Problem with mac Snow leopard 'Mail' program

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Macjeffery

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Hi, I have 3 gmail accounts linked to my mac mail. it has been working fine up until about 2 days ago. Now only 2 of the mailboxes download new mail. The 3rd just keep trying, the little 'working' circle just keeps spinning. Suggestions?
 
Is the password correct? All SSL/TLS ports correct? Server settings (IMAP/POP/SMTP) correct?

If you account is IMAP and all your emails are stored remotely, it may be safe to simply delete that account and re-add it. If you account is POP, on the other hand, and all your email for that account is stored locally, then you may want to back up your emails for that account before deleting and re-adding.

A mailbox rebuild may also help before trying the removing/re-adding account method:

http://capacity.electronest.com/2008/03/26/as-simple-as-mailapp-mailbox-rebuild/
 
I was able to delete the mailbox and re-add it back to my imail. Thanks for your help. Do you happen to have an idea of what may have caused this?
MacJ
 
Did you try the "mailbox rebuild" first? It may have been a corrupted mailbox that was causing this, or, maybe, some kind of password/keychain issue.

Tough to tell now that the problem's fixed, but I am glad to hear it's all good now!
 
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