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Re: SMTP server as a Windows service with Indy???

Subject:Re: SMTP server as a Windows service with Indy???
Posted by:"Nicholas Sherlock" (n.sherlo..@gmail.com)
Date:Sat, 6 May 2006 14:08:07 +1200

Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
> "Bo Berglund" <bo.berglund@telia.com> wrote in message
> news:btmn52l4ecf22gd930aiihi3hpodrso2v4@4ax.com...
>> [...] I can no longer send attachments with exe files in them
>
> That is easy to get around.  You can either:
>
> 1) put the .exe file into a .zip file and attach that instead

But note that this won't get around GMail or similar, which unpack zip
files and inspect their contents.
>
> 2) change the TIdAttachment.Filename property to something else

This works on GMail, but your customer has to rename the file at the
other end. If they have "Hide file extensions" turned on, this is a
nightmare.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

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http://www.sherlocksoftware.org

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