>>If your VPN disallows other internet activity from the local machine while connected (some do, some don't), and if on the VPN you have the capability of internet access, I would opt for the VPN-used-the-Florida-internet theory.
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>>Hank
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>I think this particular VPN disallows other internet activity. Because as soon as I connected, Outlook started complain that it could not log into the email servers.

...and found a loophole through Florida.