Mail keeps wanting to fetch new emails, freezes all activity

[djm87]

I have a Macbook Pro 10.9.5, ever since updating to 10.9 I have had issues with my Gmail account and Mail. About 15 or so times a day I will not be able to send or receive emails. I go into Activity and it has either 'Gmail Fetching new email 1 of xxxx (ATM it's 156,407) or "Gmail Synchronizing 'All Mail - Gmail' 1 of xxxx".
I have tried to re-add the mail account but that made it worse. I have tried to google the issue and have not had any luck.
Any ideas on how to stop this or why it keeps happening?
Any help would be appreciated!

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[MyopicPaideia]

I have a Macbook Pro 10.9.5, ever since updating to 10.9 I have had issues with my Gmail account and Mail. About 15 or so times a day I will not be able to send or receive emails. I go into Activity and it has either 'Gmail Fetching new email 1 of xxxx (ATM it's 156,407) or "Gmail Synchronizing 'All Mail - Gmail' 1 of xxxx".
I have tried to re-add the mail account but that made it worse. I have tried to google the issue and have not had any luck.
Any ideas on how to stop this or why it keeps happening?
Any help would be appreciated!

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How big is your Gmail account? It can take a couple of days for this activity to settle down if you have a huge email account, but it eventually will, have to be patient. I really wish Apple could do a bit better with the mail app in this regard, there is otherwise nothing better and more clean out there as a a desktop mail client.