Suddenly Mail won't sync my gmail accounts

Im using OS X Lion 10.7.5 and since yesterday both my gmail accounts won't sync or download on Mail ?!!
Ive tried taking them off and putting them back on, Ive tried changing the password on one, it won't work. It won't work on my iPhone either. Ive had to use gmail website online to check my mail. Any suggestions please help a sister out !
Cheers
H

adamlea wrote:
I can log in to gmail through Safari, using the same login/pass I've always used. When I check the error message in Mail, the error is: "The server returned the error: Account exceeded bandwidth limits. (Failure)." Never had a bandwith issue before, ever.
that's a different issue. you said before that it didn't like the password. what it actually doesn't like is the number of simultaneous connections. quit Mail on all other computers/phones you use to access gmail and try setting it up in Mail on this computer again.

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