This may work... Mail > View > Customize Toolbar allows you to add an "Add To Contacts" icon to your toolbar, and that should tell Mail that mail from that source isn't junk.
Don't forget that your IMAP or POP server or even some intermediate server can flag a message as suspected junk and Mail's Junk Mail filter recognizes and by default honors that flag. This can be disabled inMail > Preferences > Junk Mail by UNchecking Trust Junk Mail headers in messages.
I’ve done both of these and something worked. I had the Sender send me a test email, which arrived and went straight to the Inbox.
I intend to talk to the ISP technical help tomorrow.