Let me try to clarify best I can now that i've cooled of a little...
At this point I am completely unable to send email from either of my 2 gmail accounts via mail in 10.6 on my MacBook Pro. Both accounts are setup as IMAP. Both accounts constantly have spinning gear, and appear to be trying...
Everything is fine in connection doctor. That's the funny part.
I've tried everything you wrote down already too. Doesn't work.
I have tried update installs and also have tried 100% clean installs. Still the same either way.
I'm now using Thunderbird, which sucks, but does work 100%...
I am brand new to these forums tonight, but have been posting on macrumors for years, and I'm in search of an answer to this specific issue.
I have been having issues with Mail.app 4.0 and gmail since i installed snow leopard on launch day. It has been the same with an upgrade install and clean...