IPhone Mail vs. iMac Mail

When I check for mail on my iPhone it ties up my servers and the same account goes offline on my iMac mail. The only way I can get it back is to turn off my iPhone to 'free' up my account. The error message on my iMac makes it appear that my iPhone is staying online and not log out of my mail providers server.
I am using AT&T Worldnet.

I access my .Mac account as an IMAP account with no such problem - I keep the Mail application on my Mac launched and running checking the account for new messages while the Mail client on my iPhone is doing the same with no problems. This also allows for the spam filtering being done with the Mail application on my Mac to be reflected with the iPhone's email client.
I also access a business account as a POP account with my iPhone and I can't do the same. I cannot have the Mail application on my Mac checking the account for new messages at the same time as the iPhone's Mail client.
A POP account is designed to be accessed with a single email client only.

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