If you have been having troubles accessing Gmail through IMAP on your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Android device then you will be glad to know you are not alone. There is currently some issues with accessing Gmail through email clients, as users are receiving an “mail service imap.gmail.com is not responding” error message.
AllThingsD was actually able to get a response from Google on the matter and they have mentioned they are aware of the problem and are implementing a fix.
We are aware of an issue where users are receiving an error that ‘”imap.gmail.com” is not responding’ when using IMAP on their computers, mobile devices, or tablets. We are currently working on resolving this issue.
In the meantime, you can sign in to Gmail through a web browser. For Android and iOS users, you can also download the Gmail application in the interim.
Right now the best solution to accessing your Gmail account on your mobile device would be to simply use the web version. This is not an issue with your iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad or Android device, but rather Google’s email service. As such, there is really nothing else you can do at this time.
Have you been experiencing problems with Gmail on your mobile device? Have you found a solution to the problem besides accessing Gmail through the web? Share your responses in the comments section below.
i and my wife have had this issue for about a month on our iPhones (4S) iOS 5 and IOS 6 beta 4
In Firefox I just clean the cookies and browser data then it works
What is being done to correct the problem? Very frustrating.
When is tis going to be fixed?it’s really frustrating.hope it’s been resolved at the earliest.
You would think that after 7 months from this post, Google would have figured out what the problem is and how to fix it. Been trying to figure out how to “fix” this for the past week. What a time waster. Google, will you please post a fix if there is one! Thanks
After I changed password , I am not getting my gmails in my i pod while in my laptop. I am getting.when ever I try,the following message comes up
“The mail server ‘imap.gmail.com’ is not responding.. Verify that you have entered correct account info in theMail setting.”
I do not know how to proceed to restore it Will some one guide me send a message to my email hngswamy@gmail.com which I receive on my laptop.
H N Gopalaswamy
my gmail messages are rejecting my login