Author: Thomas Logan
Date: 14:46:01 12/12/05
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On December 12, 2005 at 17:28:59, William Penn wrote: >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 Great That was a big help Tom
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