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Thread ID: 101122 2009-07-02 06:29:00 Is Google Paranoid? mzee (3324) Press F1
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788109 2009-07-02 06:29:00 I have been using a mail program called called " Free Agent" since Windows95.
Recently I tried to send a copy zipped up in an attachment to a friend who has Gmail. Google refused to accept it on the grounds that it was a Virus. I realise that there is a virus named 'agent' but this program was around before Google existed! It would seem that the name is important which is illogical.

I change all the relevant file names & re zipped it. Still no go. Sent the original via clear.net & had no problems.
mzee (3324)
788110 2009-07-02 06:39:00 Change FreeAgent.zip to FreeAgent.old, send it, get you friend at the other end to change it back to .zip once it is on the computer. QED. zqwerty (97)
788111 2009-07-02 06:40:00 Usually if a file or zipped file has an exe file in it, Gmail will delete it. Speedy Gonzales (78)
788112 2009-07-02 07:28:00 Just use a file sharing website like drop.io or MS' SkyDrive beeswax34 (63)
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