications, but I have a problem with the parameters. (protocol null), and I dont know why...
Help me, please...

i hv retrived messages from gmail.but i m geting problem at the time ......
when i m reading mail which hava attachment.........
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plz any body help me its very urgent.........
give me a programe how to find the attachment name with body part........
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import java.io.*;
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import javax.mail.event.*;
import javax.mail.internet.*;
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static String user = null;
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static String url = null;
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static boolean debug = false;
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static boolean showAlert = false;
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     static String attachment = "";
     static String indentStr = " ";
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static String subject = "";
static Vector v ;
public Vector v1;
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Mail cannot access gmail accounts

I use iOS 7.0.4
Since earlier today, mail stopped working with my (several) Gmail accounts.
I have not changed the password in Gmail or something like that. I tried re-entering the password on the iPhone, deleting and re-creating the account - nothing worked.
I have exactly the same issue on my iPad and Macbook.
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For users having problems with Mail functionality...

Hello! I have been having problems with Mail functionality as well, so, I took a few steps to see if I could solve the problem on my own.
My problems were:
Mail would freeze when sending mail, or, when I pressed quit, it would freeze.
If I toggled between inboxes too much it would freeze up.
Even after trying the many techniques others offered on this board, Mail still froze up. So.. here's what I did:
1.) Turn off the auto-retrieve mail function in the preferences/general menu. Set it to a manual check. Just check it yourself every once in awhile. It may not be as convenient, but it works, trust me.
2.) Under the fonts and colors menu, set all three fonts to the SAME font (mines Century Schoolbook, but anything works) and turn off fixed-width font. Sometimes mail has a tough time decoding and working with texts, and causes it to freeze.
3.) Clean our your main inbox! Place the emails that you want to keep, but don't need to be in your inbox in a new folder on your inbox bar (mines aptly named 'Saved Messages.' That way, when you open up Mail to your default account, it doesn't have 1,000+ messages to index. Also, try to keep the inboxes from having more than 100-200 messages per. It seems to frown on any more than that.
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BEFORE you turn it off, however, I recommend saving all of your emails in your inbox as a text file or something so, in case the server burps and has a brain flatuence, you don't lose anything. Been there, done that, thrown the books against the wall in a frustrated rage.
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Ho un problema con Mail.
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