Gmail and JAR

[Informatix]

I noticed that Gmail no longer allows an archive containing a JAR file. It's become difficult to send a library to Gmail users.

 

[sorex]

and if you ZIP it?

 

[ac9ts]

What I do at work to avoid the email filters is to change the suffix to .bmp and send with instructions to rename it back. Sometimes, that's the only way to get code to vendors.

 

[sorex]

too bad that a decent anti virus/spam appliance is checking content and not just the extentions so it will still remove it.

webserver http link, ftp, dropbox and the likes are a better option I guess.

 

[Informatix]

and if you ZIP it?

Any archive format. ZIP or other.

too bad that a decent anti virus/spam appliance is checking content and not just the extentions so it will still remove it.

webserver http link, ftp, dropbox and the likes are a better option I guess.

I have a server so that's no a big issue, but creating the link, asking people to use it, then downloading the file is less convenient than sending directly the file by email.

 

[DonManfred]

I have the same issue

I have a server so that's no a big issue, but creating the link, asking people to use it, then downloading the file is less convenient than sending directly the file by email.

fully agree.

I now always use my Dropbox account to share a file.