[Xastir] What fun! GMail filtering

[David A Aitcheson]

Curt,

Maybe it is time to set up a ftp server for file submissions, or get
more people involved in using the CVS / RCS / SVN setup we currently have?

73
Dave
KB3EFS

On 10/24/2010 12:18 PM, Curt, WE7U wrote:
>
> Here's a bit I found about GMail about filtering attachments to
> e-mails.  Notice that *.sys files are filtered out even if they're
> inside an archive.
>
> If anyone has tried to send me a language file recently, please
> rename the file, zip, bzip, or gzip it, then attach it to an e-mail.
> Do not attach a ".txt" file as it will get converted to ASCII text
> by the e-mail system.  Sorry for all the trouble but I'm not getting
> language translation file updates because of this.
>
> Here's the GMail text:
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> "Some file types are blocked
>
> 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. In addition,
> Gmail does not allow you to send or receive files that are
> corrupted.
>
> Which file types can I not send or receive?
>
> "ade", "adp", "bat", "chm", "cmd", "com", "cpl", "exe",
> "hta", "ins", "isp", "jse", "lib", "mde", "msc", "msp",
> "mst", "pif", "scr", "sct", "shb", "sys", "vb", "vbe",
> "vbs", "vxd", "wsc", "wsf", "wsh"
>
> 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 address, it is bounced back to the
> sender automatically.
>
> Mac users: Are you trying to send a zip file within another zip
> file?
>
> Please note that when sending a zip file which also contains another
> zip file, this increases your chances of file corruption. Please
> decompress all files first and create only one zip file.
>
> You can send and receive messages up to 25 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."
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Between the above filtering and their filtering out my return copy
> of list email, I'm getting a bit disenchanted with GMail.
>
> -- 
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