Still can't create my IMAP GMAIL account on new 3G iPhone

I've read a lot of the posts on this issue and have tried to follow the steps provided by GMAIL on the settings tab, but to no avail. I've also already tried the "Captcha Unlock" (which I don't understand, but oh well), but no good. The GMAIL account settings for my 3G iPhone are identical to my 2G iPhone's settings, but I can't get it to work. I always end up with "unable to connect to the IMAP server". Anyone else having this persistent problem? Thanks.

I think I might have figured out my own problem, although it only raised a new question. Turns out that my password for Gmail (which was complex) included spaces, which I'm now thinking might not be recognized all that well by the iPhone keyboard in 2.0.2. Sure enough, when I changed my Gmail password to something WITHOUT spaces, and then entered that information into the mail account settings, all went smoothly. The new question, of course, is why doesn't the old password with spaces work with the 3G iPhone when it worked just fine on the 1Gen iPhone? Things are fine now, but the curiosity has gotten the better of me, and I'm curious if anyone else might have some insight into this. Thanks.

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