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

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

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      • M 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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        Steve McLenithan
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        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.

        Found on Bash.org [erno] hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is.

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

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          Michael P Butler
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          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 [^]

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          • M 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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            Daniel Turini
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            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!

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            • D 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!

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

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              • M 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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                Kant
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                I rename the file extension and use this :cool: GMail Drive shell extension[^] for sending multiple files.
                The programmer's national anthem is 'AAAAAAAARRRRGHHHHH!!'. ;-P
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                • M 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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                  Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                  Zip your files.. :) Good music: In my rosary[^]

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

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                    Marc Clifton
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                    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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                    • M 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
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                      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.

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                      • M Marc Clifton

                        Michael P Butler wrote: Looks hardwired to me Ew. :( Thanks for the info! Marc My website
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                        Ravi Bhavnani
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                        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

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                        • M 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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                          Stuart Dootson
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                          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'

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