After you enroll in 2-Step Verification, for any mobile devices or desktop applications that stop accessing Google (including IMAP email clients), create an application-specific password and enter it into the device/application instead of your normal password. This is a one-time process--(see Application-specific passwords).
I just enrolled in 2-Step Verification, and now I can't access email on my phone.
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