Hi there, On Wed, 23 Apr 2014, Christian Dysthe wrote:
I'm running Evolution 3.10.4 on Ubuntu GNOME 14.04. I am not able to send mail over an OpenVPN connection with one of my IMAP accounts, but can send from others (this mail is sent with Gmail while on the VPN). I get the following error message after a while when trying to send from this particular account: "Cound not connect to "mail.XXXXXX.com:587: I/O operation timed out". I can send with this account when not on the VPN. ...
There are at least four areas that need to be investigated. Remember that the OpenVPN connection between the two parties (client and server) will be using different IP addresses from those used when the communications are not routed over the VPN. This means that 1. The server and client must have correctly configure routes, so that the packets can actually cross the network from client to server and back. If your VPN is actually up (check the OpenVPN logs) then the routes are set up more or less OK for the non-VPN IP addresses, but that doesn't mean they're OK for the VPN addresses. They might not exist at all. The routes are usually created by configuration statements in the OpenVPN configuration files after the VPN becomes ready, and usually deleted when the VPN is closed down. 2. The server and client must be sending and receiving on the correct IP. It is possible that the server is not listening to the VPN IP at all. That's decided by the server administrator. 3. Any firewalls in the path must be configured to pass the VPN packets. That's decided by the firewall administrator(s). If for example it's an iptables firewall, you're looking for FORWARD rules or similar. 4. If you access the server by its FQDN, the nameserver which gives out the IP address needs to know the VPN IP address. If it returns some public IP address then the client will send packets there instead of to the VPN address. That's largely up to you (for example you could put something in /etc/hosts, or run your own nameserver) or possibly whoever administers your DNS service if you're using one. Have you tried to access this server using its VPN IP address instead of its FQDN? -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
