Actually, my common solution for that is to rename all files that ANY mail service might block (don't get me started on what my Exchange account at work blocks). I typically just add ".rename" to them. This works to bypass all "type" blocks that don't want ZIPs, or SRC, or whatever. The point of those block writers is that stupid people just click and run, and if it's malicious, they are permitting it to get through. My files, like "virus1.zip.rename" cannot be clicked and run, so the user has to save the file, rename the file, THEN they can click to open it. If a user is going through that many steps, they are either careful, or smart, typically. The programmers don't worry about those.
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 1:00 AM, Ray Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: > vukko, > > "Gmail does block password-protected Zip files yes, but I've not heard of > it blocking source code (which is just plain text?)." -- oh yes it does > block source code. In fact, I found out when, much to my shock, Google > sent me an automated email saying, essentially, 'please don't send source > code to your Gmail or it may violate our terms of service and result in > suspension of your account' (I am a computer programmer). Essentially > that's what it said. For any doubters reading this thread, this was > several years ago, it shocked the heck out of me, and from that day on I > switched to using .7z to compress my source (which Gmail does not check, > thank goodness), rather than .zip. And, for you conspiracy theorists, > Google may have changed its policies (without notifying anybody other than > through some fine print in their Privacy Policy) since then. BTW I have > nothing against Google though I am a Microsoft shareholder. > > RL > > On Friday, July 19, 2013 11:31:06 PM UTC+8, vukko wrote: > >> Hi Ray >> >> If you are going to use Gmail in a way that it was never intended to be >> then obviously the onus is on you to make sure that your messages are not >> ending up as Spam. >> >> Gmail does block password-protected Zip files yes, but I've not heard of >> it blocking source code (which is just plain text?). >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 7:32 PM, Ray Lopez <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> For years I've been using Gmail to backup emails, even automating the >>> procedure. Also I often, for important emails, "bcc" my Gmail account. >>> >>> Recently I tried to find certain important emails sent to Gmail, that I >>> kept in Outlook. From the original email I could see that I had bcc'd my >>> Gmail account. >>> >>> They were not found in Gmail. That's bad. >>> >>> I finally figured out why, and thus this post: I had not entered my own >>> email from my ISP/domain in my Gmail address book. Since Gmail does not >>> allow you to 'turn off' the spam filter, a lot of my important emails, over >>> the years, had been identified as "spam" coming from my ISP/domain, and >>> after XYZ days deleted. Of course the remedy is to make sure that you, >>> yourself, are listed in your Gmail address book, to make sure nothing sent >>> by yourself to your Gmail account is automatically sent to the Spam folder. >>> >>> I lost countless important emails from this stupid Google prohibition >>> (and don't get me started about how password protected Zip files will be >>> bounced by Gmail, or anything that has source code in it). >>> >>> Really important work emails I've kept in Outlook, so I did not lose >>> anything really important, but I did lose a bunch of important personal >>> emails sent to Gmail in the mistaken belief they would be safe. >>> >>> FYI. You lern something neu everyday, sometimes the hard way. >>> >>> RL >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Gmail-Users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to gmail-users...@**googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> >>> Visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/**group/gmail-users<http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users> >>> . >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Marko >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
