feature request: compress attachments

Wed May 23 15:32:07 IST 2007

Julian Field wrote:
>
>
> 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.
>
I can give you my near-foolproof way of putting on weight in a few "two 
words..." phrases:
    * Haagen Dazs
    * Sara Lee
    * Baskin Robbins
 ... thank you, I'll be here all week! :-)
>> -- 
>> 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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