Gmail and .exe files (was [ILUG] shfs vs. nfs)

[niall at linux.ie]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 12:29:55PM +0100, Colm Buckley wrote:

> >And while I'm here - a little OT rant about gmail. I wanted to mail  
> >myself a Windows executable from somebody else's PC, using dialup.   
> >[...]
> 
> Consider the alternative; that GMail *did* allow the conveyance of  
> executable files, zipped or no.  How long before some enterprising  
> virus writer started to use GMail as a delivery vector?

Yes - I know why they do it. Doesn't stop it being annoying though :-(

>     Colm (always carry a USB thumbdrive!)

I do. The Windows box was running ME, which I thought might support my stick, but
I eventually had to kill the new hardware detected process which had stopped
responding. So the above advice should be adjusted to "always carry a USB thumbdrive
AND a DSL CD" . Unfortunately, my bag with a selection of bootable media had been
left in the office because I didn't feel like lugging it to dinner and back again
in the morning.


Niall