Cannot get mail - the mail server "imap.gmail.com" is not responding. The correct account info is in Mail settings. How do I resolve?

Celebrations! It seems to be solved. It may be a Gmail - Apple clash........... I downloaded the Gmail app for iPhone which is free and immediately all problems solved. Sent the default Mail app as far as possible to the far edges of the universe. Yay!

As of this morning I have the same problem and I never had it before now. Tried shutting off phone and restarting, removing gmail account, will not complete setup process. Is it due to the switch of gmail to 'inbox by google"?

I Am having the same problem and I have also tried everything. It is particularly frustrating because I reload the app and it works... For an undetermined amount of time. Then, I'll have my phone in airplane mode (on an airplane) and I will compose many messages and when I land, gmail stops working and all

my drafts are lost.

I am linking the problem to using it in airplane mode. I also used a /mail in the server section and I thought it was a fix, but it wasn't.

The Gmail app is awful, I want to use my mail app.

I will have to create an email account from someone else.

any suggestions? i already broke up with hotmail

because it doesn't keep emails past a week on my phone.

I started having the same problem few days ago, which I
think is related to airplane mode (have been using it alot the last few days).
At the beginning I was getting the error 'Cannot get Mail' but it would
eventually work and pull all my emails, I didn't realise it was Gmail specific until
today.

I’m also linking the problem to airplane mode as I have been
using it daily for the last few days.

I did the mistake and removed (deleted) the Gmail from the
phone and now am not able to add it back. I tried all the above and more with
no joy!! I can access gmail via the browser or the Gmail app (which is so bad)
for Iphone as a workaround. My biggest
problem is my contacts, Gmail contacts are my primary main contacts on the
phone, and all my phone book now showing no names, just numbers!!

PLEASE This needs to be resolved ASAP!!!

Mine finally worked but it only works on 4g mode or connected to certain WiFi's.

The WiFi it worked on that same morning suddenly stopped allowing access to the gmail. But once I turned off WiFi and had a good enough connection I could add my gmail. But my work WiFi (and sometimes my home WiFi) doesn't let me check gmail anymore.

I am having the same problem on both my mac and iPhone, never had a problem on either until two days ago and cannot receive any mail from gmail or iCloud on wifi only on 4g. i have tried all the fixes listed above, can anyone help?

Im having the same issue, when I went to mail setting on the iPhone and selected my Gmail account it does not show a place where to type the password, I think the problem has to do with this.

I have also been having the same issue from shortly after I updated to iOS 8.3. Initially, I just removed the Gmail account, rebooted the device, added the Gmail account back to my mail accounts. The issue went away. Today (June 16) the issue started again. I can't logistically delete mail and add it every time this happens. There has to be a permanent solution.

I have been having the exact same issue and I really don't want to have to keep deleting my account and re-adding it everyday. I have followed all the instructions apple suggested short of deleting the account.I hope apple makes a fix for this soon!

Go to https://accounts.google.com/DisplayUnlockCaptcha and unlock?

Enter your Gmail account/password and press the continue button.

more info:

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1173270?hl=en

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/78892?hl=en

http://ipadhelp.com/iphone/how-to-fix-cannot-get-mail-on-gmail-for-iphone-ipad/

I was also facing the same problem. I did a phone reset and then setup the Gmail account first <Setting>--<Mail, Contacts Calendar>--GOOGLE and then put in my credentials and this time it worked. After that I went ahead with all the other setups and its working perfectly since. Hope this works for you. Make sure you take a full backup of the phone before reset.

I just closed down the Gmail app on my phone and I stopped receiving the error in Apple Mail. I think if you close or get rid of the Gmail app it will eliminate the error.

I am having the same problem on my iPad Air 2 with gmail via imap in the mail app in iOS 8.4.1.

I run 3 different gmail accounts and the problem is only with one of them. I have to delete the account every few days and add it again. Every time it seems to solve the problem for a day or two and then its back again.

Any suggestions?

iPad Air 2

iOS 8.4.1

I'm also having the same problem. Has only started happening recently. I've applied all the recommended fixes in these threads and each time gmail will work fine for a day or two then it happens again. It's extremely frustrating as this is my main email account and I've never had a problem with it until the last iOS update. I'm on an iPhone 4s and any resolution to this would be great.

Do I have to have internet sharing on in my macbookpro to enable connection from the IMAP gmail server to send mail to my iphone?