VPN problem solved.

[Michael Havens]

Thanks. It will prove useful!
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:59 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan at gmail.com>wrote:

>  You might remember the problem I had with sending mail while the VPN was
> connected.  I just got that fixed.  I can't take the credit.  I finally
> contacted the people at vpnsecure.me and Shane gave me the solution.
>
> First I had to add this to the hosts file.
> 74.125.137.16 smtp.googlemail.com
>
> Then I had to enter this.  10.0.0.1 is my router's IP address.
> route add -net 74.125.137.16 netmask 255.255.255.255 gw 10.0.0.1
>
> Then I was advised to put that in /etc/rc.local which I haven't done yet.
> After following the instructions it worked.  I thought I would pass along
> the solution in the event someone else finds it useful.
>
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>
> Patrick Moore
>
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