Can't access my mail accounts since updating

On my iPhone, when I try & access my email accounts a new page appears "welcome to mail". When I select the account I want (hotmail, gmail or apples me.com) I am told the account already exist. Never had a problem before. I sure I'm being an idiot, but could someone please help.

Danny and BDAqua,
Thank you for introducing this problem.
I have been having the same problem with a twist. I have 6 active email accounts that are normally checked by Apple Mail. After installing the most recent security update this morning, 4 of the 6 accounts stopped connecting to their respective ports. Two of them are POP accounts (both on port 995), two are IMAP (ports 993 and 143), all four use SSL in the advanced settings. Of the two accounts that still work, one is an IMAP account (port 143), the other is a POP account (port 110), both without SSL. Firewall is on.
Mail Connection Doctor says:
"Could not connect to this POP server. Check your network connection and that you entered the correct information in the Accounts preferences. Also verify that the server supports SSL. If it does not, uncheck the "Use SSL" checkbox in the advanced tab of Account preferences."
All four accounts require use of SSL.
I have tested their connections on two different wireless modems and an ethernet connection to the same network as one of the wireless setups. No change.
I have tried turning off my firewall. No change.
I have tried adding a Firewall Port connection for ports 995, 993, and 143 as both TCP and UDP numbers (independently and together). No change.
Any other suggestions?

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