Author: Albert Silver
Date: 16:30:34 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 ?
http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?469313
Just ask Vasik to send it RARed, or to rename the Zip file to DOC, which you can
then rename back, and unzip.
Albert
>
>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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