[sylpheed:31965] Re: Feature request: Zip/Unzip of attachments

[Frank Lanitz]

On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 14:16:19 -0400
Bruce Bowler <bbowler at bigelow.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 19:42:08 +0200
> Gergo Szakal <bastyaelvtars at gmail.com> put fingers to keyboard and
> said:
> 
> > On Mon, 1 Oct 2007 14:36:17 +0200
> > Frank Lanitz <linux at partysoke.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi list, 
> > > 
> > > Long time ago, Kmail got a nice feature to zip attached files
> > > before sending them. I don't know, if it still include this
> > > feature, but I'm looking for a similar feature for Sylpheed to
> > > zip and unzip attached files. Is there any chance for something
> > > like that?
> > 
> > Many providers (incl. Gmail) refuse ZIP attachments.

Gmail shouldn't determine what to do and what not to do. They got
already enough power ;)

> And many don't.  
> 
> And there are quite a few that refuse .EXE attachments, but not ZIP
> attachments.  
> 
> And some have size limits that zipping can help avoid.
> 
> I like the idea...

Since I'm sending a lot of plain text files, it would decrease the size
of some mails by factor 10 or even more. 

Regards, 
Frank
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