[TriLUG] can't attach passwd protected zip file to e-mail

[Steve Holton via TriLUG]

You're going the wrong way.

Take the password-protected zip binary and wrap it in some ASCII Armor
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary-to-text_encoding>.
Then it doesn't even need to be sent as an attachment.

On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 10:50 AM, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Apparently I'm way behind in understanding the Nanny State.
>
> I just tried attaching a passwd protected zip file (containing keys) to my
> e-mail with the Alpine client on pilot. It says "illegal file type" (or
> something like that).
>
> I look up Alpine to find that attaching encrypted files is illegal in some
> parts of the world, although it doesn't say where. Apparently Alpine is
> going to stop me from doing things that are illegal in these parts of the
> world. Thank you Alpine.
>
> I changed the extension to .txt, but Alpine was smart enough to not let
> that one pass. Next I put the zip file in a tar file and sent it off.
> Alpine was happy to do that. Problem solved, or so I thought.
>
> Next I got a bounce message from gmail (at the recipient's end) saying
> "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."
>
> https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6590?p=BlockedMessage
> &visit_id=0-636338239294372472-1728496452&rd=1
>
> gmail says I had a passwd protected file inside a tar file. I didn't
> realise gmail scanned attachments.
>
> You're supposed to use google drive. Apparently encrypted files are no
> longer malicious if you use google drive to transfer them. Thank you Google.
>
> Joe
>
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