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i wouldn't recommend it if you're going to send messages that are offensive/of a personal nature. (i.e. swearing, anything sexual, anything racist, etc.)
it WILL be circulated and posted on the internet, effectively ruining your reputation (AND EXIT OPS OMG!!).
I email friends/family all the time, but nothing inappropriate. Its very convenient with the blackberry.
do they block webmail sites like gmail?
yeah, i think they block any web based mail system.
yup - they're all blocked. you can do it through work email, but would be careful with what you send
Personal E-mail (Originally Posted: 03/15/2007)
Going to be FT at a BB this summer. Obviously I won't be using my work email account for personal use, but if I set up a yahoo or gmail account and access it at work, will the company be able to tap into it and read my emails if they desire?
Good luck setting up a yahoo or gmail account that you can access from work. I can't.
you can set up your gmail yo go to your blackberry.
Yes, you can. I do all my personal emailing through my personal blackberry. Not fun or easy.
You bought a personal blackberry and pay for the plan yourself? How much does it cost, monthly?
Also, isn't it a bitch to carry around two blackberries?
i actually set up my work blackberry to be able to view all gmail emails...cant reply however
so wait, you can't even like email someone in your family, like your parents or something/ drop em a line tell em how you are doing?
Ghosht, sure, I could do that... but I couldn't say, "Hi, Mom. I hate this place and want to kill my associate." So what would the point of communicating with my family be if I can't tell them the truth?
StreetLuck, I had a personal Blackberry all through college as my cell phone. $80 a month. It IS a bitch to carry two, but remember that I'm a girl and have a handbag.
dont you guys have smartphones? my q has all my gmail forwarded to it. Is it common to drop the smartphone once you get you blackberry? two pdas would be pretty weak.
I would keep all personal email off of your blackberry. People are just asking to get f'ed.
Also, when you communicate w/ headhunters DO NOT do it from your work email address. you should get a cell phone that does personal email and do it from there. IT IS ABSOLUTELY WORTH THE $200-400 b/c it will give you much better access (more timely access) to headhunters than having to email them every day at 5am or having your firm know what you're looking at doing or how much you're interviewing until you have accepted a job and can make it public.
How do you keep up with personal emails? (Originally Posted: 05/30/2010)
Hello,
I was wondering how everyone stays on top of their personal emails. Most firms block Gmail access at work, so for those in IBD working long hours, are you signed in to both your work and personal emails on your blackberries? One downside I see to this is that the firm will have a record of all your personal emails, which would not be ideal.
Reason I am concerned is because I will be starting as an intern in IBD, but am planning to meet up with a few contacts I have for coffee during my stint. I've always communicated with them via my personal email, so I'm trying to figure out a way for me to still check my email during the day in case they make any last minute cancellations/changes to the meeting times/location.
I know that one option would be to communicate with them via my work email, but it could make things complicated, since once I finish my summer, my work email will be gone. If they remembered me by my work email, they'd have a hard time getting in touch with me if say, a job opportunity opens up at their firm.
My personal cellphone does not support email either. 2 options I've come up with are:
1) Sign in to both my personal email and work email on my work blackberry 2) Keep a laptop with me and check personal email at Starbucks using the free WiFi
Neither are very ideal options. What do you guys currently do? I'd really appreciate any tips.
Thanks for your help!
Get an Iphone or a person BB.
Yeah, I used to have a very simple/basic phone, but I could still check my e-mail on it. If your phone really doesn't allow you to check e-mail though, then maybe you could buy an IPOD touch or something else that lets you access wifi without having to lug around a laptop all day (you should be able to get a used one for fairly cheap), although you'd still have to make a few starbucks runs throughout the day, which may or may not be possible...
Thanks for your help! Does anyone have experience with running their work email and personal email on the work blackberries they are given?
I would try and keep work and personal as separate as possible. They will still monitor your blackberry. Just get an Ipod/touch, whatever. Small price to pay for networking. Get an Ipad if you want, I love mine.
I just got the Droid Incredible and it blows the iPhone out of the water. It also has flash support.
I support this statement. It is fast as shit, too
People still have phones that dont support email? :p
I would just upgrade your personal phone. Can get an iphone 3g or blackberry for really cheap these days.
Don't combine personal/professional. Get yourself a phone with e-mail. You look around a little bit, you'll be surprised how cheap it can be. I'm paying about $60/month for unlimited web/text. The voice minutes don't mean shit because I'm working all day and nights/weekends are free. I'm sure you can find an even better deal to haircut a few bucks, but when its like $40 anyway for pretty standard service, the extra $20 is well worth it.
As long as you can log on to m.gmail.com in your mobile browser while you're taking a shit, you should be fine.
But wouldn't that be using your firm's network/wifi? And so they'd track your personal emails.
fuck the phone. an even better solution: install an anonymous VPN (you connect through a different IP address securely-google it) service on your computer. all your internet traffic will be re-routed through the new IP address (which can be in Cambodgia if you want to) and is encrypted-your bank wont know shit and you'll be able to access all the "banned websites" including your email. The bank will not be able to decypher the messages as they are 256 bit encrypted.
having a proxy open all day won't draw suspicion? i guarantee you get caught in one day.
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you dont keep it open all day. you connect to it for a few minutes when you need to check personal emails or in some unfortunate cases, when in need to watch porn. it's not a programme, just a VPN connection. click connect and you're anonymous. I doubt it they'll catch up to it and even if they do so they wouldnt be able to see what you've been doing. its all anonymous and encrypted. OR buy yourself a mobile broadband dongle and connect it via usb. Disconnect your LAN/WAN work connection and connect via 3g mobile broadband. slow, but enough to browse a few websites, check email. c'mon people-you don't need to have computer science at undergrad to know this shit.
wamartinu - that's all very nice except at any shop with a half-way competent IT department, you don't have admin rights on a work computer. so no mobile broadband device (requires a driver) or vpn (also installs a virtual ethernet adapter).
fair enough. if that's the case then installing a mobile broadband device is not possible. However, you can still use a VPN (through PPTP Protocol) which doesnt require any drivers or any installation. Its really simple-you only need the VPN ip address, a username and password and connect similarly to a dialup-no drivers no nothing.
while you're at it, plug in some rabbit ears to your bloomberg and watch jerry springer
Just got the Droid Motorola A855; was thinking about getting the Incredible, but wanted the hard keyboard as well. In my opinion, the A855 blows the iPhone and Blackberry out of the water. The Apps Market is still developing, but they've already got a lot of good ones. Plus, auto-sync to gmail is good stuff.
Is it just me, or is this whole apps craze completely overrated? I use like 7 of the apps on my iPhone on a regular basis (weather, bloomberg, times, ft, wsj, pandora, mint.com--nothing I couldn't get on any smart phone I bet). Most of the apps on the appstore are completely useless. The games get boring quickly.
200k iphone apps vs 20k droid apps...I honestly don't see how the end-user experience is significantly different.
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