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Sun Zoom Spark | 1 Mar 2009 11:01
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NEWS: Monthly Reminder (March 2009)

===================== ACCMAIL Monthly Reminder =======================

Posted 01 Mar 2009
This message tells you how to use accmail`AT`listserv.aol.com
the mailing list discussing 'Accessing the Internet via Email'.

 1. Purpose
 2. Conventions
 3. The ACCMAIL FAQ: a guide to offline internet access
 4. Usenet
 5. Posting to ACCMAIL: language
 6. Posting to ACCMAIL: subject lines
 7. Posting to ACCMAIL: off-topic
 8. Posting to ACCMAIL: netiquette
 9. Receiving ACCMAIL: digest and single postings
10. ACCMAIL topics
11. ACCMAIL archives and search
12. www4mail at szs.net

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1. PURPOSE

This list exists as a forum for communicating news, comments and
questions about email-only methods of accessing the Internet.

This is the place to find out about new versions, ask questions
about the current version, make suggestions for additions/deletions,
etc.

ACCMAIL is a moderated list, which means that all postings will be
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sun zoom spark | 25 Mar 2009 01:37
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Google mail blocks executable files

Hello accmail ...

Here is a reminder for people who are using accounts on
gmail.com (googlemail.com in some countries), or any
domain that uses Google Apps for email.

Gmail does not allow you to receive executable files.
Here is the (english) text of the Google help page
'Some file types are blocked'
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=6590

"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.
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."

So you cannot use ACCMAIL methods to retrieve an
executable file if your email account is on Gmail or any
domain that uses Google Apps.

Here at szs.net we have noticed several people with such
accounts persistently requesting executable files from
www4mail at szs.net -- a pointless and futile extra load
on our servers, which have to retrieve the files, split
them, send them to a Gmail account, and then handle the
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