- Dont know but it seemed to do the trick before. Maybe it will work again.
- Don't most virus scanners, including Norton, scan the contents of a Zip file email attachment?
> -----Original Message----- > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bernie > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 20:12 > To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GPX files taged as virii by yahoo.. > > > - > Glenn, thanks for researching my problem. I have made the change you > recommended. I'll let you know how it works. Bernie. > > Glenn wrote: > > > - > > We have been having problems with some GPX files from the pocket > > queries being tagged as a virus then deleted. > > > > I have been doing some research and it is a known problem. All of the > > people that have reported problems had some sort of involvement with > > yahoo. Either their accounts were web yahoo accounts or the > > sbcglobal/yahoo accounts. > > > > I use SBC but have not "upgraded" to the /yahoo option and I do not > > have a problem. > > > > Here is the deal. Since the GPX files are text files, they cant be > > viruses as they cant execute BUT sometimes some of the java code cache > > owners place on their cache pages gets taged by the norton antivirus > > that yahoo uses. > > > > Here is the fix... > > > > When setting up your pocket quires, use the "zip" function to have > > groundspeak send them to you as a zipped file. > > > > That has worked for several other cachers in the past. Anyone having a > > problem should give this option a try. > > > > glenn > > ---------------- > > Glenn > > > > > > > ****************************************************************** > ********** > > > > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. > > //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > > > ****************************************************************** > ********** > > > > To unsubscribe from this list: > > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' > > in the Subject field > > > > > > > > > > > ****************************************************************** > ********** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > > ****************************************************************** > ********** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field > > > > >
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