Trouble with Apple Mail

Hello,
I have Gmail account and a couple of days ago, I tried to send an email via Apple mail. E-mail size was too big so I couldn't send it. Afterwards, it created 'recovered message file' into the apple mail. Since then, gmail cannot connect Apple mail anymore and I cannot check my email via Apple mail. Could you please inform me how to solve this problem? or is it possible to delete and import again my gmail mail account into the Apple mail?
Thank you

Sure. Just hit the "-" button under accounts in the preferences window in Mail.app to delete your gmail account. Then quit out of Mail.app, restart it, and try creating your gmail account again. Help on how to create IMAP account for gmail is available online via the help section of the gmail.com web site.

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