Is there anyway to get around Gmails attachment policy?

[Nocturnal]

I currently don't have a USB thumb drive nor do I have a floppy disc drive. For getting files to school I .rar them and send them to my gmail account. From there I just dl them to my computer at school. However I'm having a hard time zipping the files back up and trying to get them back into my gmail account. I can't send it because gmail scans the e-mail and notices I have a .dba file in there which is an executable. Anyway to get around this?

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I currently don't have a USB thumb drive nor do I have a floppy disc drive. For getting files to school I .rar them and send them to my gmail account. From there I just dl them to my computer at school. However I'm having a hard time zipping the files back up and trying to get them back into my gmail account. I can't send it because gmail scans the e-mail and notices I have a .dba file in there which is an executable. Anyway to get around this?

Does your school not give you webspace? Check into that, then just upload and download as you please.




KeyserSoze

 

[Bootprint]

Have you tried zipping it up with a password?

 

[Nocturnal]

I think they do, I attend a community college so I'm not sure if they do or not. They're rather strict on executable files. I don't blame them but for right now I'm dead broke and I can't get my hands on a floppy disc drive.

 

[Nocturnal]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
Have you tried zipping it up with a password?

I haven't. I'll try that tomorrow.

 

[minendo]

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I think they do, I attend a community college so I'm not sure if they do or not. They're rather strict on executable files. I don't blame them but for right now I'm dead broke and I can't get my hands on a floppy disc drive.

Send me your addy and I'll send you a floppy drive free of charge.

 

[Black88GTA]

Erm, this may sound stupid, but...change/delete the file extension, then rename once you unzip it? I don't know if Google has algorithms that search for executable signatures, though....if so, that won't work.

 

[rh71]

what happens if you temp rename the extensions of a .dba file ?

 

[iwearnosox]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I think they do, I attend a community college so I'm not sure if they do or not. They're rather strict on executable files. I don't blame them but for right now I'm dead broke and I can't get my hands on a floppy disc drive.

Send me your addy and I'll send you a floppy drive free of charge.

I'd like a free dvd recorder, please.

 

[SSP]

This works well (only hold file for 7 days, and 1gig limit).

 

[neonerd]

try changing the extension...

outlook will block .exe's and stuff like that....i just usually change the extension to .neonerd, and send it that way, or when someone sends it to me, that's what I tell them to rename it to...filename.neonerd

 

[hevnsnt]

Originally posted by: SSP
This works well (only hold file for 7 days, and 1gig limit).

Nice!

 

[FoBoT]

yeah, most places just check the extension, not the file structure, so changing the extension usually works

 

[BillGates]

I can confirm that simply changing the extension within a compressed files will allow them to get through Gmail.

 

[MBony]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I think they do, I attend a community college so I'm not sure if they do or not. They're rather strict on executable files. I don't blame them but for right now I'm dead broke and I can't get my hands on a floppy disc drive.

Send me your addy and I'll send you a floppy drive free of charge.

How sweet :heart:

 

[KeyserSoze]

Originally posted by: minendo

Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I think they do, I attend a community college so I'm not sure if they do or not. They're rather strict on executable files. I don't blame them but for right now I'm dead broke and I can't get my hands on a floppy disc drive.

Send me your addy and I'll send you a floppy drive free of charge.

I :heart: ATOT.




Keysersoze

 

[Falloutboy]

what i usually do is zip the file then put it in a rar file

 

[Brackis]

Couldn't you also Zip the Zip?

 

[TitanDiddly]

yoursendit?

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: neonerd
try changing the extension...

outlook will block .exe's and stuff like that....i just usually change the extension to .neonerd, and send it that way, or when someone sends it to me, that's what I tell them to rename it to...filename.neonerd

i heard .neonerds were viruses

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: neonerd
try changing the extension...

outlook will block .exe's and stuff like that....i just usually change the extension to .neonerd, and send it that way, or when someone sends it to me, that's what I tell them to rename it to...filename.neonerd

yip that is what we do at work when the developers send us files that outlook blocks.