"Connection Failed" Error message on ALL email accounts (all are different)

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I have the paid version of eM Cleint yet it has not worked for the last week.
No matter what email carrier, it says " This could be caused by temporary server unavailability or incorrect settings. Please check the settings or click on the warning symbol to try to connecting again"

Is there a way to get a refund? No matter what I do, mail will not come through. It is affecting work.

I have Version 8.2.147 (04b618f)

Thank you for any help you can offer

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I think I may have figured out that it was the Antivirus software preventing messages from coming through.

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Have you tried stopping your anti-virus and VPN apps?