Saturday, December 1, 2007

How to access gmail when it is blocked at work or school ...

My friend Deva asked me if there was a quick way to get around the firewall that keeps him from being able to access his Gmail at work. I was surprised at how easy it is.I don’t understand why Gmail gets blocked at work. I think it is much better that people are having their personal conversations ,instead of representing the company with every list of jokes, funny images, or comical videos they forward.But enough of my diatribe against poor policies in the workplace. You can access Gmail using a different URL! They usually only block some of the web addresses.


Use different web addresses

Instead of using http://mail.google.com use https://mail.google.com

You can also try

http://www.gmail.com or https://www.gmail.com
http://gmail.com or https://gmail.com
http://m.gmail.com or https://m.gmail.com
http://googlemail.com or https://googlemail.com
http://mail.google.com/mail/x/ or https://mail.google.com/mail/x/

1 comment:

Acess Gmail from Work said...

Our office admin has blocked the access to gmail along with many other social networking sites. But to access gmail from work i am using "Hotspot Shield" free VPN that allow me to access gmail, youtube, facebook and other restricted websites very easily.