bucking the system

[kobear at sharedbrain.net]

You've already been flamed for using Gimp for IM, so I will not do it too... ;)

AIM can listen to port 53 for AIM traffic, so if your firewall allows DNS
lookups outside of your organization, you could *blend in* with DNS traffic.

I have done it in the past with Trillian - no reason why it would not work on
Gaim.

HTH,
Kyle


Quoting Ted Draper <Ted.Draper at trekinc.com>:

> I use Gimp for instant messaging but would like to know if there is a way to
> change how Gimp looks to a server? (i.e. have th e server see it as another
> application, for example Internet explorer)?  I'd like to use Gimp at work
> but I know the access will be blocked by the server and I'm looking for a way
> around it.  thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org]On Behalf Of
> Mark Musone
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:21 AM
> To: nflug at nflug.org
> Subject: RE: Using Web-based email accounts with TBird or Mozilla?
>
>
> There is a great piece of software called web2pop:
> http://www.jmasoftware.com/english/
>
>
> it's a POP/webmail proxy..it acts as a normal pop server, but accesses your
> email via the web interface of many many web email services..
>
> I know there are smaller less equivalent linux based ones (kinda like
> fetchmail) that do the same I'll see if I can find any..if they exist,
> they'd be on freshmeat: www.freshmeat.net
>
>
> I personally _love_ gmail. I've been in the email business for years now
> (the likes of hotmail..etc..) and I've been extremely impressed with gmail
> for many reasons.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nflug at nflug.org [mailto:owner-nflug at nflug.org] On Behalf Of Joe
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:25 AM
> To: NFLUG
> Subject: Using Web-based email accounts with TBird or Mozilla?
>
> Hi.  I've never used a Web-based email account like gmail/hotmail/yahoo.
>
> Is it possible to configure an email program like Thunderbird (or <gasp>
> Lookout Express) to read the email into my computer just like it works
> when I get email from my regular ISP?
>
> Hopefully this won't start a flame war, etc., but aside from not really
> wanting to patronize M$ by using hotmail, are some web based email
> systems better than others?  I know a lot of people seem to like gmail.
>
> Joe
>
> --
> " . . . as long as the heart beats, as long as body and soul keep together,
> I cannot admit that any creature endowed with a will has need to despair of
> life." -- Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth
>
>
>
>




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