IMAP server has closed connection

[tim mclendon]

Unable to access mail due to the following error. I uninstalled McAfee, and it still won't work. Any suggestions?

Unable to send or receive messages for the imap.gmail.com account. Your 'Inbox' folder was not polled for its unread count. Your IMAP server has closed the connection. This may occur if you have left the connection idle for too long.
Server Response: Temporary System Error
Server: 'imap.gmail.com'
Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x800CCCDD
Protocol: IMAP
Port: 993
Secure(SSL): Yes

 

[richc46]

Welcome
That notice gives you all the possible reasons except the most common. It happens to everyone, me included. Wait a few days the email server is down. There may be a notice to that affect on the web site.