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Problems using Thunderbird behind VPN with Gmail

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nholloway2007
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I use a VPN for general web browsing purposes. However, I have trouble sending emails from behind the VPN using Thunderbird. I can receive just fine, and, after changing the connection security on the account from SSL/TLS to STARTTLS, I can send and receive with no problems....but I have an error with copying the email to the sent folder.

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I use a VPN for general web browsing purposes. However, I have trouble sending emails from behind the VPN using Thunderbird. I can receive just fine, and, after changing the connection security on the account from SSL/TLS to STARTTLS, I can send and receive with no problems....but I have an error with copying the email to the sent folder. Any suggestions?

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Matt
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do you have issues if you disable email scanning in your anti virus program? My guess is it is messing up on the secure connection your server needs.

nholloway2007
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That would be a viable option if I had AV software. I'm running Thunderbird in Ubuntu Linux, haha.

Matt
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haha, so why the VPN. It could also not be able to cope with encrypted connections.