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Title: emailing .exe files
Post by: sobranie on Dec 15, 2011, 09:22:35

A firm in China has emailed me an .exe file to replace a damaged disc received in the post.
I trust the firm in this matter but the email has been banned.
Any way around this prob please?

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: Glenn on Dec 15, 2011, 09:25:40

Ask them to change the extension name to .txt or something similar, then resend it.

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: Rik on Dec 15, 2011, 09:25:57

Banned by what, Rick?

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: sobranie on Dec 15, 2011, 09:35:12

Properties read:

Return-Path: <acgroup1@gmail.com>
Delivered-To:
Received: from mailfilter2.idnet.net (mailfilter2.idnet.net [212.69.40.132])
   by mail.idnet.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5EA1839C7DB
   for <>; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:24:27 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1])
   by mailfilter2.idnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 435E0306E89
   for <>; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:24:27 +0000 (UTC)
X-Quarantine-ID: <GaloZlFaiclz>
X-Amavis-Modified: Mail body modified (defanged) - mx3.idnet.net
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at idnet.com
X-Amavis-Alert: BANNED, message contains .exe,.exe-ms,WDMMDMLD.VXD
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.249
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.249 tagged_above=-10 required=6
   tests=[BAYES_00=-0.25, HTML_MESSAGE=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-1]
   autolearn=no
Authentication-Results: mx3.idnet.net (amavisd-new); dkim=pass
   header.i=@gmail.com
Received: from mailfilter2.idnet.net ([127.0.0.1])
   by localhost (mx3.idnet.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10040)
   with LMTP id GaloZlFaiclz for <>;
   Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:24:16 +0000 (GMT)
Received: from mx1.idnet.net (mx1.idnet.net [212.69.36.17])
   by mailfilter2.idnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E4C306E64
   for <>; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:24:15 +0000 (GMT)
X-Greylist: whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.6.8
Received: from mail-ww0-f54.google.com (mail-ww0-f54.google.com [74.125.82.54])
   by mx1.idnet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C40D545B4
   for <>; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:24:12 +0000 (GMT)
Received: by wgbdt13 with SMTP id dt13so3103697wgb.23
for <>; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:24:12 -0800 (PST)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed;
d=gmail.com; s=gamma;
h=mime-version:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type;
bh=kp84mp5hCuD7KB4aTRIf1rOJZJGeip6XE0GcnkZMo8U=;
b=tsIKHOgVs2crrzaTRzNZ6um25yWSoNsRDrHOc4fNhmn9XZzKQhytuyRmmwXuzHDFDr
p6cjFj3CcY9GFHOQzRgk6eFN9qRu/DF00YMyNKQjI5amk0UwiA1iZIoL1H33beLyoCsS
m4mycCR4hg2jpYI7DjU9EQfoYVtuQHSwMLK+g=
MIME-Version: 1.0
Received: by 10.216.134.69 with SMTP id r47mr759244wei.17.1323937451117; Thu,
15 Dec 2011 00:24:11 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.223.156.70 with HTTP; Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:24:03 -0800 (PST)
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:24:03 +0800
Message-ID: <CAF95oVrXe7R8+ECxd_aHA9Y+X+t2m=z59Zav5D2rFL9m+outiw@mail.gmail.com>
Subject: the driver
From: carson wu <acgroup1@gmail.com>
To: sobranie <>
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary=0016e6d967877acef404b41d3552
X-EsetId: FC01A222ED991830AA43FC

Would changing the suffix to .txt really work in this instance?

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: Glenn on Dec 15, 2011, 09:44:29

Works for getting files past the firewall at work.

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: sobranie on Dec 15, 2011, 09:54:03

Thanks Glenn, will give it a whirl.

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: Lance on Dec 15, 2011, 10:34:56

Do you really want your email address on display??

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: Glenn on Dec 15, 2011, 10:42:25

I've removed the address links

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: Rik on Dec 15, 2011, 12:48:06

Oops, sorry, missed that. :blush:

Title: Re: emailing .exe files
Post by: sobranie on Dec 15, 2011, 13:15:13

Quote from: Rik on Dec 15, 2011, 12:48:06
Oops, sorry, missed that. :blush:

So did I, thanks Glenn.

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