I configured Outlook 2007 b2 to work w/ Exchange and pull my mail but
it seems that when my VPN dies (automatically every so often) i can't
reconnect to Exchange w/o deleting my old Exchange "account" and
creating it again.  It goes like this:

1)  I add my Exchange account and everything works fine until i walk
away from my computer and VPN dies (overnight for example).  At this
point a send/receive throws an error that "the requested operation
cannot be performed on this account".  This after i've reconnected VPN
etc. as i normally would and even try restarted Outlook (at which point
it DOES prompt me to login to my Exchange server account which is weird
but i don't get the "connected to Exchange" business i'm used to seeing
in the bottom of 2007).

2)  Only way i can retrieve my mail (so far) is to delete the Exchange
account from account manager and recreate it...  then everything works
again for a spell (cycle above).

Anyone got any clues?  For a test, is there a way to force Outlook 2007
b2 to connect to my Exchange account (and get me back to the state
where i see the "connected to exchange" in the status bar at the
bottom?

HELP!!!