Agreed Zack. If anyone really *must* put an executable in a ZIP file, simply password-protect the ZIP and Gmail's filters cannot not see what's inside.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 11:10 PM, Zack (Doc) <[email protected]> wrote: > Then I suggest that you do ask them. Complaining about it in this user's > forum will not help, especially when you're not even clearly stating the > problem. They don't block ZIP files... They block executable files, and if > those happen to be inside of a ZIP, then that ZIP will be blocked. If you > use a less ubiquitous compression program, like RAR, then you won't have > that problem. > > Their point, explained many times in this forum, was from back before they > had any virus scanning, and they were eliminating it being too easy to use > GMail to infect it's users with viruses. Since Executables, and the ZIPs > they're contained in, can be simply clicked and run, less educated users > might click bad files. If you have to save the file, then re-name it, THEN > run it, you've taken a number of steps so you either know you're safe, or > deserve to get bitten. > > On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Daniel M. <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I agree. It is damn stupid to block ZIP files and it makes sense to ask >> Google to revert it. >> >> On Monday, 9 December 2013 03:22:57 UTC, Ray Lopez wrote: >>> >>> Why does Gmail block .zip and .7z files that have executables in them, >>> forcing you to rename the extension? >>> >>> It's absurd, like the service itself. The only thing more absurd is >>> Outlook.com, which blocks all inline graphics files and replaces them with >>> a dot. >>> >>> it's enough to make one want to switch to Yahoo mail. >>> >>> 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 [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/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
