exe blocking

[Dan Shafer]

My guess is that the blocker would allow a ZIPped version of the exe 
file through just fine. At least that's been the case every time I've 
run into this problem.

Dan

On Jul 1, 2004, at 12:50 AM, Jeanne A. E. DeVoto wrote:

> At 1:01 AM -0500 7/1/2004, Ken Ray wrote:
>> You could try changing the extension from .exe to .bbb or something 
>> and tell
>> them to change the extension after they've retrieved it. I'd suggest 
>> zipping
>
> That's one possiblity, but if John's phrase "brought out the 
> sledgehammer" implies what I think it does, he might have some trouble 
> with the admins if they realize he's shipping exes around via the back 
> door. (Depending on how paranoid they are, it's not hard to monitor 
> the email for things that look like large binary files.)
>
> Also, it sounds from what he says as though they may already *be* 
> blocking all large binaries - changing the extension to .doc didn't 
> get it through.
>
> I think it's probably simpler to get some FTP space somewhere and 
> email the link.
> -- 
> jeanne a. e. devoto ~ jaed at jaedworks.com
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