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How to send zipped files to Gmail accounts
By Adam
Created Mar 28 2007 - 9:39am

Google filters viruses sent or received through Gmail by using a heavy handed approach to filtering. Rather than scanning each email for viruses, they simply prevent people from sending or receiving files with .exe extensions, even if they are in a zipped folder.

Getting around this is very simple, but you must let the recipient know what's going on.

Anytime you want to send a .zip file rename the extension. I like to just take the "p" off of the end. For example, I will name the file - file.zi. In the body of  the message I tell the recipient to add the "p" back on before trying to open the file. 

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