Does anyone use a VPN with Em client? If so, when it is running (vpn) does it disable em client?
If not, thats great. From what I understand VPN’s block port 25 and that is what I use.
Hopefully, someone will have an answer.
Thanks
Dan
I and my collegues are constantly using VPN and working with eM-Client and have no problem in this regard. But VPN does not equal VPN. We are using Split-Tunnel-VPN, so that not all traffic is routed through the VPN. So that would not help you in your question, whether that would work in your case. Couldn’t you just test it and see what happens?
jueves 30 julio 2026 :: 1639hrs (UTC +0100)
Hey @dsalemmo
We use Surgshark VPN from numerous locations with no issues.
I have just checker and one client account is as below - no reported issues
smtp.gmail.com
Port 25
Use STARTTLS (always)
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Today I installed WireGuard client on my Windows 11 laptop.
As long as the client is active, I get SocketErrorCode=TimedOut in the emClient Log .
I am accessing smtp.gmail.com on port 587 with [Use STARTTLS (always) ]
When I execute in a PowerShell window : tnc smtp.gmail.com -port 587 the ping is succeeding, but the TcpTestSucceeded = False.
I tried to set MTU = 1390 in the [Interface] section of my .conf file, but without any success.
Unfortunately WireGuard is offering no split-tunneling feature…
On the VPN server I obtained also a connection timeout for
curl -v http://smtp.gmail.com:587
I still have to find out if there is a firewall issue on the VPN server… (I only activated it today).
I restarted my Windows 11 laptop, and after logging in, immediately activated the WireGuard client.
Meanwhile, emClient was still on the process of launching, and when it finally got up and running, the formerly failing sent message was successfully sent !
So it looks like a mail client does not like your external IP address being changed while it is active. Even restarting emClient did not help. I had to restart the laptop and immediately activate the tunnelclient.
Thanks for the information…