[Rwp] From server administrator/list moderator: Bouncing messages

[Alex H.]

What I usually do for sending exe/dlls to people is make a 7zip, and
rename it to .blablaext or something. Google's not smart enough to
scan it if it's not a recognizable extension.

alex

On 5/13/15, Matej Golian via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:
> Thanks for letting us know what's going on.
>
> 2015-05-13 17:07 GMT+02:00, Jayson Smith via RWP <rwp at bluegrasspals.com>:
>> Hello,
>>
>> This morning I woke up to nearly a hundred notices in my inbox about RWP
>> list members bouncing mail. I have the list set to notify me, and
>> disable bouncing members, immediately so if my server is having problems
>> delivering mail, I know about it immediately.
>>
>> There is nothing wrong with your Email accounts, and everything should
>> be back to normal. The problem is that Theoreomonster sent an attachment
>> this morning, not knowing if the list supports it. The list does...but
>> Gmail, and apparently other Email systems using Google servers, will
>> outright block attachments containing executables. As far as I know,
>> it's not that this particular attachment was seen as a threat, it's just
>> a blanket policy of blocking *all* attachments containing any sort of
>> executable whatsoever. I've seen this happen before, and yes, it is
>> annoying.
>>
>> There have been a few messages to the RWP list since this happened, and
>> unfortunately I cannot retrieve them and send them to anyone who might
>> have missed them.
>>
>> I've reset everyone's bouncing information, so if you received an Email
>> saying your address is bouncing mail and to click a link or reply to
>> confirm you received this message, and you haven't yet done so or didn't
>> know if it was legitimate, the message was legitimate but you can
>> disregard it, since your address is no longer flagged as bouncing mail.
>>
>> Thank you for your understanding,
>>
>> Jayson Smith
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