Inactivity policy and email clients

Inactivity policy and email clients

I've just signed up with a free zoho email account.
1. Will I have to manually login through the mail.zoho.com website to keep my account active even if I set up local mail client using imap/pop to download my zoho emails?
2. If I set up my main gmail account to connect with my zoho account and retrieve zoho emails periodically into my gmail account, do I still have to login occasionally into my zoho account to avoid account inactivity.