Mac Mail/Gmail IMAP issues....??

[BostonBrawler]

Just yesterday decided to set up my gmail to function through the Mail app, as an IMAP. Everything was working fine, and all of a sudden:

The server returned the error: Account exceeded command or bandwidth limits. (Failure)

Mail is still working on my iPhone, but the mail app on both of my MPB's seems to be having this issue.

Is it known, does it happen often, and is there a fix?

Going crazy as I had JUST become accustomed to my new mail interface, setting up my business accounts/signatures/etc!

Thanks

 

[dianeoforegon]

Gmail has limits on how much you can download in a day. Be sure you uncheck show All Mail in IMAP under Settings > Labels.

GMAIL'S RECOMMENDED IMAP CLIENT SETTINGS

Sending:

Do NOT save sent messages on the server. If your client is sending mail
through Gmail's SMTP2 server, your sent messages will be automatically
copied to the [Gmail]/Sent Mail folder.

DO save draft messages on the server. If you want your drafts in your mail
client to sync correctly with Gmail's web interface, set your client to save
drafts to the [Gmail]/Drafts folder.

Deleting:

Do NOT save deleted messages on the server. Messages that are deleted from
an IMAP folder (except for those in [Gmail]/Spam or [Gmail]/Trash) only have
that label removed and still exist in All Mail. Hence, your client doesn't
need to store an extra copy of a deleted message.

Do NOT save deleted messages to your [Gmail]/Trash folder because this will
delete a message in all folders.

Do NOT save deleted messages to your [Gmail]/All Mail folder as some clients
will try to empty this folder and ultimately fail. This can lead to delayed
mail access or excessive battery consumption on a mobile device.

Junk mail and spam:

Do NOT enable your client's junk mail filters. Gmail's spam filters also
work in your IMAP client, and we recommend turning off any additional
anti-spam or junk mail filters within your client. Your client's filter will
attempt to download and classify all of your existing messages, which may
slow down your client until the process is complete.