Problems Setting Up University Email (uses Gmail) in Mail

I have a student email account that runs through gmail, but it doesn't actually say gmail in the email address anywhere. I think this might be the reason why when I try to set up that account in Mail (tried both POP and IMAP) it's not accepting my login information. Is there a way to make this work?

Not an exact solution for you, but our University has a computer store on campus that was all kinds of help when setting up University email to operate through Mail, remotely.
Give the IT Help desk or (if one exists) the store a try.

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