We all know all email services including popular Gmail won’t allow us to send and receive executable files. Reason is simple executable files may contain viruses. We can’t even send these exe files by archiving them also, as sending as exe files in zip format also not accepted by email services.But with a simple trick we can send safe executable files through Gmail also.
Gmail automatically blocks these exe files and if you able to send exe files some how Gmail will bounces it back to original sender automatically. And reminding you Gmail will allow us to send and receive messages up to 25 MB only including attachments.There will be need for any user to send an important program file which can’t be downloaded by his friend normally through internet. Sending Executable files from Gmail Open Windows Explorer, from Tools menu>Folder Options>View, under Advanced settings, uncheck “Hide extensions for known file types” and click Apply, OK to save changes. Now you will be able to observe all files with extensions like program.exe. Now replace exe with txt extension so the program file becomes program.txt, click yes to Rename warning showing “changing file name extension makes file unusable”. Though we changed the executable file to text format, you can observe the size of text file remains same as that of original exe file. Now send the text file attachment to your friend and it will be downloaded by him without any problems after virus scanning performed by Gmail.Now instruct your friend to change text file to executable file by un checking “Hide extensions for known file types” in Windows Explorer. Now executable runs properly despite the effect of changing its extension to text format. Related articles 
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It works! I just want to say that person receiving the mail after un checking the Hide extension option, has to rename back extension from txt to exe.
@Sandrina
File receiving person must do that, check that I also mentioned it in that last paragraph.Any way thanks for your comment. You can try even changing executable extension to mp3 also even that will also work
This does not work. Even changing the extension of the file, zipping the file and then encrypting it and changing the extension of the zip file does not work.
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It is so easy.
1st step: pack to zip/rar/any – if you need/can protect w/pw;
2nd step: insert as “object” to a MS-WORD file;
last step: save it – send it.
I sent an e-mail just now with an EXE attached via Thunderbird, like this:
1. Zip it (with a password?). Filenames were not encrypted. This alone did not work.
2. Rename the *.zip file to *.zip_ (with underscore).
Just renameing the .exe file to .exe_ also works
This will be hesitating for non technical person.
We can also send exe files if we compress/archive them using 7z.
I always use that method and easily uncompressed thru winrar or any other global archiver.
Its really easy to do if you just want to send it to your own email so you can open it somewhere else. Just attach it in the email and click save and itll be in your drafts. You can open it anywhere now
in what OS did you do this?
Its obvious that exe files exists in Windows.