:-(

[winterbadger]

Sadly, our work ssytem is smart enough to block gmail along with other types of webmail. And here I thought this might be a way around those barriers.

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[chelona.livejournal.com]

Yep, my work too. That is why my email is at fotki.com now.

[robbysmom.livejournal.com]

wowo, I didnt get a gmail invite (pout).

[winterbadger]

I will send you one when I get home. :-)

Anyone else want one?

[selki.livejournal.com]

ssh to a shell account?

[winterbadger]

What is that, and how does one do it?

[selki.livejournal.com]

Shell accounts are (generally UNIX) command-line accounts; one uses command-line email (such as pine) and newsreaders (such as tin). Not all ISPs offer it (it's a vanishing breed, alas); for those that do (e.g., http://www.panix.com/shell.html), it's usually around $100 yearly. I don't know of a free shell ISP offhand. For instance, on my Linux box at home, I type in "ssh [ISP]", and then it prompts for my password, and then it drops me into into my UNIX account at that ISP. This is assuming I've already connected to my local dialup account, but you shouldn't need that from work as long as you can ping external sites (and ssh is enabled there).

Someone pointed me to some ssh.exe for my Windows box at work, but I haven't tried it yet, and don't know for sure if the firewalls would let that traffic through or not.

[selki.livejournal.com]

I could also do LJ through Lynx or Links from a shell account if I wished, but I find that a bit cumbersome.

[robbysmom.livejournal.com]

thanks, pal :-)

[winterbadger]

Thanks for the explanation! I aprreciate your taking the time to write it out for me.

That sounds like a lot more work than I really need to go to; we're talking minor inconvenience (since I can still get email at my work address), not somethign that warrants an involved process and extra money.

But, again, thank you.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

It doesn't cost if you run Linux on your home machine! *strut*

Or OS X!