Can you send gnucash file to accountant?

[David Carlson]

On 5/29/2013 3:25 PM, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Wed, 29 May 2013 13:14:49 -0700 (PDT) vitaeterna <russelljones365 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have gnucash for Windows.  I tried sending the file to myself, as a test,
>> and when I tried to open it I got the message:  "No suitable backend was
>> found for file://C:\Users\myname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Temporary
>> Internet Files\Content.IE5\U8BQ5YXJ\myname.gnucash.gcm."
>>
>> It saved as filename.gnucash.gcm
>>
>> Is there a way to do this?
> You might do better to generate one (or more) reports as HTML files (or
> printed to PDF files) and send these to your accountant.
>
> If your accountant uses Gnucash, it should be possible to send the gnucash 
> file to him/her and he/she should be open it with gnucash.  Whether it would 
> be necessary to save the file and then open it via the File=>Open menu is a 
> separate issue.
>
>
Whether sending GnuCash Files or reports, there almost certainly would
be sensitive information vulnerable to man-in-the-middle snooping.  I
suggest using a method that is sufficiently secure for your comfort, be
it snail mail, sneakernet, fax or whatever.

David C