Behind an annoying firewall

**ilcarletto** · #1 01-07-2016

So 2016 started in my office great and the firewall setting of the place where I work got tighter.

I cannot acces private mail anymore. I use GMail but all webmail interfaces have been blocked/banned (Hotmail, Yahoo! ...all of them).

I am not the administrator of the machine so I cannot install anything tricky.

Is there a workaround? Can I access to GMail via VPN/VPS from a web interface?

Any other solution?

JamesNorth101 · #2 01-07-2016

Can you access any sort of email?

If so, you could have all your emails into gmail forwarded

**ilcarletto** · #3 01-07-2016

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesNorth101

Can you access any sort of email?

If so, you could have all your emails into gmail forwarded

I am testing other services, no luck up to now but I'd also like to be able to remotely answer from the same email address as GMail can do...

JamesNorth101 · #4 01-07-2016

I know there are some email clients about that you could intergrate your gmail into without needing to install software. Worth having a google to see if any of them work for you

**ilcarletto** · #5 01-08-2016

I just want to post in here my conclusions on the issue I had just for the benefit of other members who might be in similar situation.

JamesNorth101 suggestion is valuable and I did find a workaround using another webmail where I could route my emails but... I decided not to go that route.

One thing I have learned in here is "to have full control" of the business I am running even if it is very small business...
So, if I cannot get advantage of my office connection and I have to find other complicated solutions I rather prefer get rid of it.

Got myself a laptop that was dismissed and bought a USB internet dongle with enough Gb traffic I can handle all my accounts.

I am ready to go

P.S.: thanks anyway JamesNorth101.

Burger Box Man · #6 01-08-2016

In my work gmail.com was blocked but mail.google.com wasn't. Both are the same thing.

**ilcarletto** · #7 01-08-2016

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Originally Posted by Burger Box Man

In my work gmail.com was blocked but mail.google.com wasn't. Both are the same thing.

...lucky you. Probably your network administrators doesn't know what they are doing.
Not quite the same situation in here.

empirestate · #8 01-08-2016

Use a web based proxy. This will fix your problem.