Mail, AOL, Stops Receiving

I have been having a chronic problem since upgrading to Tiger from Panther. Receiving mail automatically at intervals from AOL (hybrid IMAP) simply stops. It works for a while and then does not work. Even a manual click of the Get Mail button produces no results.
On my Powerbook with Panther, never any problem. I'll be sitting at my desk, and a couple of hours go by and no mail. I click on Get Mail and no mail. Then annoyed colleagues start IM'ing and calling because they have no response from emails I have not seen.
Usually, quitting mail and restarting the mail application solves the problems, albeit temporarily. Then 20 messges might appear.
I have been patiently waiting for a fix, but none arrives in Tiger updates.
iMac 20 G5   Mac OS X (10.4.1)  
iMac 20 G5   Mac OS X (10.4.1)  

Steve,
Likewise. My mac.com mail comes into the Inbox normally, but my ISD account mail won't. Somehow the old Powerbook has been affected too!
As you say, 'Get Mail' produces no result.
After much wasted time and frustration I dumped the Account settings in Mail Preferences, and re-entered them.
That worked fine for about a week, but again, this weekend they stopped coming in, and working online is like watching grass grow.
I've got a new Intel iMac 20", (I wonder whether there's a clash?)
so I can't try the old Outlook Express to see if that works; no other options.
There's a bug here, Mr Jobs!
Patrick Irwin

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