Gmail question

[Marc Clifton]

Wierd, asking a question about gmail on CP. Hope I don't get flamed! ;P The question is, how do I send/receive exe/dll files? It seems gmail blocks them, and I can't figure out how to unblock, or if this is even an option! Which, if it's a hardwired "feature", makes gmail quite a bit less attractive to me. Marc My website
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[Michael P Butler]

Looks hardwired to me[^] Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

[stephen hazel]

I just rename the file from whatever.zip to whatever.g Works for me...

[Marc Clifton]

Michael P Butler wrote: Looks hardwired to me Ew. :( Thanks for the info! Marc My website
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[Dan Neely]

One option might be to use a compressed format it's unaware of. Looking at the list rar's probably the most common one that should get through, 7zip's the current compression king however.

[Bamaco2]

I zip my files, then rename the result in a ".zap" file instead of ".zip" This way, gmail does not complain about security issues associated with executable files embedded in the .zip files.

[Tom Archer]

There used to be a gmail forum, but it might be gone now Tom Archer - Visual C++ MVP Archer Consulting Group.com

[Michael P Butler]

Marc Clifton wrote: Ew. Thanks for the info! At a guess, by rejecting these files completely Google save themselves a lot of resources by not having to run anti-virus on these mails. (And of course it helps to keep the hard-disk storage requirements down, as the average user won't bother trying to get round the restrictions) Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

[Steve McLenithan]

Use WinRAR. Gmail doesn't seem to like zip files either. I haven't had any problems using rar plus it's easier to split large files to 10MB chunks.

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[Michael P Butler]

Tom Archer wrote: There used to be a gmail forum, but it might be gone now It's gone. I think it regenerated into the 'Hardware' forum. Michael CP Blog [^] Development Blog [^]

[Daniel Turini]

Marc Clifton wrote: The question is, how do I send/receive exe/dll files? You have a few common alternatives: .ZIP .RAR .TGZ .GZ I see dead pixels Yes, even I am blogging now!

[Dan Neely]

All the formats you've listed except rar are scanned by gmail and blocked if they contain executable attachments.

[Kant]

I rename the file extension and use this :cool: GMail Drive shell extension[^] for sending multiple files.
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[Jorgen Sigvardsson]

Zip your files.. :) Good music: In my rosary[^]

[Marc Clifton]

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Zip your files.. Gmail looks in zip files. I bet, however, that if I password protect the zip file... hehehe. Marc My website
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[Scott Serl]

Actually, you can get a list of the files inside a zip without the password, so it might see the .dll or .exe inside the zip, and refuse. You only need the password to actually extract the file from the zip.

[Ravi Bhavnani]

You could still them by renaming them to foo.exe.dat but I'm sure you've already thought of that. :) /ravi My new year's resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Music | Articles | Freeware | Trips ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

[Stuart Dootson]

Marc Clifton wrote: password protect the zip file Nope - doesn't work, I've tried it :-D I just rename the file from a.zip to (for example) a.zippo and gmail sends it fine. Stuart Dootson 'Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p'