feature request: compress attachments

Julian Field MailScanner at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Wed May 23 11:15:03 IST 2007



Martin.Hepworth wrote:
> Jules
>
> Yeah I know it's not easy, that's we thought "you" would be able to help
> out ;-)
>   
:-)
> Talking of 'you', how's the health? Back to work yet, or just doing
> MailScanner stuff to get back to speed?
>   
My health is slowly improving. Unfortunately I'm not managing to put on 
any weight, which won't make the docs happy, but I am getting a lot 
stronger. I'm not back at work yet, and am signed off until the start of 
July. I'm doing MailScanner stuff to stop myself getting bored mostly. 
It also helps build up my mental stamina so that when I do go back to 
work, I'll be able to survive a full day.

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> Martin Hepworth
> Snr Systems Administrator
> Solid State Logic
> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info [mailto:mailscanner-
>> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Julian Field
>> Sent: 23 May 2007 10:56
>> To: MailScanner discussion
>> Subject: Re: feature request: compress attachments
>>
>> Not easy to do. I'll think about it, but no promises, sorry.
>>
>> Martin.Hepworth wrote:
>>     
>>> Jules
>>>
>>> Any thoughts on this?
>>>
>>> --
>>> Martin Hepworth
>>> Snr Systems Administrator
>>> Solid State Logic
>>> Tel: +44 (0)1865 842300
>>>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
>>>>         
> [mailto:mailscanner-
>   
>>>> bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of Koopmann, Jan-Peter
>>>> Sent: 10 May 2007 11:12
>>>> To: mailscanner at lists.mailscanner.info
>>>> Subject: feature request: compress attachments
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I just came across another product that offers automatic attachment
>>>> compression on mails passing the proxy/gateway. Since many people
>>>>         
> tend
>   
>>> to
>>>
>>>       
>>>> send their Powerpoint/Word/Excel files uncompressed due to lazyness
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> this
>>>
>>>       
>>>> might actually be a good contribution. There are several solutions
>>>>         
> for
>   
>>>> this available at least for Exchange servers but it should be
>>>>         
> possible
>   
>>> to
>>>
>>>       
>>>> implement this within MailScanner. So e.g. with a ruleset I could
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> force
>>>
>>>       
>>>> all incoming mails with not compressed attachments to be zipped and
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> save
>>>
>>>       
>>>> quite some storage in the Exchange databases.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>   JP
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>
>>>
>>>
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