Emailing a Rev file

[Gabel Paul]

Jim:

Thanks for going to all that trouble. I'll keep your trick in mind if  
I ever get into this situation again.

Paul Gabel

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On Sep 28, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Jim Bufalini wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
>> Jim - The remove .remove gmail workaround failed. I don't know why. I
>> got the same bounce message.
>>
>> I ended up just having him download the Windows file from my MobileMe
>> Public Folder.
>
> I don't know why either. I've used it many times and I just tested  
> it now by
> sending an 8.9 MB zip that contains an installer EXE, which in turn  
> contains
> 3-Rev EXEs and a number of DLLs to my mother (couldn't think, off  
> the top of
> my head, who else has a generic Gmail account that I could bug with  
> this ;-)
> and it went through and I called her and we downloaded it from her  
> Gmail to
> her computer and unziped it and all went as expected. What took the  
> most
> time was explaining to her what and why I had sent and why, after  
> all of
> that, I was having her delete everything. (she doesn't know an EXE  
> from a
> shoe ;-)
>
> Maybe the email address you are sending from has to be on the  
> recipient's
> contact list? Or, possibly, there is some other setting on the Gmail  
> account
> you are sending to that adds additional restrictions? However, this  
> is the
> trick for sending a zip to a generic Gmail address that by default  
> rejects
> zip and exe attachments.
>
> In all cases I can remember, however, we had been corresponding  
> first and I
> would have been on their allowed contact list. I'm not in the habit of
> sending out unsolicited EXEs. ;-)
>
> Aloha from Hawaii,
>
> Jim Bufalini
>
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