TID: FMail-W32 2.2.0.0   
   RFC-X-No-Archive: Yes   
   TZUTC: 0200   
   CHRS: CP850 2   
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   Hello Wilfred,   
      
   On Sunday August 20 2023 16:50, you wrote to me:   
      
    MvdV>> I was thinking about allowing the user to define his own   
    MvdV>> compression method. A method that is not in the list (yet).   
    MvdV>> There is an option "Custom" but I am unsure how that works.   
      
    WV> Packing is simple, just use it...   
      
   Indeed..   
      
    WV> For unpacking you need some kind of detection mechanism.   
      
   That could be circumveneted by allowing the user to not only specify a   
   compression method for outgoing mail but to als allow the user to specify a   
   decompression method per node. To be used if autodetection fails.   
      
   Or let the user specify the "fingerprint" for a custom compression method.   
   From what I remember it is enough to look at the first two bytes of a   
   compressed file. Fingerprint for ZIP is "PK"   
      
   OTOH... It may not be worth the effort this late in the game...   
      
    WV> Which incase of FMail is left to the "General Unpack Shell". Which is   
    WV> fed everything that is unknown to FMail itself...   
      
   GUS... I never used it myself, never had a need for it. It is still under   
   development or is it abandonware like so many other FTN stuff?   
      
      
   Cheers, Michiel   
      
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