GMail bans zips

host gsmtp171.google.com[64.233.171.27] said: 552 5.7.0 Illegal Attachment (in reply to end of DATA command)

So, GMail bans zips and other archive files, at least if they contain executables. Seems to work if there’s no executable inside it.

Perhaps a reasonable precaution. A bit of a pain sometimes though.

7 thoughts on “GMail bans zips”

Paul Wakeford Mon 2004-11-15 at 09:57

Seems a tad over-nannying and should be optional. Why not block .pif or .vbs or… all the rest known to carry virii?
Waz Mon 2004-11-15 at 19:55

Usually can be worked around by renaming to .txt or something misleading…..
and telling your recipient to name it back
Daniel Wed 2004-11-17 at 07:06

Yep, the ol’ rename trick is the way to go. Same with dealing with Outlook recipients who are subject to file restrictions.
Ren Fri 2004-11-19 at 14:39

I didn’t know about that extention change thingie (god, love my tech-speak), learn something new every day.
graf Fri 2005-02-25 at 04:28

Seems to block .ins files too (internet settings for windows)
Kinglink Tue 2005-03-01 at 19:22

Actually Renaming it .z works, and still works with at least Winrar (don’t know about winzip, though if you still use that, look at winrar)
Nosfore Thu 2005-04-07 at 10:36

Winrar is not free. Look at 7-Zip instead. Installs under 1 mega-byte and does the job.

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