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Thunderbird no longer connects to all my e-mail servers if NordVPN is enabled

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Hi, I am running, on a Windows 10 laptop, Thunderbird 128.7.1esr (64-bit), which seems to be the latest version. If NordVPN (with all the Threat protections PRO options turned off) is on, and any server is chosen onto NordVPN, Thunderbird is no longer able to connect and download any message. I knew there were some issues if the NordVPN threat protections were on, but now I just cannot use Thunderbird anymore if NordVPN is on. I have about 20+ email addresses with different domain names, on different servers, and the connection problems occur with all of them. This does not happen if I run NordVPN on my android phone with another e-mail client, so I am starting to think that, for some reasons, Thunderbird and NordVPN have developed some sort of incompatibility.

Hi, I am running, on a Windows 10 laptop, Thunderbird 128.7.1esr (64-bit), which seems to be the latest version. If NordVPN (with all the Threat protections PRO options turned off) is on, and any server is chosen onto NordVPN, Thunderbird is no longer able to connect and download any message. I knew there were some issues if the NordVPN threat protections were on, but now I just cannot use Thunderbird anymore if NordVPN is on. I have about 20+ email addresses with different domain names, on different servers, and the connection problems occur with all of them. This does not happen if I run NordVPN on my android phone with another e-mail client, so I am starting to think that, for some reasons, Thunderbird and NordVPN have developed some sort of incompatibility.

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Toad-Hall
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It's nothing to do with Thunderbird.

In general, Servers do not like VPN because it hides your IP address, so the servers think you are a hacker and just block access. https://support.nordvpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/20281749016081-Why-can-t-I-send-email-messages

But what you could do is create split tunnel in VPN and set it up to let Thunderbird app use it. https://support.nordvpn.com/hc/en-us/articles/19618692366865-What-is-Split-Tunneling-and-how-to-use-it

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