Subj : Re: ZLIB compression
To   : Russell Tiedt
From : Michiel Broek
Date : Wed Jun 01 2005 09:18 pm

Hi Russell,

Russell Tiedt wrote to Michiel Broek:
RT> Hello Michiel.
RT> 
RT> 31 May 05 21:42, you wrote to me:
RT> 
RT>  RT>  MD>> Oh, maybe I misunderstood your question. I meant that zlib
RT>  RT>> compression
RT>  RT>  MD>> was implemented in BinkD. But it was done not the same way as
RT>  RT>  MD>> in Radius or Taurus for some reasons. Do you want to change
RT>  RT>  MD>> the implementation? Then it would be incompatible with the
RT>  RT>  MD>> current one.
RT>  RT>>
RT>  RT>> No, I don't want to change it, but would like to know how to
RT>  RT>> implement/activate it in BinkD, as when I connect to radius mailer
RT>  RT>> with BinkD, I do not see any reports on compression nor that zlib
RT>  RT>> compression is being
RT> 
RT>  RT>> used, but when I connect to same Radius mailer using mbcico, I see
RT>  RT>> these in logs.
RT> 
RT>  MB> These are two different versions developed about the same time. The
RT>  MB> mailers are smart enough not to start using the incompatible versions
RT>  MB> between eachother.
RT> 
RT> So how difficult would it be to make them smart enough to implement one or 

RT> other compression version?

That depends on if the documentation is available. I hate to reverse
engineer sources to see how something is done. You might miss a important
tiny detail when digging out sources you didn't write yourself.

If the docs are available then don't be suprised if it works in a short
time.




    Greetings, Michiel Broek

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