How to Use Secure HTTPS with Gmail Notifier

Jul 12, 2007 - 3 Comments

Gmail as default email

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:

  1. Pull down the Gmail Notifier menu
  2. Hold down Command+Option keys, and click Preferences
  3. Now you will see a hidden settings editor
  4. In the key field, enter SecureAlways – exactly as shown, and a 1 in the Value field
  5. Click “Set”, now quit Gmail Notifier and start it again, now all your connections will be through https!

Check out Gmail Notifier here

Source: MacOSXHints.com

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Posted by: Bill Ellis in Mac OS, Security, Tips & Tricks

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  1. anon says:

    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.

  2. Zamgar says:

    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

  3. William Wallace says:

    You can also do this through the Terminal like by typing:

    defaults write com.google.GmailNotifier SecureAlways -string 1

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