Gmail will block .js file attachments starting February 13, 2017

Re:Gmail will block .js file attachments starting February 1... by Crosseye_Jack on Thursday January 26, 2017 @01:38AM (#13489224)

In the past I've been hit it's the "non exe" permission and for a while you were able to bypass it by putting it in an archive file (Always found emailing myself files handy when I didn't have a thumb drive to hand), but they scan the file types of the files inside of archives these days so emailing a zip with a exe in it doesn't work.

I guess the same will apply for .js files which might be a pain when emailing a client a zip of the programming work you have done for them, but they do say you can use Google Drive to host the file and send them a link to the google drive download.

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Re:Gmail will block .js file attachments starting February 1... by tuxracer on Thursday January 26, 2017 @02:24AM (#13489400)

If you password protect the archive you should be good

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Re:Gmail will block .js file attachments starting February 1... by Crosseye_Jack on Thursday January 26, 2017 @10:43AM (#13492225)

Got to make sure that the table of contents can not be read at all. You might not be able to extract the files without the password but if you can determine the file type (and most password protected archives I've come across will happily display the file names/types/protection status of each of the files without the password) and still preform the block.

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