[sylpheed:31780] Re: Feature request: Zip/Unzip of attachments

Bruce Bowler bbowler at bigelow.org
Tue Oct 2 03:16:19 JST 2007


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.
> 

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...

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