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August 1, 2005 at 11:34 pm #19274carlindsiMember
Hey guys,
I just started a new job, and management distributed an Internet Usage/Email policy. Of coure, instant messaging or chat of any kind is prohibited. This totally sucks. I was using Yahoo IM everyday at my old job, particularly to keep in touch with my guy who is overseas. I am so disappointed right now, I was hoping I might be able to contine that with this new position. Anyway, I’m sure I’m not the first person who has run into this. Can anyone come up with any suggestions to get around this? I have no idea what’s out on the market these days… I would even buy my own mini pc or palm pilot, etc. if I had to. Can someone help please??????????
August 1, 2005 at 11:52 pm #126943MartinBradleyMemberYou could buy your own pocket PC or something and use that, however if not using your place of employment’s PC’s for Instant Messaging is part of the conditions of employment, then I wouldn’t encourage breaking those.
August 2, 2005 at 10:55 am #126946sjnMembercarlindsi wrote:Hey guys,I just started a new job, and management distributed an Internet Usage/Email policy. Of coure, instant messaging or chat of any kind is prohibited. This totally sucks. I was using Yahoo IM everyday at my old job, particularly to keep in touch with my guy who is overseas. I am so disappointed right now, I was hoping I might be able to contine that with this new position. Anyway, I’m sure I’m not the first person who has run into this. Can anyone come up with any suggestions to get around this? I have no idea what’s out on the market these days… I would even buy my own mini pc or palm pilot, etc. if I had to. Can someone help please??????????
You could use your cell phone to exchange text messages via Yahoo Mobile. Although having a long conversation with someone that way would be annoying for me. Plus, carriers charge for text messages: sometimes you get a certain amount for free, sometimes you get a charge for each message. Also, you could get a cell phone with a browser built into it.
Two years ago, my company shut off all access to instant messaging, plus personal email websites (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.). It was supposed to be a temporary thing while a major virus was going around. They never gave us back the access, and I think more and more companies are adopting similar policies. IM environments are too vulnerable to security flaws, and if I had a company, I probably would limit or shut off access entirely.
August 2, 2005 at 12:28 pm #126947sunflowersMemberWhat about yahoo web messenger…Im not sure you need to download anything with that.
August 2, 2005 at 7:01 pm #126942Jeff HesterKeymasterif they block access to your favorite messenger you can use a proxy or shell account to bypass the rules. of course you’d have to trust the proxy you’re working with. you can also use a third party client that you can put on a floppy (hopefully you still have floppy drives). this way if they do a search on your computer for installed clients they will find nothing.
Miranda IM – small, supports proxies, and YIM! i suggest you download the zipped archive (no install required, fits on floppy ~960KB)
google search for free proxies
Metawire Network provide free shell, email, and webhosting (they most likely have text based clients available)
Putty A Free Telnet/SSH Client (fits on floppy ~200KB)August 3, 2005 at 12:47 am #126948carlindsiMemberWhat’s the difference between Yahoo Messenger and Yahoo Web Messenger?
August 3, 2005 at 11:32 am #126944MartinBradleyMemberYahoo Web Messenger allows you to do the same things as Yahoo Messenger, you just don’t have to download anything. It’s basically an online, java, slimmed down client.
August 6, 2005 at 5:08 am #126945EliteNickMemberTrue but I’m pretty sure if they don’t want them IMing they would have also blocked anything other than Yahoo.com like chat.yahoo.com, games.yahoo.com, ect.
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