e-mail quicken data file

He stores all the files in one folder, then navigates to that folder using File>Open.

As long as you send him all the necessary files, this will work.

Just to amplify that: From the email, he doesn't want to OPEN the files, he wants to SAVE them. All in the same folder, as the previous poster said. From that folder, he can open the files.

A caution: Since both you and the recipient seem to be new at all this, you need to make sure that the recipient knows how to get back to his own working file once he's done with yours.

Sorry. Upon closer inspection I see that the files you emailed to your friend ARE his working files. (I assumed you wanted him to look at something in YOUR files.)

Does password protection via quicken surive email transfer?

If I have a file password protected on my Quicken and email all the necessary files to someone else, will the file open without a password?

Just curious.

"DP" wrote in news:zSWdg.59209$ snipped-for-privacy@bignews4.bellsouth.net:

This will probably work, if the recipient has the password. However, it still isn't advisable, IMHO. Emailing involves transfer from computer one to a mail server, then transfer over who knows how many intermediary servers to the recipient's ISP's mail server and then finally to the recipient. I believe that ISP's are required to keep copies for some time (but I'm not sure about that). Even if a copy doesn't get stored for the Feds to look at, it is somewhere along the line that there is a possibility of diverting a copy.

Then to post about this using a real email address is just plain dumb (IMHO).

Just about everyone nowadays cacn set up somewhere a password protected FTP site. I don't know the details of how to do this for anyone, since I can use my work site to do this, and thus have never had the need to find out.

An alternatice is to burn the files to CD and use physical transport to transfer the files (e.g. US mail).

Just my 2 pennies (devalued).

Han,

I want to be safe. Thanks for helping. What is a FTP site????

"mmurrell" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@corp.supernews.com:

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. While "regular" browsers and email work with (variants of) just plain text (ASCII), files may contain control characters etc. These take up more than one (email) byte, making for instance a picture file or Word document ~30% bigger if sent by email. FTP uses a system whereby that expansion doesn't occur. I'm not a real geek, so I can't explain the details, but it could be analogous to slang. Email isn't able to use the word "jerk" so it has to describe it, and that takes more than 4 characters .

Maybe you should look at the google results of "ftp a file". The 3rd result is , where you may find more details. I got WS_FTPLE, which was available through my university, for personal non-profit use, but there are many other products at low cost or free.

It's very easy for anyone to pick off an email as it goes through the many servers en route to its destination.

Debatable. I use a "throwaway" address - GMail's SPAM filters are really good, and it's not the address I use for my important communications. Encouraging people to not use an email address that's valid so they can be contacted off-newsgroup is about as dumb, IMHO.

FTP sends passwords in plain text. It's anything but "safe"

Really, the best way to transmit files like this with such sensitive data is to *encrypt* them using a *strong* encryption method. Tools like PGP/GPG are great for this. TrueCrypt may also be able to do it (haven't gotten around to checking it out yet).

Don't put anything in unencrypted email that you wouldn't put on the back of a postcard sent by USPS. Your protection level is about the same.

FTP is about as insecure as email....

Many people don't want people to contact them outside of the newsgroups so not using a real e-mail address is acceptable to many people. If you *want* people to contact you off-group then either include it in your sig or put it in the reply-to field since this field is NOT available to the e-mail harvest bots.

Some use a throw away e-mail address but if you are not going to ever check that address then why use one and lead people to believe that they can contact you outside of usenet.

bjn wrote in news:hi5j729h1o3qa62vegog86vht5ati2hjau@

But, I forgot to say, you can then remove the file as soon as it has been transmitted. And/or, in my case, at the university they assign a password that's pretty strong for ftp access.

Nevertheless, I would not send my quicken files in any electronic way other than via physical transfer, e.g. on a CD sent by mail. I also have to admit that PGP looked good to me, but I've never really investigated it, because I can't quite figure out how the password thingy works there. I haven't really tried to figure it out either.

On the other subject, when someone would ask to have a real email address for me, I would give it out to that person, or when there would be more than one person I would spell it out, like blood club at verizon dot you figure out what

Your best suggestion was the CD via snail mail or, barring that, hand carried. Anything else for sensitive data is asking for trouble.

ALex