Access Hotmail/yahoo at work

[mcquiggd]

I use a 3G phone/PDA with a POP3 client... also supports 'push' email like a blackberry. Can be had for £200 on eBay, easily sim unlocked, and I am now playing around with a hacked version of Windows Mobile 6 -which includes encryption of data on SD cards.

It's the Orange M5000 / Vodafone V1640 / O2 MDA Exec / Imate JasJar (all the same phone different badging).

Also works great with iGo GPS navigation software, which I prefer to TOM TOM 6....

[cojak]

I use my own laptop and data cards when on clients site. After all I am a contractor and not an employee so their rules / equipment dont apply to me.

Sockpuppet's solution (or a blackberry) is the only legal alternative.

Anything else will get you walked off the premises if caught.

[Mailman_1]

Yeah.. I vaguely seem to remember a website where you could enter a URL and it would hide it, allowing you to surf undetected, but maybe I dreamt this?

That was called "Safeweb". It's not around anymore coz it was being used for unsavoury surfing. Peedos and such i gather.

You could get round your hotmail/yahoo dilemma if there were unrestricted ports open on your network but you would need local technical knowledge to find out if they exist and what they had been setup as etc. They arent there as standard.

Unlucky!

[~Craig~]

you can get some good deals on 3g cards now. I think T-Mobile do an unlimited plan + card for £30 a month.

Would be good for the hotel/B&B too

[kirk]

I use my own laptop and data cards when on clients site. After all I am a contractor and not an employee so their rules / equipment dont apply to me.

phew; that must get expensive!

[Sockpuppet]

I use my own laptop and data cards when on clients site. After all I am a contractor and not an employee so their rules / equipment dont apply to me.

[kirk]

CGI Proxy hosted on your own server

[ratewhore]

My company blocks yahoo/hotmail etc, is there anyway around this?

If it's your company, change the rules...

[Zed!]

If they block it they have a reason to, not saying it's a good one mind, and will therefore probably be upset with you if they find out you have deliberately circumvented it. Use a web enabled phone or PDA if you really can't live without your Hotmail fix.

good point

[DaveB]

If they block it they have a reason to, not saying it's a good one mind, and will therefore probably be upset with you if they find out you have deliberately circumvented it. Use a web enabled phone or PDA if you really can't live without your Hotmail fix.

[Zed!]

They probably also block all POP3 and known Webmail as well?

Yeah.. I vaguely seem to remember a website where you could enter a URL and it would hide it, allowing you to surf undetected, but maybe I dreamt this?

[freakydancer]

My company blocks yahoo/hotmail etc, is there anyway around this?

Upstream proxy - unlimited access.

Oh yes!

[ASB]

My company blocks yahoo/hotmail etc, is there anyway around this?

They probably also block all POP3 and known Webmail as well?

[Zed!]

My company blocks yahoo/hotmail etc, is there anyway around this?