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yellowsmiley
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Can't access email servers using Wireguard VPN.
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May 12, 2023, 05:03:55 am »
I used
this guide on the forums
and got NordVPN working with Wireguard. Everything works except my emails which are hosted through iCloud with a custom domain name, the servers keep timing out when trying to connect. Every now and again it connects and my emails come through but very intermittently.
Things I've tried to troubleshoot:
Drop MTU to 1280
Used the WireGuard app, email works fine so it's not iCloud blocking Wireguard
Email works with OpenVPN so it's not the provider
Running nslookup on the server returns an IP so it's connecting
Tried to put in a firewall rule as instructed by ChatGPT but I'm a newb and couldn't get it working
The servers are as follows if it helps at all?
p63-imap.mail.me.com
p63-smtp.mail.me.com
I've been trying to troubleshoot with ChatGPT and it's worked for some stuff before but I can't solve this. I'm not sure if this is an issue with Wireguard settings or firewall rules or something else? Something to note: the email settings are very basic and not much can be changed there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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yellowsmiley
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Re: Can't access email servers using Wireguard VPN.
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May 12, 2023, 07:16:13 am »
Nevermind with some better googling I
found this thread
which explains it's a common problem. There's a post with a good workaround explaining you can route the mail ports with a firewall rule through OpenVPN or the WAN
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