It certainly is odd!
Anyway, today I went to download my emails with outlook as I normally would, but I now get the error:
Reported error (0x8004210
: Outlook is unable to connect to you incoming (POP3) e-mail server.
I checked the settings and they all appeared to be correct.
In the end I just checked my email via MEWebmail instead, then deleted my mailbox and recreated it, so we will see what happens with regards to receiving my emails now!
I still can't download my emails via outlook though... This has never been a problem before!