Mail just stops receiving email

Mail just stops receiving mail randomly and multiple times through out the day. We are using an in house IMAP mail server. I can use Sparrow, PostBox, etc and it never stops receiving using those clients. All I have to do to get Mail working again is close Mail and then restart. It will work for a few hours then stop receiving. When it is not receiving and can still send. I have IMAP set up on my iPhone and it continues to receive even when Mail stops. It has got to be a setting or something in Mail I just can find what it is. I am running and iMac 3.4ghz, I7 with 16GB RAM, 256K SSD and 1TD SATA, and Mountain Lion 10.8.2. Any assistance would be appreciated. I don't want to use the other clients, I would rather use Apple Mail.
Thanks.

I re-booted and it went away... for now. Will get back to you when it happens again so I can describe it.

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