Gmail on Https Secure

How to Hack Gmail Notifier to Use SSL

A brief explanation as to how to make the Gmail Notifier open Gmail using SSL instead of normal HTTP. The steps should be pretty self-explanatory from the pictures included. This is useful to keep the notifier working if you chose the new Always HTTPS gmail option.

Note: Google have now released a patch which adjusts the registry, causing Gmail Notifier to use HTTPS. This can be found at http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=9429 .

Steps :

Close Gmail Notifier.
Copy gnotify.exe and rename to copy to gnotify.exe.BAK (safety first)
Open virtualdub , and then open the hex editor from Tools menu -> Hex editor ... (any hex editor will work. PSPad Editor is what I would use though.)
In the hex editor, go to File -> Open , and browse to gnotify.exe (should be in C:\Program Files\Google\Gmail Notifier\ ).
Select gnotify.exe
De-select "Open as Read Only"
Use Ctrl+F and type http://mail .
Hit Enter , and you will see the URL that notify uses (the http:// one, not the https:// one above it, that seems to be just for logging in.)
Place your cursor on the colon (:) right after the "http" (again, not after "https") and just start typing.
type out s: / / mail.google.com / mail / Which Will Reduce the Number of Periods Between / mail / and ?. U , goal that's OK. Save and restart
gnotify.exe