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Cant send emails from gmail or yahoo when connected to vpn

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I use a vpn to mask my IP address. When I am connected through my VPN I cannot send emails from my gmail or yahoo accounts through thunderbird If i disconect vpn they go through fine

I use a vpn to mask my IP address. When I am connected through my VPN I cannot send emails from my gmail or yahoo accounts through thunderbird If i disconect vpn they go through fine

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Thanks for suggestion I changed connection security to STARTTLS and they work

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Just a guess, but if you change the outgoing server name to an IP address such as 74.125.136.108 for Gmail, does it work?

https://support.hidemyass.com/entries/24893686-SMTP-Sending-emails-while-connected-to-VPN#thunderbird

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Thanks for suggestion I changed connection security to STARTTLS and they work