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title: "Why can't I send email messages? | Nordlayer Help"
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# Why can't I send email messages?

If you are using an email client such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or Apple Mail, you may come across an issue where your email messages:

- Cannot be sent but can be received
- Cannot be received but can be sent
- Cannot be sent nor received

(There are no issues when you access your email from a web browser.)

To solve the problem, try the following:

- Change the outgoing and incoming mail ports your email client uses. Our service blocks traffic over the insecure port 25, so use other commonly used e-mail ports such as 587 or 465
- Disable the Web Protection feature in the application settings
- Switch to a different NordLayer server. Your email provider may be blocking access to its email services from IP addresses of a known VPN server. Switching to a different NordLayer server may help

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