VPN and email

[adambeazley]

Hello,

I set up a VPN on the office server and I am not allowing split tunneling. Now I am trying to set up a laptop to access the VPN, the Outlook Exchange serve, internet and email. Igot the laptop connecting to the VPN and set it up to use the proxy on the server so that the laptop can access internet sites while connected to the VPN without creating a split tunnel. The laptop can also connect to the exchange server and can receive and send local office email via Exchange server. The problem I am having is getting the external email working. I dont think the server is allowing inbound and outgoing email via port 23. Is there a solution for this problem, aside from the obvious (allowing split tunneling)?? I do NOT want to do this as the security risk are too great. Is there a possible setting in outlook which would allow this?
thanks
Adam

 

[pmf71]

I assume you mean port 25 (SMTP).

external email, do you mean the remote user's private POP3 mail?

 

[adambeazley]

yes and yes
port 25 is what i meant.
And yes the VPN users email which is held on the ISP's pop3 server. I know an obvious solution is to just login to webmail but the exchange server at our office stores all the emails so they can be acessed anywhere.

 

[pmf71]

POP3 is port 110.

If it's a matter of the user being able to download POP3 mail from their OWN isp's POP3 server, THROUGH your corporate internet connection and VPN tunnel, all you have to do is make sure port 110 is let through all the way, and for sending mail you can use your company's exchange server SMTP service.