The internet has changed how most of us communicate and interact with each other. Gone are the days of handwriting long letters to our friends, and sending cards through the mail is a thing of the past too. Today, most of us use email as our first line of communication, along with our ever-present cell phones. But there are times when we need to unblock Hotmail or other email services.

Email Services

Personal and business email has changed how we communicate with friends and business contacts completely. There are numerous different email services available – everything from individual email services like Hotmail, AIM and Yahoo to services that provide access to multiple email services like Meebo and Pidgen.

However, constantly checking personal email can be problematic for companies, schools and public internet computers alike. Network administrators have grave and justified concerns about emails infecting work stations and entire networks with malware, viruses and even worms as a result of both receiving and sending emails from unauthorized outside internet email.

Filtering Software

One of the ways in which email services like Hotmail and others are blocked is through the use of internet filtering software. In large part computer network administrators place internet filtering software prevent unauthorized access to outside emails and to prevent web surfing on websites that are unauthorized or considered potentially dangerous to the network. In both cases, the primary concern is that work stations and the network server may be infected with malicious software that can destroy files, gather private and proprietary information illegally and in general create mayhem and destruction. It can costs schools and businesses literally thousands of dollars in work time and lost productivity to scrub not only the infected work stations, but also the network server and other infected work stations as the malware spreads from station to station.

Bypassing Filtering Software

For students and employees alike who want to unblock Hotmail and other email services, the answer is a membership on a proxy service. Proxy services go around filtering software by presenting their logon page as an innocent and non-aggressive web site that does not pose a threat to the computer network. Proxy services are usually by membership only, so the user needs to purchase a membership that will grant them access to the proxy server. Once a user has logged on to the proxy server, they are able to access their Hotmail unblocking abilities, along with gain access to other email services and websites that the filtering software blocks.

The other benefit of using bypass proxy services is that all of the user's activities are anonymous and cannot be tracked because they are encrypted. This means that both incoming and outgoing activities are encrypted, protecting them from potentially being hacked or from the prying eyes of those who might be interested in what is being typed or what websites are being visited.