Subj : Fmail Compression and Decompression
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Mon Aug 21 2023 09:57:51

Hello Wilfred,

On Sunday August 20 2023 21:54, you wrote to Tommi Koivula:

 TK>> Back in the day when I had millions of points and downlinks, some
 TK>> liked to use rar and uc. Nowadays it should be enough to support
 TK>> zip. :)

 WV> I'm still using rar on two links.

Why? They do not support ZIP?

 WV> And outside fido rar is very much in use too.

That should be no concern of us. It is (was?) barely used in Fidonet.

 WV> And lha is in use in AmigaNet, because it was and still is the default
 WV> archiver for the Amiga.

How many in Amiganet still actually use an Amiga? Hoe many of those do not also have a Fidonet node and support ZIP? ZIP has become de de facto compression standard in Fidonet.

The problem with keeping all these antiquaria, is that you also have to support it. This will become increasingly difficult when the knowledge evaporates...

KISS...

Cheers, Michiel

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