Author: William Penn
Date: 14:28:59 12/12/05
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On December 12, 2005 at 16:09:16, Thomas Logan wrote: >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 Wait a week or two and maybe Zappa will clarify everything... :) WP
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