Author: Roger D Davis
Date: 21:14:12 09/20/05
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On September 20, 2005 at 23:33:54, Telmo C. Escobar wrote: >On September 20, 2005 at 22:44:38, Roger D Davis wrote: > >>On September 20, 2005 at 21:56:15, Christos Gitsis wrote: >> >>>On September 20, 2005 at 21:52:08, Roger D Davis wrote: >>> >>>>On September 20, 2005 at 21:40:00, Fernando Villegas wrote: >>>> >>>>>This Gmail service is uncredible. No matter how much I use it, including heavy >>>>>attachments, I have more and more room available. >>>>>BTW, do you want an invitation....? >>>>>fernando.com >>>> >>>>You cannot, however, send executable files. I make executables for clients and >>>>have to use another email address to do it. Sucks. >>>> >>>>But other than that, I do Gmail. >>>> >>>>Roger >>> >>>Perhaps you can rename the files (change the extension) and instruct the >>>receiver to rename them back. >>> >>>I admit this may seem a little weird to your clients. >>> >>>Christos >> >>I wish...I tried renaming the file to whatever.zip, but Gmail detects that the >>file is really an executable and pops up a message box telling you that you >>can't send executables. >> > > Rename the zipped file to -say- whatever.zop, then GMail doesn't know it is a >zipped file and don't examine it. > > Telmo I tested it and it works. Never occurred to me to do that...I just figured that if Gmail was that obsessed with executables inside attachments, they'd be doing it to all attachments, not just zip files. Thanks, dude. Roger
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