Collecting E-mail from Work Server

Originally Posted by JamboUK

Although I am a little bit confused how the direct IP address works fine from everywhere but on the internal network - other than it must be the way the router is handling it.

Simple - when the firewall/router sees an address on the internal network that is not an internal address, it routes it to the Internet. It simply cannot 'wrap' the request back onto itself - just not sophisticated enough.

But then it was only designed for home/small office use.

[JamboUK]

Originally Posted by ScaredWebWarrior

Simple - when the firewall/router sees an address on the internal network that is not an internal address, it routes it to the Internet. It simply cannot 'wrap' the request back onto itself - just not sophisticated enough.

But then it was only designed for home/small office use.

Which I can understand. The address is an Internet IP address.... which is how it works when I am away from the Company network.

[SMHarman]

But when you are away from the network the router is not trying to send messages to itself.

[JamboUK]

Originally Posted by SMHarman

But when you are away from the network the router is not trying to send messages to itself.

True. This rings true because the same effect can be recreated via Remote Desktop. Works OK externally... use the same settings internally - thing falls over.

Thanks for helping me get my head around it. Appreciated.