Using e-mail with parental controls

Is there a way to get the parental controls to allow my daughter to access her college e-mail and still have the adult website filtered? My daughter is starting college classes (at 14 yrs. old). The classes are set up for kids are above average achievers to help them get a head start in college. When she tries to access the college e-mail, there is an error message that says it is not a secure connection. We fixed this problem in the past with her aol mail by setting up the mail program on the MAC. We did allow her to have her own gmail address, thats another story, but she can access it without using the MAC email program.
Is it possible to set up the MAC to let her have access to the college mail and still filter the internet. The last time I had to select "Allow unrestricted access to the internet" under "content" to let her access her college e-mail account. How is it possible for her to access her gmail account without using the MAC's e-mail program?

You know, I expected an answer like; "Your parental control can't be used like that. Its just a program, so it will try to block adult sites, or block unsecure connections. Like AOL mail for example. If you want her to access the school mail, then you'll just have to allow unrestricted access to the web. You can still monitor her web browsing. As for gmail, some email sites are able to be accessed even with the parental controls turned on."
I even expected some arrogant replies like Carolyn's. Telling me how to access gmail.
Thanks for nothing!
Message was edited by: TMcClain

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I've located a couple threads on this topic here and at other forums, but the solutions are always absurdly complex and cumbersome (and, the ones I've tried returned errors, so no go anyway). Every setting on a computer (other than those few in firmware, such as your Startup Disk preference) have *got* to be in a file of some kind somewhere, and thus should be able to be copied from one computer to another.
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Hi and welcome....
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