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. > > -- > Curt, WE7U. <http://www.eskimo.com/~archer> > APRS: Where it's at! <http://www.xastir.org> > Lotto: A tax on people who are bad at math. - unknown > Windows: Microsoft's tax on computer illiterates. - WE7U. > The world DOES revolve around me: I picked the coordinate system!" > _______________________________________________ > Xastir mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir > -- David A Aitcheson [email protected] david.aitcheson on google and skype _______________________________________________ Xastir mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xastir.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xastir
