How do I get my email to work.

My email worked great with Mavericks and before. Now I am unable to send and or receive emails on my Mac/Yosemite. the same account still works fine on my MacBook/ (not upgraded to Mavericks) and my iphones and ipads. I have spent hours with the ISP and Apple tech folks and is still a no go. Everything else is great, but I cannot use one of the very basic functions of the iMac...that is email. My iCloud account works fine, but my main email account does not work at all. I have checked and rechecked the ISP email settings, and run the various connection wizards and all that stuff.
below is the 1.17.2015 screenshot of the connection status. Does not change regardless of changes in port to others recommended by either the Apple or ISP folks. Got Ideas?

I did not delete the account for fear of losing hundreds of emails in various files. But, this was next thing to try if I did not get the email fixed pretty soon. My ISP tech suggested this as well. The ISP technician said they have now had sufficient numbers of Yosemite users with the exact same issue. They were able to help me fix the problem. The "Automatically detect and maintain Account Settings" was probably the culprit. I did also change the Port from 25 to 587 and found that the SSL block was automatically checked, again. My ISP tech thinks this may have been the problem. Every time I saved the Mail Account settings, I would go back to recheck and find the SSL block checked again. Once I unchecked the "Automatically detect and maintain Account Settings" the email resumed working and the SSL box remained unchecked.
Thank you for your input.

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