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Re: HELP !!!! Hotmail BLOCKS attachment !!         

Group: microsoft.public.msn.discussion · Group Profile
Author: Gavin.Minglebaum
Date: May 12, 2008 07:31

On May 11, 11:26 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.
>
>> --
>> Vista Home Premium 32 SP1http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>
>> "pg" catholic.org> wrote in message
>
>>news:ed2735c7-9f2e-443e-9313-c82780064552@l28g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
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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.
>
>>>> 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.
>
>>> Shhhhhheeeeeeehhhhhh !!!
>
>>> 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".
>
>>>> --
>>>> � �...winston
>>>> ms-mvp mail
>
>>>> "pg" catholic.org> wrote in
>>>> messagenews:fbb99006-6fdb-4360-a7d7-5837961cfb39@a9g2000prl.googlegroups.com...
>>>>> On May 10, 7:18 pm, "...winston" gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Crossposting removed for all but Hotmail and Windows Live Mail
>>>>>> newsgroups.
>
>>>>>> Ask the recipient to resend the file as zip file or a different
>>>>>> extension(e.g. *.xyz, *.abc *.rename, *.need, *.elvis etc)
>
>>>>>> For info on blocked file types..Read the section titled
>>>>>> "Notes"http://help.live.com/Help.aspx?market=en-US&project=MailFull&querytyp...
>
>>>>>> 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 ....
>
>>>>> Geeeeeeshhhhh....
>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> �...winston
>>>>>> ms-mvp mail
>
>>>>>> "pg" catholic.org> wrote in
>>>>>> messagenews:ddf1db08-e28d-44d0-a9a1-3b00967dab50@u6g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
>>>>>>> Can hotmail users help me please ??
>
>>>>>>> I asked my friend to send me something, and he sent it to me, as an
>>>>>>> email attachment.
>
>>>>>>> Now the problem is in Hotmail.
>
>>>>>>> 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."-
>
> Mork does indeed appear unsafe.- Hide quoted text -
>
>
not to mention mork is one nasty, ugly sperm guzzler.
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