Flexamail is a free app that lets you interact with the web via email. You can use it to get and send Twitter and Facebook updates, perform Google searches, retrieve web pages, store files and more. If you’re stuck behind a firewall that limits web access or if you’re just the kind of person who lives in their inbox then you might find Flexamail useful. I made a quick screencast to show you how it works:

Do you use Flexamail or a similar app to circumvent restrictive firewalls? Let us know in the comments!

Related GigaOM Pro content (sub. req’d): Email: The Reports of My Death are Greatly Exaggerated