1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/interimap b/interimap
index 45a6643..54ae0aa 100755
--- a/interimap
+++ b/interimap
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ foreach my $name (qw/local remote/) {
     $config{name} = $name;
     $config{'logger-fd'} = $LOGGER_FD if defined $LOGGER_FD;
     $config{'compress'} //= ($name eq 'local' ? 0 : 1);
+    $config{keepalive} = 1 if $CONFIG{watch} and $config{type} ne 'tunnel';
 
     $IMAP->{$name} = { client => Net::IMAP::InterIMAP::->new(%config) };
     my $client = $IMAP->{$name}->{client};