Author: Thomas Logan
Date: 13:09:16 12/12/05
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On December 12, 2005 at 10:23:54, Albert Silver wrote: >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 Are you going to leave us hanging ? Or will you share your workaround ? I did see the possibility of receiving a download link but that does not appear to be working yet according to website But some claim they have it This is rather confusing Tom
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