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GMAIL UNABLE TO CONNECT TO“EMAIL” APP ON SAMSUNG J5 PHONE – WHY?

My problem relates to the “EMAIL” App on my Samsung J5 phone.

Previously I used this “EMAIL” App to connect to my gmail.com email account.
This “EMAIL” App stopped receiving my gmail emails last week.

I removed the account & tried to re establish it, but it won’t connect to Gmail (either automatically or manually). All I get is the message “unable to connect to server to verify your account information”

(1) Why is this happening - why won’t gmail connect?

(2) Is this “EMAIL” App on my J5 phone one of the Android (third party) apps that Gmail considered wasn’t secure & has been locked out by gmail/google?
 

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