Practical Driving Test VicRoads Frankston

Practical Driving Test VicRoads Frankston is the seventh practical driving test route video.

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Google's Gmail does not receive emails containing just images or links.

A significant issue with Google's Gmail is when people send emails from outside of Gmail that only contains an image/picture or a link, the recipient using Gmail does not receive the email. The person sending the email does not receive any notification the email failed. The sender doesn't know the person doesn't receive the email and the Gmail user never knows something has been sent to them.

For example, whilst on holidays recently I sent a picture of the Big Pineapple to two friends. One using Gmail and one using a different domain.

The person with Gmail did not receive the picture but the person using a non-Gmail email account had no issues receiving the email. At no time did I know the Gmail user was not receiving the emails with just a picture.

Recently I've tried to share a YouTube video using the share link feature in YouTube. I send using a non-Gmail service and Gmail users do not receive the email. Again, no notification of failure and no idea the Gmail user hasn't received the email.

In summary, if you're sending a link or picture as the only content in an email, and you're sending the email not using Gmail, a Gmail user is unlikely to receive the email.

To avoid this issue, I select the Share option and then send using my Gmail account to other Gmail users. This works for both pictures and links.

I should add the issue with not receiving emails with a link or a picture when using Gmail may also happen if there's other text in the email. For example, today I forwarded an email that had two pictures and the message I had previously sent to another Gmail user who did receive the email. The forward email only had my signature plus the content of the previous email plus the two attachments. When I forwarded the email from my sent items to a second person the Gmail user failed to receive the email. I sent the two pictures in an email using Gmail and the Gmail user received the email. In other words, it can be quite hard to know when something will or won't work with Gmail if you're sending from a non-Gmail account.

If you're not using Gmail and you're sending emails to a Gmail user, and the email contains links or images, there's a high possibility the Gmail user will not receive your email and you won't know.

Kelvin

Update: 28/01/2024
If I recall correctly, to solve this problem I needed to update my mail server records at the hosting company as Google now requires greater authentication.

Fake retailer scam websites now a thing. Here's an example for Dotti.

I was recently talking to a customer service representative for a large Australian retailer and they were telling me people would call asking for a refund after being scammed by a fake retailer. I decided to see if this was happening to other retailers and here's an example for Dotti.

Online shoppers urged to avoid ‘Dotti’ retailer scam which uses fake websites | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

If you're buying online make sure you're buying from a legitimate retailer's site. It's so easy for scammers to build duplicate fake sites.

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