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Mon 28 Feb, 2005 12:38 pm
I got to work today and discovered that my piece of sh*t scumbag company has now decided to block all employees from using any web-based e-mail accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.). When we try to go to any sights with the word "webmail" somewhere in the code for that page, we get a page that says:
"The request was denied, as specified in the SmartFilter Content Filter configuration. The content category reported is Webmail."
Is there any way around this? I don't really care all that much, except in that I feel it's yet another little way that the corporate weasels are making the work environment just a little bit more cold and hellish. My buddy is really pissed though. Can anyone help him out?
(bookmarking -- my place did that in '02...)
Try using the IP address instead of the URL. Do an nslookup on the URL and paste the returned IP into the browser bar.
Thanks, cjhsa. Will give that a shot.
Using the IP addy will probably get you to the site but as soon as you click on any link you'll be sunk again.
The only effective way I've found to get around this sort of thing is by using a secure (possibly anonymous) proxy out on the web someplace.
Fishin', you're right. That is what happened when my friend tried it.
I have only the slimmest grasp of what you mean by a secure proxy out on the web, but my friend who is trying to beat this thing will, I'm sure, know exactly what you mean. I'll tell him about your possible solution tomorrow morning.
Thanks
Have him take a look here:
http://www.the-cloak.com/anonymous-surfing-faq.html
That's just one of several possibilities. The ideal situation would be to setup your own proxy on a machine at home and restrict access to yourself.
at least you still have a2k!
Bastid's !!!!!! Eh Kicky
Do they realy think you show up in the morning to work for them ???
Lot of companies doing this,, Hell my company hasn't yet, But the owners just ordered me a Blackberry so I can be with them even when I m away
Do a Google search on "free Internet proxy server"
littlek wrote:at least you still have a2k!
Yes, and thank god for that. The day they take A2K away from me is the day that I spray my floor with machine gun fire.
I'll let my friend know about all your ideas, guys. Appreciate it!
of course you were <looking over shoulder>
Hey Kicky – seeing we are fellow employees I thought the same way as you when I first read about this block. Later I realized there could actually be a legitimate reason for this beyond irritating their employees even more and denying more benefits and making our lives as miserable as possible. If found out that many companies do this now, more because it is a way to help prevent computer viruses. However, my guess is that our company is doing this just to make us more miserable, but as a bonus they will decrease the chances of computer viruses. They just found out about this later and used this as the main reasoning.
I work for a european company and we have a lousy dental plan to go along with the overactive spam/virus/perfectly valid e-mail blocking. Is anyone surprised a euro company has a bad dental plan?
if it'll make y'all feel any better, i am now suddenly able to get my yahoo mail @ work
must be a glitch -- i doubt they'd suddenly allow this again, after blocking it for nearly 3 years...
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