> both the rar and the tarball contain executables?
Regrettably even BMP's count as "executables" for Gmail :-D
> Gmail blocks executables, some archives with contained executables and
some archives generally.
For me a ZIP missnamed as ARC used to work in the past.
If not, just brew a ZIP or 7-Z
Kurt, I usually send such zip files renamed to .aaa and bypasses that
annoyance. Just make sure to tell the picker to do the rename Back ;)
Aitor
2009/9/17, kurt godel :
> I just tried sending two versions to Pat, one the suspect tarball, the other
> an 'rar' type file; the gmail accepted the ra
> I just tried sending two versions to Pat, one the suspect tarball, the
> other
> an 'rar' type file; the gmail accepted the rar but rejected the tarball,
> saying;
> "this file contains an executable and is not allowed"; both the rar and
> the
> tarball contain executables? they both have the
I just tried sending two versions to Pat, one the suspect tarball, the other
an 'rar' type file; the gmail accepted the rar but rejected the tarball,
saying;
"this file contains an executable and is not allowed"; both the rar and the
tarball contain executables? they both have them encapsulated in
