Author: Albert Silver
Date: 07:23:54 12/12/05
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On December 12, 2005 at 09:50:09, William Penn wrote:
>On December 12, 2005 at 09:35:55, Albert Silver wrote:
>
>>On December 12, 2005 at 09:01:47, William Penn wrote:
>>
>>>>You can always sign up for a Gmail address, or some other free service that
>>>>allows large attachments.
>>>
>>>Nope.
>>>That won't work.
>>>Gmail rejects .exe files, even if they are zipped!?
>>>WP
>>
>>I know it rejects sending them, but receiving them too? I usually go around this
>>by either RARing them or renaming the extension to .DOC
>>
>I found this in the current Gmail faqs:
>
>As a security measure to prevent potential viruses, Gmail doesn't allow you to
>send or receive executable files (such as files ending in .exe) that could
>contain damaging executable code.
>
>Gmail won't accept these types of files even if they are sent in a zipped (.zip,
>.tar, .tgz, .taz, .z, .gz) format. If this type of message is sent to your Gmail
>account, it is bounced back to the sender automatically.
>
>You can send and receive messages up to 10 megabytes (MB) total (including
>attachments). Any message that exceeds this limit will not be delivered to your
>inbox and will be returned to the sender.
>
>WP
Ok, in that case I'd suggest using my workarounds.
Albert
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