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Bad filename in URL

We block messages with web links to files with names ending in ".exe".

These have been used in floods of spams with liks pointing to malware. Try linking to a page that in turn has a link to the exe, or renaming the exe and informing the recipient of this, or ending the URL in the mail message with ".xxx" and telling the recipient to edit the URL in their browser address bar. If none of these work then please send us a copy of the rejected message, including full mail headers, to postmaster@ed.ac.uk and request whitelisting.