Alaza
Hi there.
So I've setup an OpenVPN server on a Linksys E2000 router on my network, to access a mail-server that is behind a firewall. The mail-server is an Ubuntu mail server with the IP range of 192.168.0.X, and the OpenVPN range is the 10.8.0.X suggested by the router.
Now, first of all, it is my first time meddling with OpenVPN, so I have not done any form of NAT-translation, ie. the two IP ranges.
If I now try and connect a Windows 7 setup with Outlook, being on the OpenVPN connection, to the mail-server, pointing at the mail-server's OpenVPN IP of 10.8.0.X, I can retrieve e-mail. However, I can't send.
What could be the issue here?
Thank you
krzee
if you can receive email over the vpn... the vpn is working fine. to figure out why your email client cant send email, debug your mail/smtp server
Alaza
The thing is, I have no problems sending e-mails when I'm on the 192.168.0.X LAN and pointing directly to it in Outlook - it's only when I'm using OpenVPN.
krzee
so maybe your server has something in an ACL based on subnet, im telling you this is NOT an openvpn issue
once you had ping, openvpn was done 😉
trust me, check your smtp server logs!
Alaza
Okay, so just to be clear: Even though I can send e-mails when I'm not on the VPN connection, it shouldn't be the VPN connection?
And with the ACL, you think it's because of the mail-server denying outgoing post for a certain IP range?
krzee
your problem is not that you cant reach the vpn server by vpn ip, its that your mail connectivity stops working when you try to access it using the vpn ip.
