Comments on: Send forbidden files back home using Gmail

By: Dwight Stegall

Dwight Stegall — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:08:11 +0000

Actually for those of you with Windows Vista you can enter Windows Explorer > Organize > Folder and View Tab > Scroll down to and uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types”. Now you will always be able to see the extensions for all files that have them.

Now find the App (19mb or less in size). Let’s say you want to send firefox.exe

Rename firefox.exe to firefox.gif

Tell your friend how to unhide the file extensions.

Then tell he/she not to click on the file untill they rename the file back to firefox.exe

By: Dei

Dei — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:34:19 +0000

Instead of having to search through your inbox or drafts, you can also store files for yourself using the google website feature. Under the google services, go to sites, and create a new site. Set it to private, and you can upload anything you want and you just need go to the url you picked and sign in in order to access your files on another computer. I’ve never tried using the site function to put up .exe files, though.

By: tekunik

tekunik — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:24:56 +0000

Hi,
Another option is to change your file type from .exe to .txt and send it across.Then You can change the file type again from .txt to .exe and it will still work.Some times it may not work though .I have tested some files and it works perfectly.

By: ckstevenson

ckstevenson — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:18:39 +0000

Great tip, been doing this ever since I got Gmail as an easy file storage technique.

Another method is to use Gspace, a Greasemonkey add-on to Gmail via Firefox. It is a much more GUI friendly way to use Gmail to save files, but company policies might not allow people to use it.

Best to create a file storage specific Gmail account (“currentusername.files@” is a good one) so you don’t use your storage on your primary email for files.

Drafts are great if you are doing 3-10 files at a time, but much more than that and I find it to be confusing. But that’s just me.

PS: Remember to use tags on your drafts, that helps making finding files easier.