Sending an exe file with Gmail : zip the .exe, rar the resulting .zip, now zip the .rar and rename it to .doc … Sometimes things are so simple with GMail …
Update: ok, this was more a joke when I was upset than a real tip. Since this page gets some referral from search engines with people really looking for Gmail tips, here is a much more simple way to send your .exe files :
Rename to yourfile.-exe (or yourfile.-zip)
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pingback on 22/Sep/05 at 12:06 am # :
[...] Ozh reports: Sending an exe file with Gmail : zip the .exe, rar the resulting .zip, now zip the .rar and rename it to .doc … Sometimes things are so simple with GMail … [...]
thought, on 24/Oct/06 at 7:05 pm # :
Just simply change the extension of .exe file to something like “.exx” or something else and tell the receiver to change the extension back to .exe after downloading the file.
Same goes with Zip files containing .exe files. Just rename the .zip file with the extension of your choice like “.zip” and tell the receiver to change the extension back top .zip after downloading the file.
Why was I using the same language in the paragraph 2 (Zip files) while writing the message??? Ha…Ha…
thought, on 24/Nov/06 at 2:01 pm # :
i just encode the zip file including the filenames….
thought, on 10/Dec/06 at 1:02 am # :
Why not compress the file with dropstuff in a sit or sitx format……then email it-DA
wrote, on 16/Dec/07 at 3:16 am # :
not all people use dropstuff.
wrote, on 19/Apr/08 at 5:40 am # :
that’s great!