On May 11, 11:26Â pm, macro.mor...@
gmail.com wrote:
> On May 11, 10:46�am, "Dave" yahoo.com> wrote:
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>> I just tested Yahoo, and it scanned my .exe attachment, then let me download
>> it.
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>> "pg"
catholic.org> wrote in message
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>>> On May 11, 12:05 am, "...winston" gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Fyi...
>>>> Crossposting removed.Follow-up set to msn.discussion the appropriate
>>>> group for Hotmail questions.
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>>>> And the extension of the original file was ?
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>>> .exe
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>>> The thing is that only NOW that I know hotmail deletes _ALL_ .exe file
>>> attachments. The matter is this ... when I sign up for Hotmail, there
>>> wasn't any mention of the "prohibited file extension" thing in the
>>> "contract" at the sign-up page at all.
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>>> Shhhhhheeeeeeehhhhhh !!!
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>>> Other than Hotmail, do you know of any other webmail operator(s) also
>>> do this thing? I wouldn't sign up the hotmail account if I knew of the
>>> "prohibition list".
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>>>> --
>>>> � �...winston
>>>> ms-mvp mail
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>>>>> On May 10, 7:18 pm, "...winston" gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Crossposting removed for all but Hotmail and Windows Live Mail
>>>>>> newsgroups.
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>>>>>> Ask the recipient to resend the file as zip file or a different
>>>>>> extension(e.g. *.xyz, *.abc *.rename, *.need, *.elvis etc)
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>>>>>> Fyi...free Hotmail accounts limit is 10MB; paid account is 20MB
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>>>>> File size is about 1MB, it's an old fractal freeware that the author
>>>>> has already abandoned. My friend has a copy, so I asked him to send it
>>>>> over, and now this ....
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>>>>> Geeeeeeshhhhh....
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>>>>>> --
>>>>>> �...winston
>>>>>> ms-mvp mail
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>>>>>>> Can hotmail users help me please ??
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>>>>>>> I asked my friend to send me something, and he sent it to me, as an
>>>>>>> email attachment.
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>>>>>>> Now the problem is in Hotmail.
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>>>>>>> Hotmail has decided to BLOCK that attachment with the excuse of
>>>>>>> "Windows Live Hotmail has blocked some attachments in this mail
>>>>>>> because they appear unsafe."-
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> Mork does indeed appear unsafe.- Hide quoted text -
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not to mention mork is one nasty, ugly sperm guzzler.