BigPond requires that Thunderbird use SMTP Authentication when email seems to come from outside of their network,  like when a VPN session is running.
Note that email will never work through proxy hosts or VPN hosts that are blacklisted, which is very likely if you are using a commercial VPN service.
			
									
									
						Can't connect to email server when using SoftEther
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				dajhorn
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				mesa57
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Re: Can't connect to email server when using SoftEther
With local bridging (layer 2) Bigpond sees you're client as connected directly, so sending mails should not be a problem.
			
									
									
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				thisjun
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Re: Can't connect to email server when using SoftEther
If you want to sent a mail while using VPN, you should add a route to the mail server.
			
									
									
						