Im having trouble sending and/or receiving attachments over UMail, how come?
For security reasons, UMail will automatically block any messages containing files with the extensions listed below. Extensions appear after the period of a filename. For example, in a file named whatever.exe, .exe is the extension. The blocked extensions are: ade, adp, app, asd, asf, asx, bas, bat, chm, cmd, com, cpl, crt, dll, exe, fxp, hlp, hta, hto, inf, ini, ins, isp, jse?, lib, lnk, mdb, mde, msc, msi, msp, mst, ocx, pcd, pif, prg, reg, scr, sct, sh, shb, shs, sys, url, vb, vbe, vbs, vcs, vxd, wmd, wms, wmz, wsc, wsf, wsh. Some of these file extensions are associated with malware (e.g., viruses and worms), while others, such as .exe or . dll are associated with specific applications that run on Windows computers. If you have to exchange a file of one of these types with someone, we recommend saving it to your UDrive and sending the recipient a link to it, burning it to a CD or saving it to a USB drive. If you are a UMass staff member, you can use a shared network drive to exchang
