How to use Secure HTTPS with Gmail Notifier
Mac OS X, Tips & Tricks, Utilities, Security, Customize
Gmail Notifier is a great little utility that lets you know when you have mail in your Gmail inbox. What I have always disliked about it though is the apparent lack of the ability to use the secure https protocol. If you’re on public networks, this can be a particularly valid concern for privacy and security. Well, thanks to a great tip at MacOSXHints.com, that is no longer an issue! Here are five easy steps to setup Gmail Notifier to use the much more secure https protocol:
- Pull down the Gmail Notifier menu
- Hold down Command+Option keys, and click Preferences
- Now you will see a hidden settings editor
- In the key field, enter
SecureAlways- exactly as shown, and a 1 in the Value field - Click “Set”, now quit Gmail Notifier and start it again, now all your connections will be through https!
Source: MacOSXHints.com
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Comments: 3
Comment from William Wallace
Time: July 12, 2007, 8:26 am
You can also do this through the Terminal like by typing:
defaults write com.google.GmailNotifier SecureAlways -string 1
Comment from Zamgar
Time: July 12, 2007, 8:26 pm
the terminal tip didn’t work for me
but, otherwise this is a great tip and should be on by DEFAULT but google is not worried about security
Comment from anon
Time: August 1, 2007, 10:02 am
That is a great tip. Well, Zamgar, I thought this too for awhile but I think that they use mixed encryption, so when they send passwords, etc. that’s encrypted, but the normal stuff is not. But I too would rather have encrypted everything. I’d encrypt my Christmas cards, if I could.
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