Re: [Evolution] Evolution, VPNs and Google

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2019-04-19 at 15:23 -0500, Michael H Moran wrote:
> On Wed, 2019-04-17 at 09:13 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > On Tue, 2019-04-16 at 18:12 -0500, Japhering via evolution-list
> > wrote:
> >
> > Evolution  3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.1
> > Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
> > ProtonVPN  and any number of others
> >
> > What's the best practice for using Evolution across a VPN with GMail
> > ?
> >
> > It seems that every time I'm on a VPN  either incoming, outgoing or
> > both  operations fail.   Occaisionally,  I'll get
> > a Google notice that it blocked an attempted access, but it doesn't 
> > happen consistently.
> >
> > Can you access the Gmail account via the web interface? If so, there
> > is
> > no reason for Evolution to have any problems. Evo (and Gmail) aren't
> > even aware they are running on a VPN and there are no configuration
> > options for this. If this isn't working, the problem may be with your
> > VPN setup. (I've used ExpressVPN without any issues.)
>
> Evolution works flawlessly without a VPN .. and only half way when
> using a VPN.
>
> Imap
> Inbound is  port 993 with TLS on a dedicated port via password
> Outbound is  port 465 with TLS on a dedicated port via password
>
> As previously stated. Receiving always works .. with or without a VPN,
> while outbound only works without a VPN.

I just tested it with ExpressVPN, using an Evolution session that was
already running (i.e. I turned on the VPN without restarting Evo). My
settings are the same as yours. It worked perfectly. I don't know what
to suggest other than maybe trying a different VPN to see what happens
(for example a free trial version of ExpressVPN or NordVPN).

I'm sending this reply with the VPN turned on.

poc