421 4.7.0 Error: Too many errors

After years of using Norton Antivirus I suddenly started getting the above message when I'm trying to send an email.

I disabled the outbound mail checking option to be able to send e-mails as described in: https://community.norton.com/en/forums/421-470-error-too-many-errors

But the above is not an actual fix. Has there been any development regarding this issue since October 2012?