> -----Original Message-----
> From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie] On Behalf
Of niall at linux.ie
> Sent: 21 July 2005 12:07
> To: ilug at linux.ie> Subject: Re: [ILUG] shfs vs. nfs
> And while I'm here - a little OT rant about gmail. I wanted to mail
myself a Windows
> executable from somebody else's PC, using dialup. This was painful
enough, but after
> uploading the file, gmail announced that .exe files can cause security
problems, and
> wouldn't let me send it. So, I zipped it up, and sent it over the
dialup connection
> AGAIN - and gmail announced that the zip file contained an .exe file
and that these
> can cause security problems, and wouldn't let me send it. Next step
would have been a
> password protected zip file, but I ran out of time. What's the betting
that gmail
> would anyway have told me that password protected zip files can cause
security
> problems, and have not allowed me to send it.
M$ Outlook does the same, renaming the file normally is enough to fool
it.
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