Problems configuring/fixing GMail settings in Apple Mail

Almost never use GMail (and wonder why I have it but it seems like I have to have a GMail account now and then).
However, I have realized that the outgoing and incoming GMail connections aren't connected. I've been consulting GMail "help" all morning, checking and rechecking configurations and settings and I give up.
Can anyone help me? Tell me what you need to know about my settings and I'd be happy to have someone walk/talk/write me through it.
Thanks.
I have Apple Mail 7.3; OS X Mavericks 10.9.4

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I don't know if this is relevant... but…
Last year, when I set up a second, temporary Gmail IMAP account, I found that all did not jell well together…
I encountered quite a few problems… sending and receiving… transferring to and from the accounts… and lots of Hangs and Time Outs…
When I had eventually finished with the second account, I not only deleted it from Mac Mail, but Completely Closed and Deleted it with Gmail.
Since then I have had no such problems with my single Gmail IMAP account…
As I said, not sure if this is relevant to your Problem, but thought it might be of interest to you.
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