Mail won't work when VPN is connected

I use VPN to blog for a newspaper, from home. I don't access the company's internal mail system--I just use VPN to get through security and use wordpress on the in-house servers.
But when I connect with VPN, mail stops working (for gmail, verizon.net, hotmail). I otherwise have full access to the internet; I can get gmail through the web, for example. But since I use Mail extensively, I'd like to be able to have it and VPN active at the same time.
My current workaround is just to use VPN for posting, then I get out. But this is a big hassle. Is there a mail setting that I can change that will let it work while (Cisco) VPN is active?
(I'm a freelancer using my own iMac, so I get no tech support from work.)

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/11941.html
Any chance that you have "Send all traffic over VPN connection" enabled ?
I use the OSX internal VPN to connect to my Office PC and can use Mail while VPN-connected.
Stefan

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