Diesel Posted May 16, 2005 Posted May 16, 2005 Why does gmail view .vb and .cs files as executable files? Quote
Leaders snarfblam Posted May 16, 2005 Leaders Posted May 16, 2005 Hmm... that is weird. The first thing that occured to me is that it may be because they are source code and potentially malicious. It will allow you to send VB6 source files and .cpp files though. Doesn't make sense to me. Quote [sIGPIC]e[/sIGPIC]
*Experts* mutant Posted May 16, 2005 *Experts* Posted May 16, 2005 I can send those with no problem :confused:. Outlook Express similarly thinks that those can be malicious. Quote
kejpa Posted May 17, 2005 Posted May 17, 2005 Why does gmail view .vb and .cs files as executable files? Could it be that they may be VBScript-files and as such can be executed? It's the same as with .bat files, isn't it? /Kejpa Quote
Diesel Posted May 17, 2005 Author Posted May 17, 2005 How can a .cs file be Vbscript? And how can vb and cs files be executed independently? Quote
kejpa Posted May 18, 2005 Posted May 18, 2005 How can a .cs file be Vbscript?[/Quote] Got me there ;) vbscript files can be executed with the built in windows scripting engine. I have some vague memories of it being able to execute c# files as well, but someone else might be better updated on that. HTH /Kejpa Quote
Diesel Posted May 18, 2005 Author Posted May 18, 2005 Maybe I will start a petition. It gets annoying, changing the extensions on all the cs and vb files. Quote
3xodus Posted May 18, 2005 Posted May 18, 2005 I have some vague memories of it being able to execute c# files as well, but someone else might be better updated on that. If anyone's interested in this, I read this a few days ago. Quite interesting to me, but I've not tried it at all.. Quote Using: Visual Studio 2005/08 Languages: C#, Win32 C++, Java, PHP
Denaes Posted May 18, 2005 Posted May 18, 2005 Anything potentially dangerous is blocked by Google. They block the VB.Net/C# files, .chm (!?) and .zip (not sure about .rar). All are listed as potentially harmful. I'm not sure about .Zip, but the .chm and .Net files are listed as executable, which neither are. The solution is to change the extension. I zip up all of my items/project I want to sent and change the name to .zig or something. That normally works :D Quote
Leaders snarfblam Posted May 18, 2005 Leaders Posted May 18, 2005 I just sent a zip to myself, it went fine. I couldn't possibly see them blocking zips. Quote [sIGPIC]e[/sIGPIC]
3xodus Posted May 18, 2005 Posted May 18, 2005 GMail seems quite picky - I send my work to and from college in .zips 3 times a week, every week and I've not had a problem at all.. But I have a few friends who can't send their work in zips and have to change the extension as Denaes said. Quote Using: Visual Studio 2005/08 Languages: C#, Win32 C++, Java, PHP
thenerd Posted May 18, 2005 Posted May 18, 2005 It works like this. Gmail checks your .zips to see if you have any malicious files in them, if you do, it won't work. It also blocks a crapload of other file types. The way I've always gotten around this is to put all files in a .zip and rename the .zip to .zipX then, in the email, tell the recipient that it includes a .zip file renamed to .zipX Quote
ThePentiumGuy Posted May 19, 2005 Posted May 19, 2005 Rofl. Are you guys sure? All I know is that java source code works perfectly fine. Not sure about vb, i'll give it a try. Quote My VB.NET Game Programming Tutorial Site (GDI+, Direct3D, Tetris [coming soon], a full RPG.... you name it!) vbprogramming.8k.com My Project (Need VB.NET Programmers) http://workspaces.gotdotnet.com/ResolutionRPG
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