Problem sending pbem thru gmail

Ballbarian · #1 April 27th, 2007, 01:49 AM

Just a long shot, but you might have him try renaming the file from whatever.2h to whatever.txt or whatever.trn to whatever.txt or zip the file. Perhaps gmail is blocking the sending of the file as being suspicious, but it is strange that he could receive the files. Worth a try.

DrPraetorious · #2 April 27th, 2007, 10:10 AM

I have no trouble sending .trn files through g-mail.

If the system is freezing up, it's probably the size of the file - his connection *to* gmail might be really slow, while his connection to the e-mail provider for his ISP (which is presumably what outlook uses) would be much faster?

.2h files are not that big so this seems unlikely to be the source of the problem, though.

calmon · #3 April 27th, 2007, 10:29 AM

I played a nearly complete pbem game (turn 73 now) via gmail account and never had any problems. Even .trn files with 1,5 mb were a problem (got and send trn and 2h files without any zip)

K · #4 April 27th, 2007, 03:40 PM

It might be his account. I recently found out that yahoo mail was renaming my files and taking the spaces out and turning them into underscores (one of these: _ ).

Cor · #5 April 30th, 2007, 05:17 PM

We are on turn 47 of the Clash game, all done through Gmail with no problems. Infact Gmail has been very helpful to me as a host. I highly suggest it to other hosts.

lch · #6 May 1st, 2007, 01:12 PM

Deinstall Outlook, install Thunderbird or other mail program, problem solved.

MaxWilson · #7 May 1st, 2007, 02:43 PM

He said Outlook works fine, it's Gmail that's broken. And Gmail is nice enough that it would be nice to fix the issue instead of abandoning it. Hopefully we'll hear if the issue is ever resolved.

-Max