SEP 12.1.4 BLOCKS INCOMING EMAIL

I recently upgraded to the latest version of SEP 12.1.4 and it blocks all my incoming POP3 email. I use Outlook for my email and I also use a 3rd party email notifier to notify me of new emails.  Both of these cannot receive email.

If I disable <Internet Email Auto-Protect> in SEP, everything works fine.  There seems to be a default policy that blocks all incoming email in this new version.

Does anyone know of a solution to this apart from disabling or uninstalling the 'Internet Email Auto-Protect' component?

Any info would be greatly appreciated.