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Re: Emailing ARM code

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On Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:17:11 +0000 (GMT)
Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <527283c378alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk>,
>    Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
> > In article <b33d567252.pnyoung@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>,
> >    Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> wrote:
> > > On 18 Mar 2012  cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid wrote:
> 
> > > > It seems some ISP's refuse to let through ARM code.
> 
> > > > Is there anyway around this problem.
> 
> > > Put it in a zip, or isn't it that simple?
> 
> > It's not that simple. Last week I was sent some RISCOS app upgrade files
> > as zip files attached to emails. The emails arrived but not the
> > attachments. He later found that his ISP "Virgin Media
> > will not let me send executable attachments to emails even in zips". He
> > had to resort to a CD and the postal system.
> 
> > Alan
> 
> Since when has RISC OS used executables in the form of .exe ?
> Wouldn't it be !RunImage and Absolute?
> 
> If it is a .exe
> Try cheating, change the .suffix of the executable to something else,
> stick in the Zip file, note in the email that the receiver needs to change
> it back after extracting from the archive.
> 
> Dave
> 
Why not just change the suffix of the zip file to something like .txt

-- 
Will J G

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Emailing ARM code cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2012-03-18 10:08 +0000
  Re: Emailing ARM code Peter Young <pnyoung@ormail.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 10:35 +0000
    Re: Emailing ARM code Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 18:52 +0000
      Re: Emailing ARM code Dave Symes <dave@triffid.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 19:17 +0000
        Re: Emailing ARM code Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-03-18 20:12 +0000
        Re: Emailing ARM code Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 21:24 +0000
          Re: Emailing ARM code Folderol <folderol@ukfsn.org> - 2012-03-18 21:43 +0000
            Re: Emailing ARM code Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-18 22:41 +0000
              Re: Emailing ARM code Jeremy Nicoll - news posts <jn.nntp.scrap007@wingsandbeaks.org.uk> - 2012-03-19 13:03 +0000
                Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 14:13 +0100
                Re: Emailing ARM code Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 17:42 +0000
            Re: Emailing ARM code "Felicity S." <Fliss@orpheusnet> - 2012-03-19 19:53 +0000
              Re: Emailing ARM code SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-20 11:46 +0000
                Re: Emailing ARM code "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 12:50 +0100
                Re: Emailing ARM code SG nws <nwsgrp@ntlworld.com> - 2012-03-20 13:40 +0000
            Re: Emailing ARM code David <mail@daveandsylvia.plus.com> - 2012-03-25 09:12 +0000
      Re: Emailing ARM code "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 20:46 +0100
        Re: Emailing ARM code Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-18 20:51 +0000
      Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-18 23:15 +0100
        Re: Emailing ARM code Bob Latham <bob@sick-of-spam.invalid> - 2012-03-19 12:10 +0000
          Re: Emailing ARM code Chris Hughes <news@noonehere.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 12:43 +0000
            Re: Emailing ARM code "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 13:57 +0100
              Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 14:31 +0100
  Re: Emailing ARM code John Sandford <lists@thesandfords.me.uk> - 2012-03-18 10:41 +0000
  Re: Emailing ARM code jeff <jeffrey.a.doggett@gmail.com> - 2012-03-19 01:14 -0700
    Re: Emailing ARM code Alan Dawes <alan.dawes@argonet.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 10:29 +0000
    Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 14:33 +0100
      Re: Emailing ARM code Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 17:49 +0000
        Re: Emailing ARM code Chris Johnson <chrisjohnson+news@spamcop.net> - 2012-03-19 19:06 +0000
          Re: Emailing ARM code Ron Briscoe <ron.briscoe@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2012-03-19 19:46 +0000
        Re: Emailing ARM code Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 16:51 +0100
          Re: Emailing ARM code Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 16:04 +0000
  Re: Emailing ARM code Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2012-03-20 00:52 +0000
  Re: Emailing ARM code Nat Queen <n.m.queen@bham.ac.uk> - 2012-03-21 00:37 +0000

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