POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

Hi there,

I am wondering if it is possible to install an email client that uses
an alternative port to access pop3 mail or webmail. On my work PC, I
have a local drive that I can install small programs on. For example I
can install and use eprompter, but every time I restart the PC I have
to set up the accounts from scratch. I have a few gmail accounts, and
a few other pop3 accounts that I would like to keep track of throughout
the day without having to log in and put of various web pages. Outlook
Express will not work because presumably the network guys in my company
have blocked pop3 (port 110) access.


Is there any way around this? Even a web-based program that can let me
access my email accounts from within one page/interface? I have tried
so many webmail accounts that offer 'external pop3 access' but none of
them work with my gmail account because it uses a secure POP3 port
(995).

Any advice would be appreciated!

Miss JCK

Re: POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

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miss.jck@gmail.com writes:

> Hi there,
>
> I am wondering if it is possible to install an email client that uses
> an alternative port to access pop3 mail or webmail. On my work PC, I
> have a local drive that I can install small programs on. For example I
> can install and use eprompter, but every time I restart the PC I have
> to set up the accounts from scratch. I have a few gmail accounts, and
> a few other pop3 accounts that I would like to keep track of throughout
> the day without having to log in and put of various web pages. Outlook
> Express will not work because presumably the network guys in my company
> have blocked pop3 (port 110) access.
>
>
> Is there any way around this?

No, the only thing you can do, pretty much, is get yourself fired.

Unless the server offers access on an alternate port, and your client
supports that, there's little you can do. There might be some potential
approaches that might work, like using external Socks proxies, or ssh-based
tunnelling, but I'm fairly sure the technical level here is something you
may not be able to cope with.

Where I work the E-mail policy is crystal clear. Access to external E-mail
is forbidden, and there are very good reasons for that. Violations of that
policy will result in you getting fired. Again, for a very, very good
reason.

> Any advice would be appreciated!

The best bit of advice anyone can give you is stop goofing off at work, and
do what you're paid to do, instead of opening up an injection vector for
viruses and trojans to infect the corporate LAN.

If you've been paying attention to the news, you probably heard about
millions of credit card data that was stolen from Card Service. The media
coverage has been fairly well-rounded, but even though most folks wouldn't
pick this up from reading the stories, but for those with sufficient
requisite experience, it's fairly obvious that what probably happened is
some shithead poked his nose where he shouldn't, and got their internal LAN
infected with a custom-tailored trojan.



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Re: POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

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> I have a few gmail
> accounts, and a few other pop3 accounts that I would like to keep
> track of throughout the day without having to log in and put of
> various web pages. Outlook Express will not work because presumably
> the network guys in my company have blocked pop3 (port 110) access.
>
> Is there any way around this?

Sure. Just do the work you're hired to do without wasting the employer's
time and resources for your own private purposes. That's presumably why
outbound port 110 has been blocked.

Another alternative is to simply quit the job, so it can made available to
someone willing to work for their pay.

Re: POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

On 29 Jun 2005, miss.jck@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Is there any way around this? Even a web-based program that can let me
> access my email accounts from within one page/interface? I have tried
> so many webmail accounts that offer 'external pop3 access' but none of
> them work with my gmail account because it uses a secure POP3 port
> (995).

If you are able to use ssh (secure shell) on your system, you
could ssh to a remote system and then run pine or mutt on that
remote system to access your POP3 accounts. If you need a shell
account, I maintain a list here:



One that a lot of people like is:



Remote shell-based email is the old-fashioned way of having a
mobile, available-everywhere, "web-based" email.

Hope this helps,
Nancy

--
Nancy McGough ~ ~
IMAP, pine, procmail, data deflexion, infinity, and more
> > > Please keep the discussion in the group < < <

Re: POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:02:28 +0100, NM Public wrote:

> If you are able to use ssh (secure shell) on your system...

I wonder what his boss' IT minions would think of him using SSH to access
unauthorized sites? (Wondering if they might suspect him of slipping
proprietary information off site...)

--
Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

Re: POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

On 1 Jul 2005, NormanM wrote:
> On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:02:28 +0100, NM Public wrote:
>
>> If you are able to use ssh (secure shell) on your system...
>
> I wonder what his boss' IT minions would think of him using SSH to access
> unauthorized sites? (Wondering if they might suspect him of slipping
> proprietary information off site...)

I thought about saying "you might get in trouble or get fired if
you do this," but I figured that 1) he should be smart enough to
figure out if this is against company policy and 2) many others
in this thread have emphasized the dangers of breaking company
policy.

Anyway, I think a lot of people forget about good old remote Unix
shell accounts when they are trying to route around troublesome
network restrictions. For me, I use ssh tunnels and remote ssh
windows for about half of the stuff I do on the Net.

Nancy

--
Nancy McGough ~ ~
IMAP, pine, procmail, data deflexion, infinity, and more
> > > Please keep the discussion in the group < < <

Re: POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 09:23:32 +0100, NM Public
wrote:

>Anyway, I think a lot of people forget about good old remote Unix
>shell accounts when they are trying to route around troublesome
>network restrictions. For me, I use ssh tunnels and remote ssh
>windows for about half of the stuff I do on the Net.

You posted that link to free shells. Getting a free shell account is
nowhere near as easy as the info at that link implies. Can you
recommend an outfit that actually does provide free shell accounts?
(email welcome, I can provide references)

Steve Baker

Re: POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

On 2 Jul 2005, Steve Baker wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Jul 2005 09:23:32 +0100, NM Public
> wrote:
>
>> Anyway, I think a lot of people forget about good old remote Unix
>> shell accounts when they are trying to route around troublesome
>> network restrictions. For me, I use ssh tunnels and remote ssh
>> windows for about half of the stuff I do on the Net.
>
> You posted that link to free shells. Getting a free shell account is
> nowhere near as easy as the info at that link implies. Can you
> recommend an outfit that actually does provide free shell accounts?
> (email welcome, I can provide references)

I've got a list of links to pages that contain lists of links of
free shell accounts here:



I myself don't really use free (gratis) accounts* any more so I
don't have personal experience with any of these. (Except I do
have a freeshell.org account and they seem to be good, especially
considering that they are free!) If you are willing to pay, check
out the Dreamhost.com 777 promotion, which is only $0.77/month
for the first year and includes a nice Debian Linux shell. I have
details about Dreamhost here:



Hope this helps,
Nancy

*Except for accounts that are normally for-pay, but I get for
free because I write about providers and I need these accounts to
be able to accurately write about them.

--
Nancy McGough ~ ~
IMAP, pine, procmail, data deflexion, infinity, and more
> > > Please keep the discussion in the group < < <

Re: POP3 port blocked on my work PC - alternative email client?

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 17:27:08 +0100, NM Public
wrote:

>> You posted that link to free shells. Getting a free shell account is
>> nowhere near as easy as the info at that link implies. Can you
>> recommend an outfit that actually does provide free shell accounts?
>> (email welcome, I can provide references)
>
>I've got a list of links to pages that contain lists of links of
>free shell accounts here:
>
>
>
>I myself don't really use free (gratis) accounts* any more so I
>don't have personal experience with any of these.

OK, thanks. Sorry for saying thanks in such a tardy manner. Every
once in a while I take a shot at getting a free shell account as a
backup. There's always something, it seems. The outfit is gone, they're
not accepting applications just now, the telnet signup just doesn't
work, they're not really offering free shell accounts. I found this to
be true again, but I don't remember exactly which links I followed from
your site. I got discouraged after a dozen or so failures. Which
happens every year or so. ;-)

Steve Baker