Annoying Mail problem -- Mail thinks it's not connected, but it is.

My mail.app shows warning icons (grayed out exclamation points) to the right of each of my email accounts. Even though I am able to receive/send, mail seems to think the connection is not working. When I click on the icon, it reads:
*There may be a problem with the mail server or network. Check the settings for account “(accountname)” or try again.*
*The server error encountered was: The attempt to read data from the server “(servername.com)” failed.*
The stupid thing about this is, it's connected, and I'm getting my mail. On occasion, one of the accounts will get grayed out and seemingly be not connected, but for the most part, I am able to send and receive mail fine.
All of my accounts are IMAP and I am using port 26 to send since my ISP blocks port 25, and I've been doing this with no problems for years...now all of a sudden it's become a problem.
-Ken

I am having a very similar problem with Mail.app and four IMAP accounts, checking every minute.
I'm getting those little grey exclamation warning triangles and it's not consistent which one appears. Sometimes even two appear.
I can reliably send e-mail from a grey account, which automatically turns the warning off, but checking e-mail on an account that has gone grey doesn't work.
Connection doctor reliably shows green lights all the way. The only workaround I've found is to "Go offline" and then "Go online" ... this seems to temporarily clear the clog but it's not a real solution.
I've tried restarting, etc. but this issue hasn't gone away. Perhaps this is an issue that has cropped up in a recent update?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!

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