Good day, everyone!

I'm using Outlook 2002 and Gmail's IMAP service. I'm trying to figure out
where the fault lies with my issue.

My issue is that Outlook will lose connection to Gmail's IMAP service after
a period of inactivity, which prevents me from knowing when I receive new
email during this loss of connection. I have to enable a POP3 check to
indicate I have mail in case the connection has failed. I have this
incoming mail then automatically deleted.

Has anyone had this problem? Is this an issue with Outlook or Gmail's IMAP
service or just the nature of the beast?

Does anyone have an alternative to having a POP3 check to see if I have
mail? I can get duplicate alerts sometimes if I check the IMAP before the
POP3 checks.

Thanks in advance for your great help!

-Kevin