Solve : Question on how to send an .exe file in an email?

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Answer» I have a few applications in my archives that I like to send out to friends every once in a while. I've had most of them for many years and they are 'clean'. My problem is that I FIND that I can no longer send them in an email as most email programs will not allow .exe files anymore for obvious security reasons. That being said is there anyway I can re-package the application in some way so that I can get it to my friends using email? Yes. Did you try making it a ZIP file?Yes, I changed it to a .zip file. No luck... the email programs knew there was a .exe inside. Why are you sending someone an .exe ? ? Have you heard of file hosting services ? ?Upload -> http://www.mediafire.com/ Then link to the file in the email.Thanks kpac. Quote from: earlk on March 24, 2010, 01:27:02 PM My problem is that I find that I can no longer send them in an email as most email programs will not allow .exe files anymore for obvious security reasons. Just wondering, are you using Windows Live Mail, or what?I was using Thunderbird, but I have SINCE moved to Webmail only. The only account (gmail, hotmail, yahoo, Thunderbird) that would send, etc. was Yahoo. All the rest wouldn't deal with the .exe ATTACHMENT. All of my recipients couldn't receive the email with the attachment from Yahoo. It seems the .exe is a no-no these days in email. As a test, I sent a zipped .exe via my primary email account with my ISP, using Windows Mail on my Vista laptop, and sent to my Yahoo! Mail account and my gmail account. gmail rejected it. Yahoo! accepted it and let me forward it BACK to my ISP account. So, yeah, this is somewhat of a hit or miss situation. I'd use kpac's solution; it seems the safest bet in this case.Yes, I've just tried it out and it works well. (first time I've ever used a file sharing SITE)

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I have a few applications in my archives that I like to send out to friends every once in a while. I've had most of them for many years and they are 'clean'.

My problem is that I FIND that I can no longer send them in an email as most email programs will not allow .exe files anymore for obvious security reasons. That being said is there anyway I can re-package the application in some way so that I can get it to my friends using email?

Yes. Did you try making it a ZIP file?Yes, I changed it to a .zip file. No luck... the email programs knew there was a .exe inside. Why are you sending someone an .exe ? ?
Have you heard of file hosting services ? ?Upload -> http://www.mediafire.com/
Then link to the file in the email.Thanks kpac. Quote from: earlk on March 24, 2010, 01:27:02 PM

My problem is that I find that I can no longer send them in an email as most email programs will not allow .exe files anymore for obvious security reasons.

Just wondering, are you using Windows Live Mail, or what?I was using Thunderbird, but I have SINCE moved to Webmail only. The only account (gmail, hotmail, yahoo, Thunderbird) that would send, etc. was Yahoo. All the rest wouldn't deal with the .exe ATTACHMENT. All of my recipients couldn't receive the email with the attachment from Yahoo. It seems the .exe is a no-no these days in email.

As a test, I sent a zipped .exe via my primary email account with my ISP, using Windows Mail on my Vista laptop, and sent to my Yahoo! Mail account and my gmail account. gmail rejected it. Yahoo! accepted it and let me forward it BACK to my ISP account.

So, yeah, this is somewhat of a hit or miss situation. I'd use kpac's solution; it seems the safest bet in this case.Yes, I've just tried it out and it works well. (first time I've ever used a file sharing SITE)

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