[talisker]

This isn't strictly an OSX problem, although is related to it. My company has webmarshall software running, which restricts access to certain sites. Not much of a problem, except that one of the things it does is to ban any sites with "webmail" in the URL. This means that I can't access my .mac mail, which is a pain as I'm often away from home, staying in hotels, and would really like to be able to check my email.

Can anyone suggest any cunning ways around this?

[Moonray]

That affects POP access too?

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[talisker]

Can you use POP3 access for .mac? If so, how? (Apologies if stupid question)

[-Q-]

This is the .mac help file that talks about that. It looks like it can be done relatively easily.

[Moonray]

Ehhh yes, of course you can...

Configure your mail client to use:

- Incoming mail server: mail.mac.com
- Outgoing mail server: smtp.mac.com
- Username/password: your .mac username and pasword

(If my memory serves me correctly, the above mentioned page does not tell the servers for some reason, but I am sure this info is to find not too far away from that URL)

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[talisker]

Didn't have any luck with using Outlook, I presume the server is just being blocked somehow. But anyway, I found an alternative on the web that works fine: Panda Mail