Subj : Netmail in the insecure inbound
To   : Kai Richter
From : Alan Ianson
Date : Mon Apr 26 2021 18:18:07

Hello Kai,

 AI>> I don't know that. What is wrong?
 AI>> I know that it is inconvenient for me.

 KR> That is reason enough.

That is not reason enough. Decompressing an archive (within reasonable limits) is not a problem.

 KR> But it's not only for you, it's for any other node that will receive
 KR> insecure compressed netmail from that node. You are in the first line
 KR> and responsible to defend systems with no or limited compression
 KR> support.

I will work with such a node if there is one. I will deliver mail and files to a node in a way they can work with even if that causes me extra steps to do.

To date I have not heard from any nodes that they could not decompress any mail or files sent to them.

 KR> Could you tell me what de+compression software is available for the
 KR> OpenPandora or the Dragonbox Pyra? Great if you ever heard of them
 KR> before but bad because i'd liked to give an expample of surprizing
 KR> hardware out there.

I do not know what works with Dragonbox Pyra. If someone is using exotic hardware or software then I may not be able to communicate with them if they cannot work with plain packets.

This is far from the issue I have seen and reported.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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