Based on the bot reply here (
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=190792.0) I'm resubmitting these questions/issues to the SecureLine forum for Macs...
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Hello,
New Avast VPN customer. About to cancel. Experiencing significant problems sending/receiving email from Gmail AND Outlook.com with VPN connected. Disconnect and everything works fine. Researched this topic extensively on the web and Avast forum. No fixes to be found for OSX. Uninstalled/reinstalled VPN. Errors include: cannot connect with DNS servers, bla, bla, bla. Tried resetting the SMC several times and still not working.
1) What Gmail and Outlook.com servers (IP addresses) have been whitelisted by Avast so VPN can be used with webmail?
2) Is there a way to change this using browser-based UI for Gmail and Outlook.com, or do I need to configure with a client? If client, please provide settings to adjust for Apple Mail and Calendar.
3) What else can/should be done to make Avast VPN work seamlessly with Gmail and/or Outlook.com without having to disconnect VPN. Disconnecting defeats the purpose.
Thanks,
Jetster
Hardware: Macbook Pro
OSX: El Capital
Browsers: Chrome and Safari
Updates: Current on everything