Block access to web based chat messengers and IM like gtalk , msn or yahoo in your office or school without blocking the whole site itself using the Hosts file.
For example in iGoogle there is an option to add these messenger modules(gtalk,msn,hotmail & yahoo). And with this trick you can block only these Messengers but not the whole IGOOGLE itself.
First of all,Open the hosts file located in C:windowssystem32driversetc with your notepad.Add these following lines in the hosts file and save it.
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 chatenabled.mail.google.com
127.0.0.1 httpcs.msg.yahoo.com
More messengers can be blocked by adding the server address of the messengers to this file.With this the Gtalk module in the Gmail page is also blocked.
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can u tell me the server which the msn messenger module used in iGoogle connects to…..please reply me preetirao04@hotmail.com
I have a ccproxy server in win 2003 Server, I would like to block google talk in the google mail and yahoo messenger in
yahoomail, which is difficult to block. But, I allow the end-users to use google mail and yahoo. I don’t want to use third
party software.
How to do it? any solution??
I have a ccproxy server in win 2003 Server, I would like to block google talk in the google mail and yahoo messenger in
yahoomail, which is difficult to block. But, I allow the end-users to use google mail and yahoo. I don’t want to use third
party software.
How to do it? any solution??
My id: talk2devnair@gmail.com
This is not Working…..Sir.
Pls give me one solution to block gmail chat in one system with windows operating system.
pls send it in my mail k.nisanth@gmail.com