Noticeable Alert when not connect + automatic attempts to connect

[goochman]

I'm using MS Outlook for Mac ver 16.29 on my employers Office365 account, and Outlook is frequently disconnected from the Exchange server without notifying me. The usual scenario is that I'll notice that I have not received new emails or meeting invitations for a while, but nothing in the Outlook interface suggests that there is a problem.

There are no red/yellow alert icons, exclamation marks, or popup alerts windows to let me now that Outlook has taken itself offline for some unknown reason, such that I am missing important office communications and appointments.


Is there a fix for this? If I look down at the bottom right corner of the Outlook main window, I can see "not connected" written in greyed out letters that blend in with the rest of the text on the status bar, but that will not get anyone's attention

I'd like to get a popup alert every few minutes saying "you are currently disconnected from Exchange, would you like to continue to work offline?" That would let me know I'm offline ( not connected ) so I can fix the connection issue and not miss important office communications.

A blinking red "not connected" notification in the bottom right of the status bar would also work.


Thank you,

JohnG

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