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Mail problem

by seanfox666 Mar 1, 2011 11:34PM PST

I have a g-mail account and Mail is set up to link to it. As of yesterday it refuses to work. I have tried re-starting Mail, re-starting the whole computer and even re-installing the whole iMac applications CD but nothing works.
My g-mail account is still fine when accessed through my iPad or via Safari on the Imac itself so its clearly just the Mail application.
I even downloaded the i-antivirus program in case there was a virus problem but it says my system is clean.
The machine is a nearly new iMac (Nov 2010) and has otherwise had no problems.
Has anyone seen this problem before and have any idea what I can try?

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Delete the Gmail account,
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 2, 2011 9:03PM PST

reboot and then add the Gmail account back in.

Get rid of i-antivirus program, it does nothing for you.

There are currently no viruses that work on OS X

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Thanks
by seanfox666 Mar 3, 2011 4:41PM PST

It worked perfectly. I feel a bit of a dummy for not thinking of trying that myself. Many thanks.
Sean

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(NT) Pleased it worked for you
by mrmacfixit Forum moderator Mar 3, 2011 9:01PM PST
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