Windows 10: Not receiving emails in Outlook 2013 except when toggling offline mode

Windows 7 32bit 7601

Recently Outlook 2013 has stopped receiving emails or is receiving emails inconstantly. I have checked and rechecked the server settings with Spectrum email and everything checks out and I get the emails just fine on my iphone using the same server settings. I uninstalled AVAST, quick repaired and fully repaired MS Office 2013 as well as completely reinstalled office, started Outlook in safemode and disabled all add-ins in normal mode. I even click the send and receive button but no emails come through. After weeks of trial and error the only way I have been able receive emails temporarily is to toggle Outlooks offline mode. When I toggle it off, then on again emails come through immediately for a certain period of time. Then I will notice emails don't come through anymore so I toggle Outlook's offline mode again and 20 emails come through as if the emails were stuck or as if Outlook automatically goes into offline mode even though it says it is not. Oddly enough I can send emails just fine with no delay. So sending of emails works perfectly and without issue even when receiving emails doesn't work.

I am stumped. Any suggestions?

List of things I have done so far:

1. I uninstalled AVAST so there is no more antivirus software currently installed or turned on.
2. Performed a quick repair and full repaire of MS Office 2013 through control panel using the "change button".
3. Completely reinstalled MS Office 2013.
4. Started Outlook in safemode.
5. Disabled all add-ins in normal mode.
6. Clicking the send and receive button but no emails come through.
7. Checked and rechecked server settings.
8. Sending of emails works fine even when receiving emails doesn't work.
9. Created a new Outlook profile and problem persists.

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I'm a tech on a site with tens of thousands of computers running Windows 10 (Version 10.0.17763.1282) and I just got a call from a customer saying Outlook is in offline-mode. This is easy to fix, I just go to "Send / Receive" and exit offline-mode and everything works again. However, customer claims that Outlook automatically toggles Offline-mode on and have done so multiple times last week. This is confirmed by my colleagues.

After some research at Google the answer seem to be that the customer is guaranteed to toggle it themselves using a hotkey, probably without them knowing they do so. However it does seem unlikely because this machine is only used for Outlook and the customer is working primarily on another machine.

I ask you if you know any reason at all for Outlook toggling Offline-mode. If not, are there any logs I can take a closer look at? Is the only solution to install a keylogger and see if the user is indeed triggering it with the hotkeys?

Edit: Clarification: Outlook is open at all times and then spontaneously Offline-mode is activated. When opening Outlook it is always online.

Kind regards from Sweden